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Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:

Davis Bitton papers on social history of Utah, 1889-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7441 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains documents created by or collected by Davis Bitton regarding the social history of Utah dating from 1889-1996.

Dates: 1889-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Davis Bitton papers

Day by day with the Utah pioneers 1847

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2623
Scope and Contents

Scapbooks. The materials are newspaper clippings glued into blank pages of a book entitled: "Day by day with the Utah pioneers 1847." The items were originally published in the newspapers the "Salt Lake Tribune" and the "Deseret News." The clippings refer to the migration of 1847 to Utah and the early settling of that state by Mormon pioneers.

Dates: 1934-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Department of the Treasury letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2069
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters from a copy book. The items deal with the payment of claims in Utah and paying the "Deseret News" for services. Also discussed is the appointment of federal officials in the Utah Territory.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Family Home Evening Oral History Project case files, 2009-2010

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 47 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the Family Home Evening Oral History Project. Dated 2009-2010.

Dates: 2009-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Family Home Evening Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Family Home Evening Oral History Project transcripts, 2009-2010

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 47 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Family Home Evening Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 2009-2010.

Dates: 2009-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Family Home Evening Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Family Home Evening Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 2009-2010

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 47
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Family Home Evening Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 2009.

Dates: 2009-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Burton K. and Mabel Pearce Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2282
Scope and Contents Papers reflect Burton Farnsworth's activities as Director of Secondary Education for the state of Utah, 1934-1945, and as a member of the presidency and general board of the YMMIA, while George Q. Morris served as president. Includes photocopied diary of Farnsworth written during his mission to Samoa, 1911-1914; volume includes post-mission entries by his wife, Mabel Pearce Farnsworth. Also includes photocopied diary of Mabel Pearce Farnsworth, 1910-1913, reflecting her activities in...
Dates: 1910-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Fish typescripts of histories and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2010
Scope and Contents The Fish diaries cover his life from the 1840s to 1926. His histories of Arizona and his series on Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region cover aspects of western history from 1500-1905. The Joseph Fish typescripts include: "The Diaries of Joseph Fish," Fish's "History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and the Establishment of the Snowflake Stake," a "History of Arizona Territory," volumes 4-7 of "Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region," and "History of...
Dates: 1902-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Francis Asbury Hammond and Mary Hammond journals (photocopies), 1884-1900

 Series
Identifier: MSS 18 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains materials related to Hammond dealing with the early settlement of San Juan County in southern Utah and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) business of the San Juan Stake which comprised a large portion of southern Utah as well as parts of Colorado and Arizona. The collection includes personal and family correspondence, ecclesiastical correspondence, and journals. Personal and family correspondence relates to pioneer life in southern Utah in...
Dates: 1884-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Francis Asbury Hammond papers

Francis Asbury Hammond ecclesiastical correspondence, 1871-1899

 Series
Identifier: MSS 18 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains materials related to Hammond dealing with the early settlement of San Juan County in southern Utah and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) business of the San Juan Stake which comprised a large portion of southern Utah as well as parts of Colorado and Arizona. The collection includes personal and family correspondence, ecclesiastical correspondence, and journals. Personal and family correspondence relates to pioneer life in southern Utah in...
Dates: 1871-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Francis Asbury Hammond papers

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