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Genealogies

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 736 Collections and/or Records:

Ferris and Lovejoy family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1505
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, legal documents, genealogy, memorabilia, poetry, and literary manuscripts of Warren Angus Ferris (1810-1873); his mother, Sarah Gray Ferris Lovejoy (1785-1964); stepfather, Joshua Lovejoy (1771-1824); brother-in-law, American painter Lars Gustaf Sellstedt; and other family members. Includes also papers and correspondence regarding W.A. Ferris and his work by Walter McCausland and Fred Rosenstock.

Dates: 1771-1964

Financial records, 1835

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Financial records, record of bills, expenses, etc., mentions “Father’s estate,” and “bills since Mother’s death,” dated 1835.

Dates: 1835

Finley family genealogy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338862]
Identifier: MSS 133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogy work sheets for the Finley family. Some members of the family apparently joined the Mormon Church and did research on their ancestors.

Dates: 1970

First installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1868-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Nancy Jane Gates (Taylor) journal and notebook; Levi James Taylor journals; records of Taylor family genealogy including LDS Church ordinances.

Dates: Other: 1868-1935

First school in northeast Provo

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2917
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook describing the first school in northeast Provo (later to be known as Pleasant View and/or Edgemont), its building, teachers, and students. Includes pictures, short biographies, and family group records of the teachers and students. Includes writings from Shirley Blackburn and Eva Gillespie. Also discusses the early devolopment of education in Provo.

Dates: circa 1996

Florence B. Kane envelope, 1889 July 13

 Item — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550639], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Empty envelope, addressed to Florence B. Kane at Chestnut Hall, Philadelphia, in handwriting of George R. Foulke, postmarked from West Chester, dated July 13, 1889.

Dates: 1889 July 13

For Time & Eternity, The Story of a Marriage, by Lucile C. Tate, 1996

 File — Box 26: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233649901], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2856 Series 10

Freckles and all / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931

T. A. Gassaway family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350800]
Identifier: MSS 6015
Abstract

Family history beginning with Colonel Nicholas Gasaway, 1650-1870.

Dates: 1650-1870

Genealogical papers, 1950-1973

 Item — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480910], Folder: 2, item: 8-36
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2