Reminiscences
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
A. J. A. R. reminiscence
File — Folder 1: [31197230311273]
Identifier: MSS SC 1362
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed manuscript describing the travels of the author by sea from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 1853. The account includes the author's experiences crossing Panama, traveling aboard the S. S. Lewis, and being shipwrecked and rescued twenty miles north of San Francisco.
A. J. A. R. reminiscence
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_SC_1362
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A little Indian girl / riten bye Nancy Asay, 1989
Item — Folder 1: [31197233639316]
Identifier: MSS 7960
Scope and Contents
Contains a photocopy of a handwritten story titled A Little Indian Girl written by Nancy Asay, daughter of Priddy Meeks. Dated 1989. Transcript of item included in folder.
T. C. Abbott papers
File — Folder 1: [31197230309509]
Identifier: MSS SC 1168
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten reminiscences, a newspaper article, and a postcard. One reminiscence is entitled "The Texas Trail" and contains information about life on the cattle trail and personal recollections of cattle drives from Texas to Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska in the mid to late 1800's. The other reminiscence is entitled "An Indian Raid on the Rosebud, Custer Co., Montana in March 1884" and is an account of dealings between the Cheyenne Indians and local whites. The newspaper gives an account...
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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T. C. Abbott papers
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Augusta Bowen Cleveland Smith papers, 1845-1871
File — Box 5: Series 1 [31197232563210], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 680
William Backman reminiscences
File — Folder 1: [31197227605331]
Identifier: MSS 4043
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences were written by Backman between 1917 and 1931, describing his life and experiences.
Gladys W. Bentley diaries and reminiscence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1882
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of two handwritten diaries and a reminiscence. The diaries tell of Bentley's activities in Mexico and Utah. The reminiscence is an account of Bentley's trip to Great Britain.
Biography of John and Louise Smith Park
File — Folder 1: [31197230307693]
Identifier: MSS SC 1000
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of Mary's biography of her parents, but the bulk of the account is autobiographical. Mary tells of coming to Utah in 1847 including incidents en route. She tells of the early settlement of Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah including problems with Indians, crickets and grass hoppers, and the difficult living conditions.
George H. Brimhall papers
Collection — Folder 1: [31197231036192]
Identifier: UA 206
Scope and Contents
Contains 53 items of handwritten and typewritten correspondence to and from Brimhall and Brigham Young University Alumni requesting and concerning reminiscences of experiences at Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University, 1925.