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Latter Day Saint pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Elisha Hurd Groves autobiography and biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238930]
Identifier: MSS SC 334
Scope and Contents

Handwritten life sketches (some photocopies) concerning Groves' conversion to the Mormon Church, his missionary activities and his immigration to Utah in 1848.

Dates: 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Levi W. Hancock journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3252
Scope and Contents

Phtocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Hancock writes about his service in the Mormon Battalion during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848. He writes about the daily activities of the men and about their hardships. He also includes a number of hand-drawn maps relating to the march of the battalion.

Dates: 1846-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography : Christian Hansen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339753]
Identifier: MSS 2538
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Christian Hansen was born in 1820 in Denmark. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861. He settled in American Fork and had many adventures in that town.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Peter O. Hansen diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236553]
Identifier: MSS SC 220
Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of a first person account of overland travel from Iowa to Utah during spring and summer, 1849 with the Howard Egan Company of Wagons.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Harold F. Nufer collection of the Lorin Farr papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4221
Scope and Contents

The collection primarily consists of research materials (photocopies, manuscripts, etc.) compiled by the Winslow Farr Sr. Family Organization and Amy Oaks Long to write a biography of Lorin Farr. However, two original documents, including a ledger containing family biographical information, are also included.

Dates: 1820-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Chasty Olsen Harris biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313576]
Identifier: MSS SC 1625
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of a Mormon pioneer who settled in Castle Dale, Utah with her family.

Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Catherine Karren Hatch biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314715]
Identifier: MSS SC 1708
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of the biography of Catherine Karren Hatch, Mormon pioneer and plural wife of Lorenzo Hill Hatch.

Dates: 1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330463]
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates: 1855-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elizabeth Heath autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350255]
Identifier: MSS 4166
Abstract

Autobiography of Elizabeth Heath, an early member of the LDS church who immigrated from England to Utah, 1835-1922.

Dates: 1835-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Histories written & filed (No. 4) for Adams Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341783]
Identifier: MSS 2578
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. The item includes lists of officers, meeting minutes, photographs of members, and poems praising Utah pioneers.

Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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