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Latter Day Saint pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

History of Henry Bawden

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241728]
Identifier: MSS SC 487
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Bawden, a Latter-day Saint Church missionary, pioneer and early Utah blacksmith.

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

History of James and Rhoda Leach Nease Guyman

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326487]
Identifier: MSS SC 2848
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of James Guyman. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Guyman was an early convert to the Mormon Church who migrated to Utah and eventually settled in Springville, Utah. He died in Fountain Green, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of John Langston

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329705]
Identifier: MSS SC 3102
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of John Langston "in the 55 year of my Life." Langston was born in England and migrated to the United States when he was 16 years old. He worked in the iron industry in several states and joined the Mormon Church. Langston migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, and campaigned against the United States Army during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858. He was also involved in the Black Hawk War. Also included is an index...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244813]
Identifier: MSS SC 589
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a personal history which gives data of the Curtis family in Michigan and their exodus to the West. Dated journal entries, 1831-1881, detail Curtis' Illinois and Utah missions, including minutes of organization of a Latter-day Saint Church branch in Poteetneet (Payson), Utah and area pioneer life.

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

History of the life of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310663]
Identifier: MSS SC 1297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Stephen Markham by Julina Markham Crow. The item gives an account of Stephen Markham's personal life as well as his involvement in the early history of Mormonism. This includes his close association with the Mormon Prophets, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), his participation with the initial Mormon pioneer company of 1847, and his involvement in the settlement of Utah.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Holbrook autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227650576]
Identifier: MSS 3907
Scope and Contents Autobiography of Joseph Holbrook (typed). The autobiography is of interest to Latter-day Saints because it describes the religious and social climate that surrounded the events of the Restoration, Joseph Holbrook's conversion to the gospel and a first hand account of events of the Church in Ohio and Illinois. Joseph Holbrook lives in Albany, New York, for a time, and discusses his introduction to religion. It contains genealogical information of the Holbrook family, the Lampson family and...
Dates: 1806-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Holbrook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 486
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which contains genealogical data, patriarchal blessings of relatives, details of Mormon difficulties in Missouri, temporary pioneer settlements, crossing the plains and life in Utah, 1848-1871. Also includes receipts, certificates of religious, political and military offices, rules for the Utah constitutional convention, a divorce certificate and memos.

Dates: 1806-1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert Holmes letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349372]
Identifier: MSS 3959
Scope and Contents Includes one handwritten letter (with typescript) written by Robert Holmes to his cousin Francis Holmes. At the time the letter was written, Robert was living in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, while his cousin Francis was living in Iowa. The letter mentions the disastrous summer of 1855, when the "Mormon Crickets" virtually destroyed the Mormon crops. The letter also mentions other Mormons including John Benbow, Thomas Benbow, John Cole, William and Mary Jenkins, and Benjamin and Mary...
Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Horace K. Whitney papers, 1847-1885

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, a promissory note, and other materials related to the life of Whitney. Includes information on his personal life and business activities. Materials date from between 1847 and and 1885.

Dates: 1847-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children

Biography : Hyrum Huggard

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339720]
Identifier: MSS 2539
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Huggard was born in 1856 in Iowa. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they left for Utah three weeks after Hyrum was born. They later moved to American Fork, Utah. He married and had seven children and died in 1939.

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

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