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Latter Day Saint pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Proposed development and protection program for the Mormon pioneer national historic trail : report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325067]
Identifier: MSS SC 2570
Scope and Contents

Typewritten report presenting a proposal for the preservation and marking of the Mormon Trail. The trail was an adaptation of the Oregon Trail used by early Mormon pioneers coming to Utah.

Dates: 1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Life sketch of Lemuel Hardison Redd

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329820]
Identifier: MSS SC 3090
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of Lemuel Hardison Redd. "The above sketch of my life was written by my daughters, under my directions. In Lund White Pine County, Nevada. September 1907." Redd was born in North Carolina in 1836. He moved with his family to Salt Lake Valley when he was fourteen years old. They moved to Provo and then to Spanish Fork, Utah. Redd married Kezia Jane Butler on 3 January 1856 and took another wife, Sarah Lousia...
Dates: 1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Norma B. Ricketts biography of Thomas and Elizabeth Rhoades

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325885]
Identifier: MSS SC 2722
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Thomas Rhoades and his wife, Elizabeth. Thomas was a Mormon who lived near Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to California in 1846, participated in the rescue of the Donner-Reed Party, mined for gold in California, came to Utah in 1848, became the first treasurer of Salt Lake City, Utah, found gold in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, and was a polygamist. The material on Elizabeth is very sketchy.

Dates: 1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Lee Robinson journal fragments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350776]
Identifier: MSS 5898
Scope and Contents

Joseph Lee Robinson's autobiography and journal, 1852-1893. Joseph Lee Robinson writes about his family, spiritual manifestations, conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith's teachings, his journey from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City, service as a bishop, how seagulls saved the crops, death of Jedediah M. Grant, his plural wives and his journey to southeast Idaho.

Dates: 1852-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lewis Robison journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231062677]
Identifier: MSS 1456
Scope and Contents

2 holograph vols. plus photocopy of holograph; draft and bound typescripts. The journals tell of his life, travels and community labors in Utah Valley, Utah.

Dates: 1863-1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Savage and Ottinger photograph of Mormons at South Pass

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232501483]
Identifier: MSS 6169
Abstract

Photograph taken by Charles R. Savage of Mormons at South Pass, circa 1859.

Dates: circa 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Orange Seely autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313212]
Identifier: MSS SC 1576
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography of Orange Seely, which describes the settlement of San Bernardino, California, trouble with Indians in Utah, help given to Mormon immigrants, and his political career.

Dates: approximately 1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ship Brooklyn passengers research collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2392
Scope and Contents

The Ship Brooklyn passengers research collection, 1846 contains passenger information. Biographical and historical information about the 238 passengers who originally left New York Harbor on 4 Feb. 1846 bound for California are contained on 6 reels of microfilm.

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

A short account of the life of Edward Ockey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244896]
Identifier: MSS SC 681
Scope and Contents

Prepared typescript (plus photocopy) of a diary kept by Edward Ockey, Mormon pioneer, which tells of his conversion to the Latter-day Saint Church in England, his stay in Nauvoo, Illinois and his settlement in Nephi, Utah.

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

Short history of Mary Hoggard Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1856

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339019]
Identifier: MSS 2404
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Huggard was born on 22 November 1843. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1856, and settled in American Fork. She married Joshua Adams in 1862 and had a large family.

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

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