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Latter Day Saint pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Abner Blackburn diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233485]
Identifier: MSS SC 43
Scope and Contents

Typescript of diary which gives accounts of the Mormon experiences in Missouri, frontier and pioneer life, Indian customs and warfare, and gold-digging during the California gold rush of 1849.

Dates: 1827-1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography : Henry Davis Boley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341742]
Identifier: MSS 2582
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Davis Boley was born in 1850 in Iowa and came to Utah in the same year with his parents who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and married Melissa Chipman in 1873. He died in 1910.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Catherine Bowles family histories

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312081]
Identifier: MSS SC 1492
Scope and Contents

Typed, photocopied, and bound genealogical information. The item contains a pedigree chart and family histories of Bowles' ancestors.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Boyce family family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236991]
Identifier: MSS SC 261
Scope and Contents

Typescript of personal histories, diary excerpts, testimonies and patriarchal blessings.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Samuel Briggs biographical sketches

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240605]
Identifier: MSS SC 375
Scope and Contents

Typewritten sketch written by his son, Azer R. Briggs, and a typescript of an autobiographical sketch which tells of his life in England, his conversion to Mormonism, his immigration to Salt Lake City, Utah, and his testimony.

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

Dorothy P. Brown papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8468
Dates: 1991-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Henry Schler Buckwalter autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314921]
Identifier: MSS SC 1739
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Henry Shuler Buckwalter who served in Indian wars and helped Utah immigrants.

Dates: approximately 1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Edwin Buckwalter biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314913]
Identifier: MSS SC 1734
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of John Edwin Buckwalter, whose family joined the Mormon Church in Pennsylvania. He settled in American Fork, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sarah Shuler Buckwalter biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314939]
Identifier: MSS SC 1738
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typed biography of Sarah Shuler Buckwalter and of pictures of three of her children. She was converted to the Mormon Church in Pennsylvania and settled in American Fork, Utah

Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Burton journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313758]
Identifier: MSS SC 1643
Scope and Contents

Bound, typewritten, carbon copy of William Burton's journal (1841-1851), which includes extracts from Joseph Wood's journal (1839-1840). The record gives a detailed account of the journey to Utah with Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball in 1848, missionary experiences, and some family genealogy.

Dates: 1837-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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