Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography of Leonard E. Harrington. Harrington was born in 1816 in New York and joined the Mormon Church in 1840. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and to Utah in 1847. He moved to American Fork, Utah, in 1850 where he served as mayor for 29 years. He died in 1883.

Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

This item is a photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Richard Steele was born in 1818 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. He migrated to the United States in 1842. Steele lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, met the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork in 1852 and died in 1881.

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography by an unknown author. A. K. Thornton was born in England in 1847. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. They settled in American Fork in 1854. Thornton hauled supplies to Montana, was involved in a number of businesses, and married Elizabeth Miller in 1868. They had 9 sons and daughters.

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Eliza Maria Howes Trane was born in 1849 in England and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and settled in Lehi in 1854. She married Thomas F. Trane in 1869 and had 8 sons and daughters. The title page states, "By Jean Chipman," but the last page of the document lists Bertha N. Sagar as the author.

Contains copies of life histories written by international members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and collected in 1995 by Van Orden during his work as a professor of religion at Brigham Young University. The histories contain accounts and information about conversion, emigration from other countries to Utah, and polygamy. Materials collected in 1995.

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Samuel Wagstaff was born in 1820 in England, married Lucy Webb in 1840, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He migrated to Utah in 1862 and settled in American Fork. Samuel went to prison for polygamy in 1888 and died in 1897. The title page of the item states, "by Ada W. Barratt." At the end of the biography is written, "Sketch written by Bertha N. Sager."

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. William R. Webb was born in England in 1829, married Martha Carless in 1854, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. He migrated to Utah in 1867 and settled in American Fork. He took a second wife, returned to England in 1886 as a missionary for the Mormon Church, and died in 1915. Also included is a poem written by Webb to "Sister Ellen Barrett on Her Fiftieth Birthday."

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Eliza Faulkner Welsh was born in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, in 1843. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855 and left for Utah the same year. She tells about the hardships of the migration to Utah and the many deaths from Cholera in her family. She died in American Fork, Utah, in 1927.