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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349463]
Identifier: MSS 4135
Scope and Contents

Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson writes about her immigration to Utah in 1848, her father taking the family to California in 1850, her father starting a boarding house, a flood, being threatened by Indians, food shortages, following Brigham Young's counsel and abandoning her home in 1858, her husband's call to go to Sanpete in 1866, the Black Hawk War and other topics.

Dates: 1920

Trip to Montana by wagon train

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 122
Scope and Contents Handwritten journal of Cauthorn's overland journey by wagon train from St. Joseph, Missouri to Virginia City, Montana and Oregon in 1865. Detailed diary entries describe much of the daily routine, weather, and labor involved in the journey. Cauthorn mentions company politics, trouble with Indians, his feelings about leaving his wife and child in Missouri, and a group of Mormons apparently leaving Utah. Upon arriving in Virginia City, Montana, he found the towns almost abandoned, but observed...
Dates: 1865

Tuba City, Arizona history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305119]
Identifier: MSS SC 766
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of a newspaper article that appeared July 24, 1932, in the Arizona Republic which discusses the history of the Mormon settlement in Tuba City and the settlement of the Navajos on a reservation in that area.

Dates: 1932 July 24

University Communications files on American Indians, 1969-1992

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, news releases, correspondence, and photographs related to American Indian programs, associations, activities, and students on campus from 1969 to 1992.

Dates: 1969-1992

V Jordan Tanner papers, 1995-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1995-1996. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include his work on the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission, as well as legislation on issues such as public health, tobacco, Native Americans, the state budget, campaign contributions, lobbyist registration, and education. Boxes ten, eleven, and twelve contain mostly financial and session reports as well as agendas and other materials...
Dates: 1995-1996

V Jordan Tanner papers, 1998-1999

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1998 to 1999. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include work on the Utah Sports Authority Committee concerning the budget, venues, and other issues in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and various issues including public health, transportation, the environment, agriculture, smoke-free airports, natural resources, Native Americans, water rights, and anti-abuse policies....
Dates: 1998-1999

Clarissa Alger Whitney : wife of Francis Tuft Whitney, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa Hancock Alger

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329804]
Identifier: MSS SC 3084
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Clarissa Alger Whitney by an unknown author. The date of composition is uncertain. Clarissa was born on 2 June 1830 in "The East and grew up in the environment of danger, mobbings, journeys attendant to the removal of the Saints from Nauvoo [Illinois], the Morley and Hancock settlements, Winter Quarters [Nebraska], and the crossing of the Great American desert to the Great Salt Lake Valley." One of her...
Dates: approximately 1930

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker microfilm, approximately 1848-1970

 Series — Carton 251: Series 35 [Barcode: 31197232519857]
Identifier: MSS 2291 Series 35
Scope and Contents

Contains microfilm copies of histories, correspondence, and other records on Native American tribes compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1848 to 1970.

Dates: approximately 1848-1970

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker oversize material, approximately 1891-1970

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2291 Series 36
Scope and Contents

Contains oversize indexes and other material compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1891 to 1970.

Dates: approximately 1891-1970

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records on California Indians, approximately 1948-1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2291 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Conaints records on California Indians compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1948 to 1966.

Dates: approximately 1948-1966