Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Leland Heywood diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 179
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C. on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison, Kansas. The remainder of the volume discusses political troubles in Washington, D.C. In volume 2, after resolving his affairs in Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Massachusetts, Heywood returned to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri....
Dates:
1855-1856
History of William Adams written by himself January 1894 age 72 years
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329838]
Identifier: MSS SC 3089
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a 26 page autobiography of William Adams. Adams describes how was born in Ireland on January 8, 1822. He was raised a Protestant but joined the Mormon Church in 1842. He migrated to the United States up the Mississippi River. He settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked as a stone mason on the Nauvoo Temple. Adams was present at a meeting after the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. "I heard a voice...
Dates:
1894
Elizabeth Howard diaries and account books
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 360
Abstract
Photocopies of handwritten diaries, memoranda, and lists of financial transactions.
Dates:
1868-1893
Orson Hyde letter
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2959
Scope and Contents
A letter by Orson Hyde, dated Springtown, May 26, 1869, concerning a republication of his 1842 pamphlet containing information about his mission to Jerusalem. Also, a list of subscribers from the Salt Lake City 9th Ward, Bishop Samuel Woolley's ward, for Hyde's pamphlet. Handwritten letter by Orson Hyde, handwritten list of subscribers by Mrs. C. E. Woolley, and photocopies of both documents.
Dates:
1869 May 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Orson Hyde letter
In the pioneer group to the Iron Co. Mission, was another great leader, Anson Call, who became a great colonizer
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329770]
Identifier: MSS SC 3079
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm reproduction of a typed manuscript. The item is a biography of Anson Call by an unnamed author. The date of composition is uncertain. Anson Call was born in Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont on 13 May 1810. Call married Mary Flint and later joined the Mormon Church. "He was closely associated with the Prophet Joseph [Joseph Smith, 1805-1844], and with the saints was driven from his home. He had a great love the the Prophet and did all he could to protect him...
Dates:
1930
Levi Jackman diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 79
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company was led by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Jackman records disagreements, occasional poor behavior in the company, and Young's instructions as well as rebukes. He also writes about early life in Salt Lake City, Utah: the influx...
Dates:
1847-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Levi Jackman diary
Edward Jackson diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2493
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary and typewritten transcript. The diary was transcribed by Jackson's sister, Marion Jackson Gilbert, in 1855. Jackson made the overland journey with mules from Independence, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 1849. Long and descriptive daily entries focus on the nature of the California trail, encounters with Indians, and the condition of forts along the way. Several outbreaks of cholera also occurred. Jackson stopped at Salt Lake City and attended Pioneer Day festivities....
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Edward Jackson diary
James Alvin Shafer, 2018 June 15
Item
Identifier: MSS 8845 Series 2 Sub-Series Sub- 1 File Folder 1 Item 106
Dates:
Digitized: 2018 June 15
James E. Talmage academic papers from Brigham Young Academy, 1884-1889
Series
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 3
Scope and Contents note
Contains biology lectures and laboratory records from Talmage's time as a science educator at Brigham Young Academy. Dated approximately 1884 to 1889.
Dates:
1884-1889
James E. Talmage academic papers from the Latter-day Saints' College, 1889-1900
Series — Box 15: Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197227606792], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains biological observations, biology sketchbooks, and laboratory notebooks made or initiated by James E. Talmage during his time as President of the Latter-day Saints' College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dated approximately 1889 to 1900.
Dates:
1889-1900