Latter Day Saints -- Social Life and Customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305432]
Identifier: MSS SC 792
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Although intended to be a biographical sketch of Lois Bushman, manuscript includes a great deal of information about her husband, John, and the author as well. Covers the conversion of Lois's family to the Mormon Church in 1844; their trek across the plains to Utah; their subsequent move to establish Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona in 1876; and life on the Utah and Arizona frontier.
Dates:
1937
John Bushman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1520
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of original diaries covering 1871-1923, along with typescripts; a personal account book; receipts; temple recommend; microfilm copy of the diaries and an autobiography; photocopies of appraisal and accounts books for the chapter of the United Order in St. Joseph; minutes of United Order meetings; and typecript of correspondence. While most of the diary entries are one-liners narrating the author's daily activities in northern Arizona and occasional trips to Utah, others...
Dates:
1871-1923
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Bushman papers