Polygamy -- Utah -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham H. Cannon diaries
Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 62
Scope and Contents
Nineteen volumes of diaries kept by Abraham H. Cannon from 1879 to 1895. Abraham begins his diary when he leaves his family in Utah to serve a three-year mission to Europe for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He writes of his life as a missionary in England and Germany, his return to farm life, and details of his daily life, such as the birth of children, his duties in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, his occupation, and current world events. Includes details of his...
Dates:
1879-1895; approximately 1969
Jens C. Gasberg journal
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3880
Scope and Contents
Journal written by Jens C. Gasberg in Danish between 1865 and 1911. Entries describe activities, missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, courtship, journey to Brigham City, Utah, family events, trial for polygamy, and other topics. Also includes inserted photographs, newspaper clippings, and other material. Collection also includes an English translation of the journal.
Dates:
1864-1911
Lydia G. Knight genealogical records and correspondence
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231567105]
Identifier: MSS 17
Scope and Contents
Handwritten genealogical records and 32 miscellaneous items, mostly letters. Also included are photocopies, typescripts, and three microfilm reels of the originals. The correspondence is between Lydia and her family members in the New Albion area of New York state. They relate family matters and include Lydia's testimony of polygamy. Also included are several pages of a journal giving an account of an unnamed person on a mission in 1836 for the Mormon Church to work on the temple in...
Dates:
1833-1883
Story of the underground
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329978]
Identifier: MSS SC 3054
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typewritten account of a time when Wilford Woodruff, later president of the Mormon Church, was avoiding federal marshals in St. George, Utah. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.
Dates:
1920