United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
James Lovett Bunting diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 738
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Bunting writes about his service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1857 to 1858 and his immigration to Utah in 1858. Bunting describes his preparation for the overland journey, which began at Florence, Nebraska, and the basic geography of the route. He also mentions meeting Colonel Thomas Kane. The diaries also describe Bunting's activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, his service in the Black Hawk War in 1866, his move to Kanab, Utah,...
Dates:
1857-1920; 1857-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Experiences of the Josiah Rhead family in the Martin handcart company of 1856
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325802]
Identifier: MSS SC 2713
Scope and Contents
Typewritten research paper for a Religion 442 class taught by Howard H. Barron at Brigham Young University. Using family records and unpublished materials as well as secondary sources, Richards writes a history of the Martin handcart company.
Dates:
1967
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Fernando Garcia oral history interview with Silvia Garcia
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233618526]
Identifier: MSS 8124
Scope and Contents
Contains the oral history of a Honduran immigrant who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after immigrating to the United States. The date is 2012.
Dates:
2012
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company records
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232550480]
Identifier: MSS 843
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, reports, documents, and passenger lists of ships of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company. The first folder contains an index of the collection.
Dates:
1853-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections