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Local histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Bear River Stake history and record books

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9352
Scope and Contents Contains a ward history titled, "Brief History of Tremonton Second Ward," compiled by the Tremonton Second Ward historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dated 1984. The history includes photographs, descriptions of the families in the ward, and the history and organization of previous wards. There are images of the members of the bishoprics ranging from 1927 to 1984. There are also two record books in the collection titled "Division Supervisors Roll and Record Book of...
Dates: approximately 1954-1984

Beaver Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 242
Scope and Contents Contains Beaver Branch school catalogs, programs for commencement exercises and other events, invitations to dances and closing week, a collection of handwritten school yells, and other ephemera such as admission cards, postcards, and announcements. It also includes a brief history of the academy written by Mary K. Davis, and a photocopied handwritten narrative describing the campus buildings. Also contains several oversize photographs of students, faculty, and the campus. The history of the...
Dates: 1898-1908; 1967

William J. Curtis and Annette Wegner Curtis collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6223
Scope and Contents This collection contains items such as letters, photographs, paintings, sketches, pamphlets, deeds, newspapers, stamps, coins, books, and other materials related to African American people's history in the 19th and 20th century, particularly relating to Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. This collection also contains photographs, articles, programs, pamphlets, and other items concerning religious, particularly Latter-day Saint, history. The materials were collected by white...
Dates: 1833-2008

Blair Holmes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3248
Scope and Contents

Contains information from both the personal and professional life of Blair Holmes, and includes journals, correspondence and professional papers documenting his life in Utah, his mission in Austria, and family life from 1932-2016. Also includes diplomas and other ephemera of Holmes and other family members, and transcribed and photocopied volumes of historical documents and newspapers from members of the Victor, Idado community. Dates range from 1932 to 2023.

Dates: 1932-2023

Walton LeGrande Law papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233639308]
Identifier: MSS 8293
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Law, including scrapbooks, newspaper articles, letters, and photographs. Contains information about his time as commander of a CCC camp in Utah, as commander of a Japanese internment camp in Topaz, Utah, and family history information. There are also three letters dated 1859 and 1863 from California and Nebraska to Utah. Dated 1859-2011.

Dates: 1859-2011

Flora Johnson LeFevre journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9024
Content Description

Two manuscript boxes containing nine diaries and one autograph book documenting the years 1936-1972 of Flora Johnson LeFevre in Tropic, Utah. Journals document Flora Johnson LeFevre's family and domestic life; her involvement in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; community and school events in Tropic, Utah; and work and agricultural routines.

Dates: 1936-1973

Emma Priscilla Evans Little papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 357
Scope and Contents Papers of Emma Priscilla Evans Little , including diaries, biographies, correspondence, notes, and patriarchal blessings. Little kept her diaries off and on from 1901 to 1941. There are many gaps including one from 1901 to 1922. Little documents her life on a ranch near Kanab, Utah, then later her life in Cedar City, Utah, starting in 1932. The correspondence is largely to and from family members, most of which was written between 1875 and 1914. The biographies are for members of the Evans,...
Dates: 1854-1941

Manti drama history / by Arthur Welch

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239277871]
Identifier: MSS 9300
Scope and Contents

One 3 1/2" floppy disk labeled, "Manti Drama History by Arthur Welch." The disk contains "The Early History of Drama in Manti," by Arthur H. Welch, dated 2003, 26 pages. The history was written for a religion class assignment at Brigham Young University and includes appendices.

Dates: 2003

Merrill C. Mickelson collection of Red Rock Chapter newsletters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232583028]
Identifier: MSS 7753
Scope and Contents

Contains the newsletters of the Red Rock Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers in southern Utah, specifically Kanab, Orderville, Mt. Carmel, Glendale, and Alton. The newsletters contain family histories of ancestors of chapter members. Dated 2005 to 2011.

Dates: 2005-2011

Morgan Stake history

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231063642]
Identifier: MSS 6232
Abstract

The Morgan Stake history is a typed history that accounts from the beginning of the Morgan Stake in 1877 until 1981. The history relates the settling of Morgan, the history of the church buildings, and the biographies of the church leaders in the Morgan Stake. Also included are the biographical sketches of all the stake presidents of the Morgan Stake.

Dates: 1987