Mormons -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Katherine A. Howard Brockbank diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 829
Abstract
Photocopies of the diaries of Katherine A. Howard Brockbank, spanning the years 1871-1922
Dates:
1871-1922
William Clayton receipt
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310762]
Identifier: MSS SC 1286
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed five dollar receipt for sundry expenses incurred in the execution of the estate of Francis Birch.
Dates:
1875
The experiences of a young man while traveling with a wagon train from Omaha, Nebraska to Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, 1860-1865
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233949]
Identifier: MSS SC 119
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a journal, written in retrospect, which describes Bross' personal experiences and observations as he worked and traveled in the West. He describes life in the West, outlaw atrocities, cruelties by the Indians, and Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1860-1865
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. The...
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
Of memories and experiences of James Jepson Jr.
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330547]
Identifier: MSS SC 3140
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of James Jepson. Jepson writes about his parents in England, how they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jepson also tells about his parents' further migration to Utah in 1852. James writes about his birth and early life in Salt Lake City, Utah, his move to Virgin, Utah, in 1862, his marriage in 1876 to Lucinda Stratton, and his many services to the Mormon...
Dates:
1932
James A. Little diaries and autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330893]
Identifier: MSS SC 3216
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Little writes about his youth and his participation in the war with Mexico. He tells about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1849 and his subsequent migration to Utah in the same year. Little writes about his marriage to Mary Jane Lytle in December of 1849 and troubles with Indians in Utah Valley, Utah. Little kept a diary from 1 January 1856 to 12 August 1857 when he served as a missionary for the Mormon...
Dates:
1856-1892
Job Smith autobiography and letters received
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320589]
Identifier: MSS SC 2202
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography and photocopies of handwritten letters received by Smith. Also included are typescripts of Job Smith's "Recollections" of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and photocopies of handwritten and typewritten certificates. The letters are from prminent Mormon Church leaders. Also included is a photocopy of a handwritten patriarchal blessing received by Smith.
Dates:
1860-1902