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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 199 Collections and/or Records:

Elisha Whitteny letter and enclosure

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319938]
Identifier: MSS SC 2114
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copybook of a letter and an enclosure apparently signed by Elisha Whitteny and addressed to Governor Brigham Young. Both the letter and the enclosure deal with a money discrepancy which the U.S. Treasury awarded to Utah.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Who's who in the Bott family in England and America

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323252]
Identifier: MSS SC 2428
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a history of the Bott family and its members. The items include histories, biographies, and letters from members of the family. A branch of the Bott family joined the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thuesen and Dorcheus family histories and biographical sketches

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242593]
Identifier: MSS SC 546
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biographical sketches of Thueson family members and of the origin of the family name. Also included is a speech by Arva Standler Williams tracing the history of the Thueson and Dorcheus families.

Dates: 1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eli Wiggill autobiography typescript

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348564]
Identifier: MSS 504
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wiggill was born in England and migrated to South Africa where he joined the Mormon Church. He came to Utah in 1861 and worked as a wagon maker there. His account gives a lot of detail on his activities as a Mormon in South Africa, his journey to Utah, and his subsequent life in that state.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles H. Wilcken papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309202]
Identifier: MSS SC 1125
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents relating to the lives of Charles W. Wilcken and his son David. The clippings largely tell of the life of Charles while many of the miscellaneous items relate to the marriage, Church activities, and employment of David.

Dates: 1864-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George S. Woods letter to Ulysses S. Grant

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284709]
Identifier: Vault MSS 73
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 13, 1871, and addressed to Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States. Woods writes about the social and political situation in Utah.

Dates: 1871 November 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Edwin Dilworth Woolley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1403
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, notes, and miscellaneous items relating to Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Erastus Snow, and their families which were related through marriage. The materials deal with family associations with various Mormon Church leaders, the Grand Canyon, and a wide wage of Mormon and Utah history topics.

Dates: approximately 1850-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

W.W. Gavitt Company letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324250]
Identifier: MSS SC 2506
Scope and Contents Six handwritten letters received and two order forms. The letters were sent by J. H. Taylor of Orangeville, Utah; T. M. Smith of Cedar Valley, Utah; Henry Bluemel of Randolph, Utah; and Thaddeus May of Springville, Utah. The medicines sold included "Lightning Pain Extractor" and "Gavitt's Pile Driver." Apparently sales were slow. "The reason that I could not do any more," writes Mr. Smith of Cedar Valley, "... is that they have got this Egyptian Regulater Tea there and they seem to think...
Dates: 1894-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294708]
Identifier: Vault MSS 779
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 27 Feb. 1853 and addressed to Samuel W. Richards in Liverpool, England. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young reports on the condition of Utah at the end of a severe winter during which the Utahns received no mail from outside the territory. Young also writes about the sugar industry in Utah, the progress on buildings and machinery of the Deseret Manufacturing Company, the excavations on the foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, the...
Dates: 1853 February 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231237931]
Identifier: MSS SC 979
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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