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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 199 Collections and/or Records:

Jones family diary and histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319193]
Identifier: MSS SC 2067
Scope and Contents

Photocopied and typewritten histories of William Ellis Jones, Edwin Samuel Jones (1870-1938), and Hyrum Ellis Jones (1867- ). The William Ellis Jones item includes a diary by him. Also included are genealogical lists and a photocopied and typewritten history of the William Ellis Jones Family Organization.

Dates: 1860-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Decatur Kartchner autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 904
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Kartchner writes about his early life in Pennsylvania; joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843 and subsequently moving to Nauvoo, Illinois; and his migration to Utah in 1847. He lived in serveral places in Utah and settled in Arizona. Also included is a partriarchal blessing for Etta Kartchner.

Dates: 1884-1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Wright Kirby autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232990]
Identifier: MSS 706
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. These materials were created when Kirby was in the territorial penitentiary of Utah for polygamy. Kirby was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852, performed missionary work in England, migrated to Utah in 1863 where he lived in several different places, took additional wives, joined the United Order, and went to prison for polygamy. His diary covers the years 1886 to 1887 when he was in the...
Dates: 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph A. Kuhn letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323260]
Identifier: MSS SC 2394
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters dated 1866 and addressed to Kuhn's parents and to other friends and family members. The items were written in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah. Kuhn tells about his experiences on the Oregon and the California trails. He writes about meeting Mormons in Salt Lake City and elsewhere in Utah and gives his impressions of them.

Dates: 1866
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Laboratory journal of physiology

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324227]
Identifier: MSS SC 2503
Scope and Contents

Typewritten lab manual for an advanced course in human physiology. The item includes hand-drawn charts and graphs. Also included is a handwitten two-page autobiography by an unnamed individual, presumably Lewis Oaks.

Dates: 1916-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lake family biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305135]
Identifier: MSS SC 768
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Contains biographies of James Lake (1788-1874); Philomelia Smith Lake (1794-1873); James Lake, Sr. (1760- ); and George Lake (1838-1898) written by some of their grandchildren. Also includes autobiography of George Lake (1838-1898). Discusses the family's genealogy; their conversion to the Mormon Church in 1832; their migration with the Mormons to Ohio, Illinois, and Utah; illnesses and deaths in the family; life on the Utah frontier; George's mission in Great...
Dates: 1760-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Christian J. Larsen diary and autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336486]
Identifier: MSS 421
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typescript of a diary and an autobiography. The diary covers the years from 1851 to 1857 and has many gaps. The autobiographical materials cover the rest of Larsen's life. Larsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark and performed missionary work in that country and in Norway. He moved to Utah in 1854 where he lived in Ogden, Ephraim, and Logan. He was married polygamously, participated in the Black Hawk War against the Ute Indians,...
Dates: 1850-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hans Peter Larsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349307]
Identifier: MSS 515
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Larsen was converted to the Mormon Church in Denmark, migrated to Utah in 1855, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858, helped build the fort at Wellsville, Utah, and settled in Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1828
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Martha Laurence letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489192]
Identifier: MSS 529
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter in pencil. The item was addressed to Martha's uncle, Harison Laurence, of Selma, Illinois, and was postmarked March 28 of an unspecified year. Martha writes about her trip by train to Utah. She gives her impression of seeing Mormon polygamists in a town six miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project case files, 1991-2004

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 25 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project, 1991-2004.

Dates: 1991-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project transcripts and case files

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