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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Deseret Mills ledger book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232486933]
Identifier: MSS 880
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a ledger book. The item documents the financial transactions of the Deseret Mills and of those persons doing business with it.

Dates: 1870-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Deseret Mills ledger book

Ledgerbook from a grocery store in Salt Lake City

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313873]
Identifier: MSS SC 1603
Scope and Contents

Handwritten ledgers which report the amount paid for in cash or by check by individuals for goods purchased.

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ledgerbook from a grocery store in Salt Lake City

LaFayette C. and Pearl M. Lee collection

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2313
Scope and Contents

The collection contains (1) the journals of LaFayette C. Lee and Pearl M. Lee during and after their mission to Japan; (2) photocopies of several nineteenth-century items, including photographs and a Nauvoo receipt; and (3) photocopies of a photo album from mission to Japan, 1915-1919.

Dates: 1915-1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LaFayette C. and Pearl M. Lee collection

Brigham Young legal statement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342252]
Identifier: MSS 261
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten, signed, and notarized statement. Young authorizes the sale of ten acres of property of lot 1 in block 104 of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young legal statement

Commodore Perry Liston autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330703]
Identifier: MSS SC 3109
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is a ten-page autobiography of Commodore Perry Liston. Also included is an index to the item. Liston describes how he was born in Ohio in 1821 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in 1851. He came to Utah in 1852 and moved to Cedar City. He was present at Mountain Meadows in 1857 when the Fancher Train was destroyed. He thought "there were some good people among them, consequently I did oppose Killing...
Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Commodore Perry Liston autobiography

Little Georgie Dunford died Wednesday morning 1 o'clock

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315092]
Identifier: MSS SC 1731
Scope and Contents

Note stating the death of George Dunford in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the son of George Dunford (1822-1891), who visited Palestine and other countries from 1872 to 1873. "died ... October 30th 1872, buried friday Nov the 1st at 3 PM lived four days after Papa started on mission to Palestine."

Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Little Georgie Dunford died Wednesday morning 1 o'clock

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James A. Little diaries and autobiography

John Heber Lloyd notes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319458]
Identifier: MSS SC 2133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes recorded in a bound volume. Also included is a photocopy of that item. The notes relate largely to family matters and include birth records and patriarchal blessings. Also included are notes relating to wood work on the interior of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Heber Lloyd notes

Larry J. Ostler oral history interview with Leah B. Lonsway

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225542221]
Identifier: MSS 3778
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an oral history interview of Leah B. Lonsway by her son, Larry Ostler. Describes her life in Idaho and California during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Larry J. Ostler oral history interview with Leah B. Lonsway

Emma Amelia Townsend Lovesy autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325455]
Identifier: MSS SC 2637
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Lovesy tells about converting to the Mormon Church in England, migrating to Utah in 1860, and settling in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emma Amelia Townsend Lovesy autobiography

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