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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Cornelia Sorenson Lund papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 276
Abstract

Legislation, reports by the Salt Lake City Women's Chamber of Commerce including records of their activities, correspondence, radio programs, and newspaper clippings, relating to the smoke abatement campaign in Salt Lake City. The collection also contains a historical sketch of the Salt Lake City Women's Chamber of Commerce, and minutes of the Utah Smokeless Fuel Cooperative Association. The collection contains materials which span from 1848-1962.

Dates: 1848-1962

Wilson Lund family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330638]
Identifier: MSS SC 3125

Ted Lyon research on T. Edgar Lyon

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2372
Scope and Contents

Contains research material on T. Edgar Lyon, Sr., drafts of the T. Edgar Lyon biography, miscellaneous materials regarding T. Edgar Lyon, cassette tapes of oral interviews regarding T. Edgar Lyon, and transcripts of the cassette tapes.

Dates: 1903-2000

William Athole Macmasters diaries and autogiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 160
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with an autobiography. There are many gaps in the diary. Macmasters writes about his life in Scotland and England, his trek to Utah in 1854, and his work in a store in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1849-1886

Steven K. Madsen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1983
Scope and Contents

Minutes, maps, legislative acts, laws, lists, bibliographies, and research notes. The materials relate to Madsen's research on the history of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the nearby communities. Madsen's research concentrates on the legal and legislative history of Utah.

Dates: 1850-1975

Materials for projected autobiography, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Family members have a memory of Mahonri jotting down thoughts and arranging and rearranging earlier notes for the purpose of writing his life story. Mahonri’s material is arranged in alphabetical order with titles as he named the subjects. Material is undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Materials for projected autobiography, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains materials and documents relating to Mahonri Mackintosh Young's preparations to write an autobiography. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Mauray Bromsen Associates manuscripts list

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489846]
Identifier: MSS 595
Scope and Contents

Typewritten list of manuscripts available for purchase from Mauray Bromsen Associates. The item presents a list of deeds of conveyance from Daniel H. Wells, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, to Emeline A. Young, Henry W. DeSpain, and Brigham Young, from 1873 to 1875.

Dates: approximately 1970

John D. T. McAllister letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319615]
Identifier: MSS SC 2149
Scope and Contents

Six handwritten letters. McAllister talks mainly about Mormon Church procedures and personal matters. The items were written in Salt Lake City and at Fish Lake, Utah.

Dates: 1885-1893

Notes from the life of John D. T. McAllister

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330752]
Identifier: MSS SC 3119
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a one-page biography of John D. T. McAllister by an unknown author at an unspecified time. McAllister was born in Delaware on 19 Feb. 1827 and died on 21 Jan. 1910. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1844. He migrated to Utah in 1851, took several wives, and had numerous children. He served on two missions for his church, lived for a time in St. George, Utah, and held numerous positions of...
Dates: approximately 1933