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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

William Bowker Preston receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324540]
Identifier: MSS SC 2530
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed receipts. The items record the transactions and purchases made by Preston at the Bishop's General Storehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a letter to Preston that was written in Bedford, Wyoming. The item is unsigned, but its salutation was "Dear Uncle."

Dates: 1885-1894

John Prichard letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237700]
Identifier: MSS SC 749
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 5 June 1849, and addressed to George Prichard of Garrettsville, Ohio. George is John's brother. John writes about family matters and reports on the condition of Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. John Prichard's familiarity with the Mormons may mean he was a member of that faith.

Dates: 1849

S. H. Putnam contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334663]
Identifier: MSS 1175
Scope and Contents

Handwitten and signed contract to keep bees in Salt Lake City, Utah, dated September 11, 1871. The signature is that of an S. H. or an L. H. Putnam.

Dates: 1871 September 11

Alonzo Hazelton Raleigh diary "B"

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230239136]
Identifier: MSS SC 360
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary which tells of his duties as a member of city council, justice of the peace and inspector of buildings in Salt Lake City, Utah and his various social religious and business dealings.

Dates: 1861-1887

Reference file-people, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Reference files on people collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young containing images and articles on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, and politicians, and on other topics. The folders in this series are identified by name rather than by folder number. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Reference file-scrapbooks, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks contain images and articles collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, politicians, and miscellaneous. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Reference file-subjects, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Subject reference files collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Religious and spiritual history of Gaylen S. Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318815]
Identifier: MSS SC 2001
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten biographies and an essay. The biographies are by Gaylen Snow Young and are entitled: "Religious and Spiritual History of Gaylen S. Young" and "Brief Social and Civic History of Gaylen Snow Young and Mary R. Young and our Family." Also included is an essay entitled: "My Testimony: Why and How" by Gaylen S. Young, Jr.

Dates: 1947-1977

Research Files (oversized), date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains Mahonri Mackintosh Young's research files on various artists and subjects, as well as audubon plates and their reprints, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Hester Telle Richards diary and correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1853
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a handwritten diary, letters, and miscellaneous items. The bulk of the diary was written from 1891 to 1893 prior to her marriage. The entries are lengthy and often introspective. The volume includes some later entries from 1932 to 1933 and some notes from 1980 in another hand. Also included is miscellaneous correspondence relating to business and family matters from 1932 and 1933.

Dates: 1891-1980