Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
Eliza R. Snow diary
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Snow writes about her life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and her migration across Iowa to Council Bluffs. She left Winter Quarters and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. She also describes her life in that city. She also includes many of her poems.
William Snow diary and biographies
William Henry Solomon autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Also included are brief biographies of family members and patriarchal blessings. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Solomon writes about joining the Mormon Church, migrating to Utah, serving on a mission to the Indians of Arizona, meeting John D. Lee, and moving to Kanab, Utah.
Claudius V. Spencer journal
Journal records Spencer's overland journey from Salt Lake City, Utah to Liverpool, England between April 22, 1850 to September 19, 1850.
Owen H. Spencer memoranda
Handwritten "Memorandum Book." Spencer copies articles from newspapers, writes about various cures for diseases, and mentions some occurrences in the area where he lived.
The Spencer-Pike incident
Typewritten research paper for Larry C. Porter's Church History 342 class. Spencer writes about the murder of Ralph Pike by Howard Orson Spencer in 1859 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
David Spilsbury diaries
Handwritten diaries for the years 1881, 1906-1916, and 1934-1936. The 1881 diary covers the time Spilsbury was a missionary for the Mormon Church in England, the 1906-1916 diary was kept while Spilsbury lived in Toquerville, Utah, and the final journal was kept while he was in Salt Lake City, Utah. Spilsbury writes about his work in the Mormon Church, farming, and international news.
William Wilson Sterrett autobiography
This collection consists of photocopies of the holograph of Sterrett's autobiography and some patriarchal blessings he gave.
John U. Stucki journals
The collection contains the typescripts of the journal between the years of 1874-1917. Also contained is an index of the journals by John R. Stucki. The collection contains material on the Swiss and German Mission between the years 1874-1875 and 1888-1890; autobiographical information; and life in Southern Idaho and Northern Utah.
John Tate : early Utah pioneer
Photocopies of a typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item is a history of John Tate who converted to the Mormon Church in England and migrated to Utah. Tate lived in Salt Lake City, Utah as a famer until 1861 when he move to Tooele, Utah. This biography was written as a student paper for a history class at Brigham Young University.