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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical sketch of William T. Brown

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327634]
Identifier: MSS SC 3287
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Shelley writes about William Thomas Brown. Brown was born in England in 1843 and migrated to Utah in 1852. During the journey, cholera killed both of Brown's parents. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later settled in Alpine, Utah.

Dates: 1925

James Lovett Bunting diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 738
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. Bunting writes about his service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1857 to 1858 and his immigration to Utah in 1858. Bunting describes his preparation for the overland journey, which began at Florence, Nebraska, and the basic geography of the route. He also mentions meeting Colonel Thomas Kane. The diaries also describe Bunting's activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, his service in the Black Hawk War in 1866, his move to Kanab, Utah,...
Dates: 1857-1920; 1857-1920

Newbern I. Butt price list

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343185]
Identifier: MSS 30
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten notations on printed columns. The materials trace the price of various agricultural items and certain foods in Provo, Salt Lake City, and St. George, Utah from 1852-1910.

Dates: 1852-1910

California maps: Highland Boy Mine, bulk 1910-1919

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1910-1919

California maps: Other areas in Plumas County, 1916-1921

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: Other: 1916-1921

California maps: Walker Mining Co., Plumas Co., 1909-1920

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: Other: 1909-1920

Asa Starkweath Calkin diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330562]
Identifier: MSS SC 3138
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The diary is in two sections, 1850-1853 and 1855-1858. In the earlier diary, Calkin writes that he arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and talks about hauling wood and teaching school to provide for his family. In the later diary, Calkin writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England. He also worked in the office of tithing records in England. He includes copies of letters and blessings in his...
Dates: 1850-1858

Louis H. Callister newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321454]
Identifier: MSS SC 2305
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of newspaper clippings and of a typewritten history. Callister was active in community and in Mormon Church activities in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1940-1983

Robert Lang Campbell papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2211
Scope and Contents

The collection contains one personal tax ledger book for Great Salt Lake City during the years 1856-1857, just prior to the Utah War. It contains a record of personal taxes paid, recorded by Ward, and by individuals in the Ward. It includes the records of twenty Wards as well as the Sugar House Ward. The ledger book also includes the names of several early and important members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including Brigham Young.

Dates: 1856-1857

Eugene M. Cannon diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1002
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in ink and pencil. Cannon writes about his first mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti starting in 1893 and about his activities in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are notes on the Tahitian language.

Dates: 1893-1940