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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Ludwig Olsen autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3210
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Olsen writes about his birth in Norway, his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, and his life in Santaquin, Utah. He played dance music in many places in Utah and was tried by a Mormon court for inviting people to a public dance. He later settled in Salem, Utah, and continued to play his violin at dances. He travelled to many towns in Utah and Arizona. He later moved to Payson, Utah. Olsen served on a mission for the Mormon...
Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oral history interview with Don L. Young

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6722
Abstract

An oral history of Don Young retrieved through an interview given by Brad Westwood on April 3, 2007.

Dates: 2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Pack letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233055]
Identifier: MSS SC 67
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters dated 1847, addressed to family members, describing difficulties of the journey to Salt Lake City, Utah and Pack's associations with Mormon Church leaders Brigham Young and Heber Chase Kimball.

Dates: approximately 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hamilton Gray Park papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1436
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries from 1898 to 1909 concerning activities in Salt Lake City, Utah; a ticket to the School of the Prophets; missionary notes; correspondence; notebooks; business and legal documents; articles of incorporations of the Latter-day Saint Church Salt Lake City 13th Ward; and printed matter.

Dates: 1869-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337195]
Identifier: MSS 468
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, two typewritten letters, and two biographies. In her autobiography, Parkinson writes about her life in Utah and Idaho, the polygamous marriage of her husband, and her attitude towards the Mormon Church. Also included is a brief biographical statement of Parkinson's daughter telling of Ellen's last years. The two letters are from Isaac B. Nash to "Vie" stating that he was given a three-month sentence for polygamy. The biography is of Mary Cramer...
Dates: 1885-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Patriarchal blessings by Isaac Morley

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2412
Scope and Contents

Handwritten patriarchal blessings both given on 8 Jan. 1849 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were given to Willard G. and Martha Richards McMullin. Morley promises the McMullins that they can receive glory after their deaths by their faithfulness to the Mormon Church while they are alive.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Pauncefate letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347855]
Identifier: MSS 1289
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 20 Feb. and 12 June 1896 and addressed to a David Mackenzie. Pauncefate writes about the Mormons and the theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Personal items, 1907-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts, certificates, and other writings, dated 1907 to 1955.

Dates: 1907-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mahonri M. Young papers

David Pettigrew autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 473
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary with a typescript of the item. Pettigrew (apparently also spelled Pettegrew) started his autobiography in 1840. His diary is sporatic and has many gaps. Pettigrew writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, his life in Missouri during the persecutions of Mormons there, his experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, his work as an LDS missionary, his participation in the migration of Mormons from Nauvoo,...
Dates: 1840-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Post Office Department records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343508]
Identifier: MSS 907
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten mail records and schedules of service from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Placerville, California. The materials include information on the Pony Express. Includes 4 items.

Dates: 1858-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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