Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
George Montgomery Scott letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated February 1890, and entitled: "First Message." The item outlines the various responsibilities of elected officials and calls for improvements in the city water supply, in street repairs, and in the sewage system. Scott also calls for financial reports.
Second Ward (Salt Lake City, Utah) papers
Handwritten, typewritten, and printed receipts, letters, and lists of ward members. The items relate to the functioning of the 2nd ward and to those who were its members.
Jacob Foutz Secrist diaries and correspondence
Photocopies of handwritten correspondence, letters, and a patriarchal blessing. The materials were created when Secrist was serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany and Switzerland. The correspondents were his wife, Ann Eliza Logan Secrist, and other family members. Secrist writes about his missionary activities, and his wife and others tell about events in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Frederick William Seward autobiography
Typewritten excerpt taken from a "memo of his life and selections from his letters 1861-1872." Seward writes about coming to Utah by train and describes what he saw in Salt Lake City. He met the president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), and relates what Young said about Mormon polygamy.
Robert Sherwood journals and papers
Short sketch of David Grant, came to Utah 1847
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. David Grant was born in Scotland in 1816, migrated to the United States, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. Grant lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and moved to Utah in 1847. He later returned to England as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He died in 1868.
Thomas P. Shrock letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1849, and addressed to "Dear Rebecca." Schrock describes his overland journey from Missouri to California to visit the gold fields. He also writes about the reputation the Mormons had at the time. He says that "vegetables, milk, butter, cheese and other things" could be purchased at the "Mormon City" (Salt Lake City, Utah) but adds that the Mormons often cheated people coming West.
Sketchbooks, date of production not identified
Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.
Sketchbooks: photocopies, date of production not identified
Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.
Albert Smith diaries
Photocopies of a handwritten diary and a typescript copy. Smith's materials include an autobiography of his early life in Massachusetts and his experiences with the Mormons in Far West, Missouri. His diary starts in 1842 and includes information on where he lived and his experiences in the Mormon Battalion.