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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Taylor, Romney & Armstrong price list

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339845]
Identifier: MSS 56
Abstract

The folder contains a printed price list of materials available from the lumber company around 1900.

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Reynolds Terry autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487501]
Identifier: MSS 285
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Terry writes about his early life in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Iowa. He joined the Mormon Church in 1842 and moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in January of 1843 and tells of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Terry also writes about the persecutions the Mormons faced in Illinois, tells of the Mormon migration to Utah, and describes his life in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a school teacher. Also...
Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of William Theobald

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330745]
Identifier: MSS SC 3120
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William Theobald. Also included is an index to the item. Theobald was born in England in 1813 and worked on his father's farm until he was sixteen years old. He later became a carpenter and a wheelwright and served in the British navy from 1836 to 1840. He married Martha Lane in 1841, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He worked as a police officer...
Dates: approximately 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ida Fredraca Kruger Tietjen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326834]
Identifier: MSS SC 2781
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Tietjen writes about her early life in Sweden, her migration to Utah, and her subsequent life as a Mormon woman in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

To his honor Abraham O. Smoot, ex mayor of Great Salt Lake City

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6012
Abstract

One large 22 x 28 inch manuscript honoring ex-mayor of Great Salt Lake City, Abraham Owen Smoot, dated 5 March 1866.

Dates: 1866 March 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Enoch B. Tripp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2032
Scope and Contents Eighteen volumes of journals and other papers. Volumes document Enoch B. Tripp's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his missions to the state of Maine, his visit with Joseph Smith's mother (Lucy Mack Smith), wife (Emma Smith), and son (Joseph Smith III) in Nauvoo in November 1855, his participation in the Utah War in 1857, and his life in Salt Lake City. Tripp discusses anti-polygamy legislation, his time on the Mormon "Underground" to avoid arrest for practicing...
Dates: 1841-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Daniel Sylvester Tuttle letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350008]
Identifier: MSS 4121
Abstract

Two letters from Daniel Sylvester Tuttle to Archibald Witson, 1869-1870.

Dates: Other: 1869-1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James William Ure diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345669]
Identifier: MSS 980
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary kept from 3 May 1876 to 7 Jan. 1882. Ure writes about working in a warehouse of the Utah Central Railroad, participating in music groups, and serving as an elders quorum president for the Mormon Church. Also included are notations of work schedules.

Dates: 1876-1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah maps: Alta City and Alta Mining District, 1873

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 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: 1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Gorlinski papers / Robert Gorlinski maps / Robert Gorlinski Utah maps

Utah maps: American Fork Mining District, 1921-1927

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 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: 1921-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Gorlinski papers / Robert Gorlinski maps / Robert Gorlinski Utah maps

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