Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
Utah Trade Unions papers
Minutes, constitutions, and correspondence of various Utah trade unions.
John Van Cott papers
Correspondence, diaries, and a family history. The correspondence is between Van Cott and family members. Also included are handwritten and signed letters from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, to Van Cott. The diaries cover the time when Van Cott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1852 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1862. He was in Iowa City, Iowa, when the first handcart companies left for Utah.
Joseph Robinson Walker account books
Handwritten entries in account books. The items document the financial transactions of the Walker Brothers in Carson City, Nevada and in Camp Floyd and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nelson Wheeler Whipple diaries
Two different typescripts of the same diary kept by Whipple: one prepared by Phyllis Clayton Pettit, the other by Anor Whipple. The diary gives genealogical data about Nelson Whipple's ancestors and tells of his early experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church, his move to Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey across the Plains to Utah and his life there.
John Mills Whitaker diaries
Clarissa Harden Wilhelm autobiography
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wilhelm writes about her youth in New York, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838, her move to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, and her subsequent migration to Utah. She also tells about her various marriages and her life in Salt Lake City, Spanish Fork, Springville, St. George, and Orderville, Utah. She also talks of living in St. Joseph, Arizona.
Will W. Bowman biographical papers, 1922-1973
Contains Bowman's biographical papers, including memorabilia, certificates, letters, scrapbooks, and other materials. Materials relate to his education and training, as well as family history, and date from between 1922 and 1973.
Will W. Bowman collection of Utah Power & Light Company records, 1949-1965
Contains articles, reports, and other materials from Utah Power & Light Company collected by Bowman while he was the Publicity Director for the company, 1949-1965.
Will W. Bowman papers on the Ogden Standard-Examiner, 1935
Contains a personal diary, as well as newspaper clippings collected by Bowman during his work at the Ogden Standard-Examiner, 1935.
S. A. Wixom letter
The folder contains a handwritten letter dated 25 August 1883 and addressed to "Prest. McAllister & Brethren." Wixom describes the murder of a police officer in Salt Lake City, "Capt. Bent," by a "mulatto," who had refused to pay a restaurant bill, and the subsequent lynching of the man by a mob.