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Manti (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

John Martin diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331818]
Identifier: MSS SC 3233
Scope and Contents

Phtocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Martin writes about his work as a minister in Manti, Ephraim, and Mt. Pleasant, Utah. He talks about his activities, preaching, and his various contacts.

Dates: 1881-1902

Mercantile Institution Manti account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347251]
Identifier: MSS 411
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in an account book. The item includes lists of stock holders in the institution and records of financial transactions. The accounts were made out primarily to women.

Dates: 1876-1897

Jessie Chapman Mickelson diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233627659]
Identifier: MSS 7824
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the daily writings of a Manti/Richfield, Utah, woman in the 20th century. The diaries include notes about the weather, visits from family members, births and deaths within the family, and church activities.

Dates: 1945-1978

Artemus Millet autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317171]
Identifier: MSS SC 1899
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten autobiographies of Artemus Millet including the typescripts of them. MIllet describes his conversion to the Mormon faith, his experiences as a Mormon Pioneer, and his spiritual interpretations of the events of his life.

Dates: 1855-1861

Andrew J. Moffitt letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234749]
Identifier: MSS SC 124
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 28 March 1867 and addressed to Bishop Bryan of Salt Creek, Utah. The item was composed in Manti, Utah. Moffitt authorizes Wm. Richei, Peter Clausen, and David Sonis "to go out freighting."

Dates: 1867 March 28

Mrs. Russell Moffitt reminiscences

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342278]
Identifier: MSS 259
Scope and Contents

Typewritten reminiscence. The author's name is unknown and the date of composition of the item is uncertain. Mrs. Moffitt writes about work and crafts in Manti, Utah during the nineteenth century. Topics include: farming, milling, lighting, hay, dyeing, basket weaving, and hat making.

Dates: 1920

Callie O. Morley biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306356]
Identifier: MSS SC 872
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three biographies. The subjects of these biographies are Morley's ancesters who settled in the Sanpete Valley of Utah. Her accounts include biographies of John Olson (1845-1896), Daniel (1824-1914) and Amanda Bradley Henrie (1829-1903), and Betsy Elizabeth Kroll Bradley (1811-1893). Daniel was a member of the "Mormon Battalion." Daniel, Amanda, and Betsy Bradley settled in Manti, Utah, while John Olson settled in Moroni, Utah.These accounts are...
Dates: 1950-1975

Mormon Miracle Pageant papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236314]
Identifier: MSS SC 236
Scope and Contents

Printed programs, typescript testimonials (some photocopies) and brief histories of the evolution of the Mormon Miracle Pageant staged in Manti, Utah.

Dates: 1968-1974

Nielsen family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230229723]
Identifier: MSS 1862
Scope and Contents

Biographies, genealogies, photocopies of photographs, correspondence, and patriarchal blessings. The materials relate to the lives of family members in Utah and in Norway.

Dates: 1919-1982

George Pectol autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1085
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a holograph document. The item purports to be a diary but was written retrospectively. Pectol tells of his conversion to the Mormon faith, the emigration of his family by wagon to Utah, and early settlement in Manti, Utah. The accounts often sermonize about the veracity of the Mormon Church and comment on its history. Much of the autobiography was written on the empty spaces of an account book with financial reports from 1836 to 1840. It records business transactions of...
Dates: 1836-1860; 1836-1860