Latter Day Saints -- Nebraska -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Allis statement
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235902]
Identifier: MSS SC 187
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a handwritten and signed statement dated 8 Sept. 1846. Allis affirms that he and others were in Omaha County, Nebraska, before the Mormons arrived. Also incuded is a letter from R. B. Mitchell stating he has "nothing to add to my communication made to Colonel Kane" dated 19 Sept. 1846.
Dates:
1846
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Milo Andrus journals
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312073]
Identifier: MSS SC 1499
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten journals and genealogy of Milo Andrus who was a missionary for the mormon Church in the 19th century. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a letter addressed to Brigham Young by Andrus (1854) in which he gives an account of the Mormons in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a photocopy of a biography of Milo Andrus by Gary L. Pickell (1979). Andrus' diaries tell of experiences while a missionary in England during 1849, of crossing the plains from Nebraska...
Dates:
1840-1861
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Letters received by William R. Foster
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243880]
Identifier: MSS SC 603
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters received by Foster. The items were sent by friends and family members and describe conditions in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The materials also make reference to Mormons in those places.
Dates:
1854-1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections