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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Great Britain -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

From the halls of memory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305507]
Identifier: MSS SC 798
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Author discusses his family's British roots; their acceptance of Mormonism while living in Birmingham, England, and their immigration to the United States. Tolton also describes his experiences during the Black Hawk War (Utah) and frontier life in Utah. His account goes into great detail about his involvement in territorial and state politics, his business ventures, family life, and his mission to Great Britain for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / From the halls of memory

John F. Tolton autobiography, diaries, and histories

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347228]
Identifier: MSS 409
Abstract

Includes typewritten copies of an autobiography, diary, and a history of Beaver, Utah.

Dates: 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John F. Tolton autobiography, diaries, and histories

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