Pioneers -- Utah -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of James Allred
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307016]
Identifier: MSS SC 937
Scope and Contents
Biography of James Allred, the author's father who was a High Priest in the Mormon Church, member of the Nauvoo Legion and one of the Prophet Joseph Smith's bodyguards. He helped to build the Nauvoo Temple and assisted in giving endowments. His wife, Elizabeth, made the first Temple garments under Joseph's direction. Includes a brief account of events surrounding the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum, the trek across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley, and significant...
Dates:
1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Brown autobiography and four letters received
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 945
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of Brown's autobiography. Also includes four original letters, one from Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Pres. Grant; and a Relief Society Financial Report for 1892.
Dates:
1892-1913
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Day by day with the Utah pioneers 1847
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2623
Scope and Contents
Scapbooks. The materials are newspaper clippings glued into blank pages of a book entitled: "Day by day with the Utah pioneers 1847." The items were originally published in the newspapers the "Salt Lake Tribune" and the "Deseret News." The clippings refer to the migration of 1847 to Utah and the early settling of that state by Mormon pioneers.
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections