Social Life and Customs
Found in 3406 Collections and/or Records:
James I. Steel autobiography and family records
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with family records apparently also copied by Steel. James Steel converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1854. He later settled in Tooele County, Utah. Steel entered into polygamy in 1874. Also included are ordinations and patriarchal blessings of family members. Steel also writes about his visions and dreams.
Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson
Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.
David Hyrum Jenkins papers
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography, family history, and patriarchal blessings. Jenkins writes about the members of his family and ancestors, and his life in Farmington. Also included are letters from friends and family members.
Autobiography of Baynes
Autobiography of Wesley C. Carter
Contains an autobiography of the life of Wesley C. Carter. Includes information about his personal and professional activities. Includes personal stories from his childhood, adolescent, and adult life, notes positions held in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and discusses the work he completed while serving his building missions in the British Isles and the Southern United States. Dated approximately 1993.
Virginia state officials autograph collection
Handwritten and printed legal documents signed by governors and lieutenant governors of Virginia. Included are two depositions by Benjamin Harrison regarding land suits; an appointment of a county sheriff signed by James Pleasants; appointments of six Justices of the Peace by Joseph Johnson, three by John Letcher, four by Henry Wise, and three by Francis Pierpont; and an appointment of county surveyor Joshua Pretlow.
Sonia Peterson Aycock family papers
Contains letters, biographies, family group sheets, photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, and other family papers that show the family history of Sonia Peterson Aycock. The papers also show the way of life of the 1900s.
Ancestry of Nellie F. Ayres
Typewritten genealogy of Nellie F. Ayres. This item was composed on an unknown date from published genealogies. The materials include pedigrees, family histories, as well as land, civil, and probate records. The item traces Nellie F. Ayres' ancestry through the Terrell family of North Carolina and of England. Ayres apparently had some Mormon descendants.
Edmund C. Babcock letters
Contains eighteen handwritten letters to Elizabeth B. Lampman, all but one having postmarked envelopes, written between July to August 1903 by Edmund C. Babcock; there are also two letters written by an anonymous person or persons, located in the letter of July 16th written from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Letters document Babcock's travels through Yellowstone National Park as the secretary of the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union.
Babes in Wall Street, 1962-03-09
Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.