City and Town Life
Found in 525 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas J. Jackson receipt
Handwritten and signed receipt which obligates John Whitmer to pay money before 22 April 1845.
Recollections of a grandfather
Typescript prepared by Elizabeth H. Ball of an autobiography made by Thomas Wakeman Hall during 1889-1894 telling of Hall's childhood in Ohio, marriage, travels to California in 1849, life in mining towns, return to family in Wisconsin, Civil War experiences, and the death of his wife. Also includes a brief history of the Hall family written by Eleanor Lexington.
Recording of Navajo-American Culture symposium
Jacques Clamorgan agreement
Handwritten and signed agreement in French, dated 16 April 1814, and registered in St. Louis, Missouri. Clamorgan agrees to transfer property to William Vasquez and Francois Braconia. The item is attested by Joseph Sornot and Stephen Hempstead.
Wijlen P. Bondam register of land deeds
The manuscript is a register of land deeds. It was taken from local manuscripts by professor Wijlen P. Bondam probably sometime in the eighteenth century. He arranged the family names of the Gelderland province by geographical location and in chronological order. The records date as far back as the 15th century. There is an extensive index of family names found in the back making the source very valuable for genealogical research.
Ida Boyd Reid collection on the Boyd family
Ida Boyd Reid collection of John Boyd Sr. family papers contains papers, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks related to the Boyd family. Much of the collection is regarding John Boyd Jr., a colorful Provo sheriff known as "scourge of the bootlegger."
Reise-Erinnerungen photograph album
Report of Provo City treasurer
Handwritten report of financial "receipts" and "disbursements" for the quarter ending 2 Feb. 1892.
Request for peddler's license
Contains a message sent by R.O. Rasmussen of Sunnyside, Utah, to Mr. C. H. Smith, the county clerk of Carbon County, Utah, requesting two peddler's licenses for H.A. Petty and M. Becker. Material dated 1907.
Deseret Sunday School Union ribbon
Commemorative ribbon for workers of the Deseret Sunday School Union. The item states, "Jubilee Celebration, Latter-Day Saints' Sunday Schools, Salt Lake City 1899, Sunday School Worker for 35 years, 1864 to 1899."