City and Town Life
Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:
Beaver Island record
Typewritten history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites) at the City of James, Beaver Island, Michigan from 1848 to 1855.
Henry Ward Beecher sermon notes
Holograph notes for unidentified sermons sent to H.A. Tedrow of Omaha, Nebraska in response to a request for a signature of Beecher.
Ole Hendriksen Berg letter
Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.
David Bettisworth report
Holograph. A statement signed by Bettisworth having delivered Joseph Smith, Jr., et al. to R.H. Smith, Justice of the Peace, for trial in Charthage, Illinois.* Noted on the document are constable's fees, and three men, Orrin Porter Rockwell, William Edwards and Samual Bennett, not found after release by writ of habeas corpus. The 18 men listed on the document were those cited on a writ for riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor.
Big debate tonight at Provo High School
Contains a printed broadside announcing a debate at Provo High School in Utah between the "Municipal Power Plant" and the "Utah Power and Light Co." in 1936.
Jacob G. Bigler autobiography
Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. Bigler writes about his relationship with the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah, and his life in Nephi, Utah. Bigler served on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ireland and was active in Mormon Church activities in Nephi.
May Billings diary and notebook
The folder contains the diary and notebook of May Billings in the year 1934. It includes diary entries as well as records in the back consisting of categories such as gifts, charities, beauty parlor, travel, education, insurance etc.
Biographical sketch of William Armstrong
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of William Armstrong by Coddington. Armstrong was born in 1805 in Scotland, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, but later moved to American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1895.
Biographies of ancestors
Typewritten biographies of ancestors of Rawlinson which relate life in numerous Utah communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included is an excerpt from the 1857 diary of James Farmer.