City and Town Life
Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:
Luman Andros Shurtliff account book
Contains the leather bound account book of Luman Andros Shurtliff. Contents include Shurtliff's personal financial and family records and memoranda. Dated 1868-1872.
Sketches of the life of Leonard E. Harrington
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography of Leonard E. Harrington. Harrington was born in 1816 in New York and joined the Mormon Church in 1840. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and to Utah in 1847. He moved to American Fork, Utah, in 1850 where he served as mayor for 29 years. He died in 1883.
E. L. Sloan diary
Bound photocopy of handwritten diary by Edward Lennox Sloan in Liverpool, England. Sloan tells of difficulties preaching Mormon doctrines in Great Britain, of church meetings held with other Mormons, and of helping members of that church to emigrate to the United States.
Andrew F. Smith diary
Handwritten diary. Smith writes short statements about his daily activities while serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in the Southern States.
Hyrum Fisher Smith papers
The contents of this collections relate to or belonged to Hyrum Fisher Smith. Included in the collection are a razor and its case, tithing receipts, tax notices, bills and invoices, daybooks and calendars, correspondence, and newspaper articles. The contents of the collection have been divided into categories, with each folder representing a different genre. Within each folder, the documents have been ordered chronologically.
J. M. Smith speech
Handwritten speech intended to commemorate a Fourth of July celebration in the United States. Smith writes about the creation of the United States and its growth as a nation. He also tells of the evils of alcohol consumption. The item was signed "J. M. S." who is believed to have been J. M. Smith.
Jane Walker Smith autobiography
Typewritten autobiography. Smith writes about being born in Pecham, Vermont, migrating to Haun's Mill, Missouri, what she observed during the "Haun's Mill Massacre," mob activities against the Mormons in Missouri, her life in Nauvoo, Illinois, her miraculous healing, her association with the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, and her sister's marriage to Joseph Smith as a plural wife.
John L. Smith and Iona Thompson papers
Letters, poetry, legal documents, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to sections of southern Utah primarily in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Jospeh Smith Sr. letter
Vera Swain Smith journal
Contains a journal with the handwritten memories of Vera Swain Smith, who lived in Monroe, Utah. The journal discusses her own memories of growing up in a farm lifestyle and reminiscences about her family and youth. Dated 1910-1964.