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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:

Lucian Bedell letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335686]
Identifier: MSS 910
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 16, 1853, and addressed to "Dear B." The item was written in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bedell writes about polygamy in Utah and about isolated life in Utah.

Dates: 1853

Ebenezer Beesley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1745
Scope and Contents Mormon hymn books, musical scores, newspaper clippings, a short autobiography, a biography, and letters. Also included is a photostat copy of a handwritten list of passangers on the William Tapscott in 1859. The Mormons on the ship later formed the George Rowley handcart company which emigrated to Utah in 1859. Also included is a typescript of a diary by an unnamed person describing the journey to Utah with the Rowley company. This is transcription from the Journal History of the Church...
Dates: 1863-1950

Biographies of Isabel Siddoway and Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313444]
Identifier: MSS SC 1612
Scope and Contents

One book containing 15 photographs, 2 biographies of Francis Armstrong, 2 life sketches of Isabel Siddoway Armstrong, 13 genealogy sheets, and miscellaneous items. The Armstrong biographies describe the lives of Mormon pioneers.

Dates: 1929-1979

Sheldon Riser Brewster papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1980
Scope and Contents

Autobiographies, official correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, and miscellaneous items. These materials document the life and civic and church careers of Brewster. They include letters from prominent Utah politicians and newsletters Brewster sent to members of his ward who were in the U.S. military forces during World War II.

Dates: 1919-1975

Brief history of Brigham Morris Young

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318674]
Identifier: MSS SC 1999
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Brigham Morris Young. B. M. Young was a businessman who served two missions to Hawaii (1873-1875 and 1883) and helped organize the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations in numerous places for the Mormon Church. He married Armeda Snow who was the daughter of the fifth president of the Mormon Church, Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901).

Dates: approximately 1970s

Theodore Bronson diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327659]
Identifier: MSS SC 2838
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Bronson writes about his journey by train across the United States with Morris K. Jesup, the sponsor and member of the trip. He describes the lands which he saw and gives his impression of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Mormons he met there. Bronson also writes about his stay in San Francisco, California, including visits to various buildings and an opium den.

Dates: 1880

Bullock family financial papers, 1808-1833

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 772 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains promissory notes and other financial transactions and receipts surrounding the Bullock family. A majority of the notes are made to or from Francis Bullock. Dated 1808-1833.

Dates: 1808-1833

Thomas Bullock letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316181]
Identifier: MSS SC 1820
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter to Robert Ball along with two corrected, typed copies of it. The letter bears witness to his belief in Joseph Smith and Brigham Young as prophets of God and praises the wholesome lifestyle in Utah.

Dates: 1855

Thomas Bullock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 772
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the life and family members of Thomas Bullock. Includes personal and professional materials of journals, letters of correspondence, financial records, certificates, genealogical data, recorded blessings, and poems. His original and copied journal excerpts document day to day life, spiritual experiences, and recorded historical moments while living in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the Mormon Trail in 1858, and living in Utah. Letters of correspondence are penned by...
Dates: 1808-1991; Majority of material found within 1808-1892

James Lovett Bunting diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 738
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. Bunting writes about his service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1857 to 1858 and his immigration to Utah in 1858. Bunting describes his preparation for the overland journey, which began at Florence, Nebraska, and the basic geography of the route. He also mentions meeting Colonel Thomas Kane. The diaries also describe Bunting's activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, his service in the Black Hawk War in 1866, his move to Kanab, Utah,...
Dates: 1857-1920; 1857-1920