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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:

James Fennemore letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233006]
Identifier: MSS 704
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter addressed to George and dated October 19, 1866. Fennemore gives an account of his family migrating to Utah, outlines the condition of their subsequent lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, and presents a description of the city.

Dates: 1866 October 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert Gorlinski papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 998
Abstract

Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1845-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jesse Perse Harmon papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348572]
Identifier: MSS 502
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and printed letters, notes, military orders, and certificates. The materials relate to the migration of Mormons to Utah, the operations of the Utah militia during the Black Hawk War against Ute Indians, Harmon's Mormon Church activities, and his life in Holden, Utah.

Dates: 1832-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hintze family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315902]
Identifier: MSS SC 1856
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten autobiographies and biographies of Hintze. Also with the collection are photocopies of handwritten records of the Hintze family including genealogies and Mormon patriarchal blessings. The biographies of Hintze are by Evelyn Mackay Frandsen and A. J. Hansen.

Dates: Broadcast: 1877-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Ole Van Harris and wife, Annie May Perry Harris

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322866]
Identifier: MSS SC 2609
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Ole Van Harris and Annie May Perry Harris, his wife. Ole was born in Parowan, Utah in 1876 and was raised on ranch near the town. Ole attended Brigham Young Academy, taught school in various places in Utah, and eventually settled in Salt Lake City, Utah to work as a businessman. His wife Annie May Perry Harris was born in Provo, Utah in 1876 and married Ole in 1901.

Dates: approximately 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Howard diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334879]
Identifier: MSS 1095
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Howard writes about his financial difficulties, being called to a Mormon bishop's court for selling whiskey, and attending Episcopal and Methodist services.

Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Howard diary

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316785]
Identifier: MSS SC 2028
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a diary. Howard relates his daily acitvities, primarily regarding his businesses.

Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Idaho maps: Boise county, 1935-1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 998 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: Other: 1935-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Gorlinski papers / Robert Gorlinski maps / Robert Gorlinski: mining maps for areas out of Utah / Robert Gorlinski: Idaho maps

Jesse Nathaniel Smith certificates, mementos and miscellany, 1886-1905

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: data_value_missing_494f888a5cc4de957bd1b4e8ff6feac9
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1886-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers / Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection

Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection, 1845-1970

 Series
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1845-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers

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