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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:

Jesse Nathaniel Smith family correspondence, 1885-1890

 Series
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 2
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: 1885-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers

Jesse Nathaniel Smith genealogy and blessings, 1845-1970

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: 4
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 / Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection

Philo Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318559]
Identifier: MSS SC 1987
Scope and Contents Photocopied and typewritten autobiography. Johnson tells mainly about his conversion to the Mormon faith, his experiences in Nauvoo with leaders of the Mormon Church and the Nauvoo Legion, and his migration to Utah. Philo mentions a retaliation by Mormon settlers against Native Americans in "Tutullry Valley" because of cattle stealing in 1850. He also mentions his own participation in this event. He first settled in Salt lake City but moved to Payson in 1857. He mentions seeing Joseph...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Seth Johnson family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320134]
Identifier: MSS SC 2209
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten biographies, diaries, newspaper clippings, and family genealogical records. Included are biographies of Benjamin F. Johnson (1818-1905), Joel Hill Johnson (1802-1882), and Seth Johnson (1839-1927). The Johnson family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830s, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later migrated to Utah where they settled in various communities.

Dates: 1860-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Eckersley diaries, 1886-1958

 Series
Identifier: MSS FM 8 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Joseph Eckersley's diaries

Dates: Other: 1886-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Eckersley papers

Joseph Eckersley papers, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS FM 8 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Papers of interest to Joseph Eckersley.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Eckersley papers

Abbie Hannah Rice Kimball journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4141
Abstract

The journal and family group sheets of Abbie Hannah Rice Kimball, 1893-1946.

Dates: 1893-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles Lambert autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338193]
Identifier: MSS 927
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Lambert was born in England; converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844; migrated to Utah in 1849; and served on missions in England in 1870 and 1882. He also writes about the "Utah War" and about problems with swarms of crickets.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Henry W. Lawrence papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227617104]
Identifier: MSS 3079
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of letters, deeds, legal papers, and other materials collected by Lawrence through his business dealings. These include the estate papers of William W. Phelps, Heber C. Kimball, Julia Kimball, as well as miscellaneous legal papers relating to Henry W. Lawrence, and the legal papers relating to the property dispute case of William H. Folsom vs. Thomas Fitch (1881).

Dates: 1873-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Little Georgie Dunford died Wednesday morning 1 o'clock

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315092]
Identifier: MSS SC 1731
Scope and Contents

Note stating the death of George Dunford in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the son of George Dunford (1822-1891), who visited Palestine and other countries from 1872 to 1873. "died ... October 30th 1872, buried friday Nov the 1st at 3 PM lived four days after Papa started on mission to Palestine."

Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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