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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:

Neibaur family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 438
Scope and Contents Contains typed copies of a diary, biographies, autobiographies, and miscellaneous items. Neibaur kept his diary from 1841 to 1861. This typescript is 60 pages long, and there are many gaps in the record. Neibaur writes about leaving England for the United States. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later migrated to Utah in 1847 where he lived in Salt Lake City. Neibaur writes about his experiences with the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith and...
Dates: 1841-1972

C. W. Nibley papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335900]
Identifier: MSS 1237
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, speeches, certificates, blessings, and legal papers. The materials relate to Nibley's church service and business activities.

Dates: 1869-1927

Peter A. Nielsen diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1661
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. The first diary covers the time that Nielsen was serving a mission for the Mormon Church in Denmark. Nielsens diaries cover most years until 1890 after which they cover every year until 1933. Nielsen records family and business matters in short entries. The diary for 1913 is missing.

Dates: 1879-1933

Benjamin Noble autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325273]
Identifier: MSS SC 2624
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary. Noble was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and later moved to Apache County, Arizona. He writes about growing up near Salt Lake City and about his activities as an adult in Arizona.

Dates: 1881-1920

James Alvin Ott autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219740]
Identifier: MSS 1673
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography composed in collaboration with James' wife, Virginia Spencer Ott. James and Virginia write about their educations, their family, and their occupation as teachers.

Dates: approximately 1980

Ward E. Pack biography, genealogy, and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2167
Abstract

The papers, included genealogy and a biographical sketch, of Ward E. Pack, 1837-1907.

Dates: 1837-1907

Patriarchal blessings by Isaac Morley

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2412
Scope and Contents

Handwritten patriarchal blessings both given on 8 Jan. 1849 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were given to Willard G. and Martha Richards McMullin. Morley promises the McMullins that they can receive glory after their deaths by their faithfulness to the Mormon Church while they are alive.

Dates: 1849

George Pauncefate letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347855]
Identifier: MSS 1289
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 20 Feb. and 12 June 1896 and addressed to a David Mackenzie. Pauncefate writes about the Mormons and the theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1896

William Bowker Preston receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324540]
Identifier: MSS SC 2530
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed receipts. The items record the transactions and purchases made by Preston at the Bishop's General Storehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a letter to Preston that was written in Bedford, Wyoming. The item is unsigned, but its salutation was "Dear Uncle."

Dates: 1885-1894

William Bowker Preston letter and receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335942]
Identifier: MSS 1241
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten letter and receipts. Preston writes to John M. Cannon, administrator of the estate of A. H. Cannon. Preston states that the account of A. H. Cannon still owes $841.98 to the Bishops' General Storehouse.

Dates: 1893-1896