Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 202 Collections and/or Records:
James W. Woods memoirs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state.
Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates:
1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306430]
Identifier: MSS SC 882
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript. Originally written to be read at a 1903 meeting of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Mrs. Young describes her life in Nauvoo and her early years in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also comments on life as a polygamous wife of Brigham Young.
Dates:
1903
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections