Scope and Contents Contains the travel journal of Hollis "Sam" Wave Cowgill kept from June 8 to August 24, 1924. Hollis records names of travelling companions, weather updates, miles travelled each day, and the cities and towns passed through. During the trip, his party went through Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. Included are accounts of a trip to Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and other various historical sites including Fort Bridger, Sherman's Hill, and a...

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Handwritten lessons for the years 1821-1822. Also included are sketches made around 1860 of scenes in the United States. The creator of these items is believed to be John Duncan from Scotland.

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Handwritten journal describing Littlefield's travels around the world in 1873-4. He started in Boston Mass. and travelled westward across the United States. He then went across the Pacific to the Far East and returned to Boston by way of Europe and the Atlantic. The account contains detailed descriptions of the Far East and his railroad trip across the United States. He also describes his visit to Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Contains papers, journals, scrapbooks, photos, newsletters, teaching materials, travel plan research and experiences, personal history collection and drafts, and other memorabilia from Lisonbee. Topics included with these materials memoirs of her mission with her husband in Guam-Micronesia and Ireland, volunteer opportunities in the AARP and the Kiwanas Club, letters and cards from friends and family, research for her autobiography, etc. Material dated approximately 1891-2014.

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Typed transcript of part of Henry Rice Mann's diary. Transcript begins June 22, 1849 and ends September 18, 1849. On the entry of August 10, 1849, Mann is 35 years old. The diary recounts his trip across the United States to become a gold panner in California. Mann describes the climate, surrounding nature, the wagon train, camping life, and the prospect of searching for gold in California.

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Photocopy of a typescript of a journal by Genevieve Johnson Pettit. In this journal Pettit tells of her journey from Arizona to Canada with a group of 41 travellers, her impressions of various towns she passed through, and her dates with Jim Sirrine.

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11 original handwritten journals and 14 photocopies of transcribed copies of the life and travels of Samuel Uriah Porter. Porter talks about his parents, siblings, marriage, farming, assignments in the Mormon Church, family genealogy, travels, and important people in his life.

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Photocopy of a bound typescript of an account of a trip to places of Mormon historical interest and other places in the United States. Poulson describes her trip from Utah into Wyoming, the Midwest, and the Eastern States, Florida, and then her return to Utah.

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Handwritten copies of letters written by Karl A. Scheid. Scheid writes to his mother and other family members about his trip through the United States and Europe.

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Handwritten account of Young's trip from Scotland to Utah. Young recounts the trip which was conducted largely by boat and by train.