Mormons -- Utah -- Parowan -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
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
John Steele astrology and medicine papers, 1891-1900
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 8
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and printed ephemera related to Steele's interest in astrology and homeopathic medicine. Also includes some items related to hypnotism. Dated 1891-1900.
Dates:
1891-1900
John Steele business correspondence, 1852-1907
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains letters and other documents related to Steele's professional life and business interests.
Dates:
1852-1907
John Steele church service papers, 1843-1936
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains records related to Steele's service in the LDS Church, including records related to his missions to England, Las Vegas, and Europe; temple work; patriarchal blessings received by Steele and his family; and, addresses given and visions had by Church leaders and others collected by Steele. Dated 1843-1936.
Dates:
1843-1936
John Steele civic service papers, 1853-1902
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains records related to Steele's civic appointments, including Justice of the Peace and Probate Judge. Includes probate records from cases that came before Steele, or ones he submitted to the courts, primarily in Toquerville, Utah.
Dates:
1853-1902
John Steele ephemera, 1868-1932
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 9
Scope and Contents
Contains ephemera and other miscellaneous notes, letters, envelopes, and other items related to John Steele. Also includes photocopies of the title pages of all books owned by Steele, and a photocopy of a photograph of Steele dated 1891.
Dates:
1868-1932
John Steele family history and genealogical records, 1875-1989
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Includes documents related to the history of John Steele and his family, including his handwritten autobiography, written around 1891, and a description of the John Steele papers by Kerry Bate, dated 1989.
Dates:
1875-1989
John Steele journals and notebooks, 1846-1961, bulk: 1846-1899
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains diaries and notebooks kept by John Steele, including his Mormon Battalion diary, dated 1846-1847, and a Paiute/English language dictionary, dated 1851. Also includes a typescript of Steele's diary that was created in 1961 but includes entries from 1840 to 1877. Also includes some biographical notes on various members of John Steele's family. Dated 1846-1961.
Dates:
1846-1961; Majority of material found within 1846-1899
John Steele personal and family correspondence, 1816-1922
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains letters to and from John Steele and his family, including his father, John Steele, Sr., his wives and children, including Mahonri Moriancumer Steele, grandchildren, as well as some extended family. Also includes some letters from friends and other personal acquaintances of John and Catherine Steele. Dated 1816-1922.
Dates:
1816-1922
Leany family history as written from memory by William Leany
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323310]
Identifier: MSS SC 2411
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography, will, and testimony to the veracity of the Mormon Church. Also included are photocopies and typescripts of these items. Leany was a convert to the Mormon Church who moved to Missouri in 1836. He was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois and later migrated to Utah living in Parowan and Harrisburg.
Dates:
1888-1891