Politics, Government, and Law
Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:
Post Office Department records
Photocopies of handwritten mail records and schedules of service from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Placerville, California. The materials include information on the Pony Express. Includes 4 items.
Joseph Pike Potter pay voucher
Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 31 Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Potter received while serving as a captain of the Seventh United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.
Ramsay D. Potts certificate
One certificate awarding Ramsay D. Potts, dated 12 April 1927.
Niels Poulson certificates
Handwritten and printed certificates. One is a "Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States," and the other is a "Certificate of Citizenship" for the United States. Poulson applied for and received citizenship for the U.S. in Provo, Utah.
Thomas Ambrose Poulter autobiography
Photocopy of a typed autobiography. Poulter's experiences in the British Royal Navy around the world, and as a pioneer in the western United States, are described in great detail.
P.O.W.
Describes being captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II, the Bataan Death March, and his three and one-third years as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and Japan. Also included are two photographs of Poole in his military uniform and a note stating that his son later served in Japan as a missionary for the Mormon Church. Also on microfilm.
P.O.W. life of Forrest Packard in pictures
Red Cloud Powder River Road Treaty
Handwritten treaty detailing the terms by which the Sioux Indians granted a right-of-way to build the Powder River Road across the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. The document lists the names of Sioux chiefs, including Red Cloud, who drafted the treaty.
Allen Powers interview
Carolyn Powers interview
Transcript of a interview conducted by Jim Keezell in 1985 for the Ray Hillam project. Powers was the wife of Allen Powers who served for the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam. Carolyn told about her life when her husband was stationed in Vietnam. She went to Okinawa to be closer to her husband when he was in Vietnam. Carolyn said it was a good learning experience to live in another culture in Okinawa.