Logan (Utah) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Ballard diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 998
Scope and Contents
Two typescripts of the Ballard diary. They vary in small details and in the nature of the added materials found at the back. Ballard was converted to Mormonism in England. He arrived in Utah in 1852, was active in the Utah War of 1857-8, and settled in Logan, Utah in 1859.
He was a bishop for the Mormon Church, participated in many of the activities of that faith, and was sentenced to two months in the Utah penitentiary for polygamy. He also tells about troubles with the Indians of the Cache...
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Henry Ballard diary
Biography of John Pearson
Collection — Folder 1: [31197232489614]
Identifier: MSS 571
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of John Pearson and his wife, Mary Ann Potts Pearson. John Pearson was born in England in 1822, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in Logan, Utah, where he worked as a farmer. He died in 1914. Mary Ann Potts was born in England in 1831, married John Pearson in 1856, had eight daughters by him, and died in 1905.
Charles Ora Card diaries
File — Folder 1: [31197230326347]
Identifier: MSS SC 2765
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries. The diaries are excerpts of a much larger work and were kept from 1871 to 1872 and for 1883. Card writes about travelling in the East United States on a "winter mission." Card also writes about the construction of the Logan Temple of the Mormon Church in 1883.
Charles Ora Card papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1543
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Charles Ora Card, and includes personal journals, letters, and office journals ranging from 1871 to 1903. They cover Card's responsibilities in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints both in Logan, Utah and Southern Canada as well as construction of various canals, roads, and buildings. They also discuss his relationships in polygamy, the colonization of Alberta, Canada by Mormon pioneers including association with the Canadian...
Joseph Y. Card diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1522
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Card lived in Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah and in Cardston, Alberta. He farmed and ran an insurance business. He held many positions in the Mormon Church including mission president of the Western Canadian Mission in Edmonton.
Charles Ora Card correspondence, 1884-1906
Series
Identifier: MSS 1543 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence in the form of letters predominately written to Zina Presendia Young Williams Card by Charles Ora Card and Oliver Boardman Huntington. The dates on the letters range from 1884 to 1906 and the locations from which the letters were sent include Cardston, Canada; Logan, Utah; and Springville, Utah. Includes topics of family, business enterprises, and work within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Charles Ora Card diaries, 1871-1903
Series
Identifier: MSS 1543 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains diaries written from 1871-1903 covering the personal life of Charles Ora Card, as well as diaries describing his work as a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They cover the time he spent in both Logan Utah and Alberta Canada.
Israel Justus Clark autobiography and diary
File — Folder 1: [31197231045789]
Identifier: MSS 1219
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of a diary and an autobiography. Clark's diary covers the years from 1855 to 1857 when Clark served as a missionary to the Indians in the Salmon River Mission. Clark's autbiography tells about his life in Logan and Clarkston, Utah, and his contacts with Indians.
Early recollections of Logan
File — Folder 1: [31197230306026]
Identifier: MSS SC 843
Scope and Contents
This collection is a compilation of personal histories and diaries gathered by Joel Ricks. Most of these items are the result of interviews conducted by Ricks, but some are copies of journals and autobiographies. The 27 items in the collection are the stories of 26 individuals with one person responsible for two records.These materials are typescripts probably made in the 1970s. They are mainly concerned with histories of the various individuals and the early settlement of Logan...
Emil Feulner papers
Collection — Box 1: [31197230230093]
Identifier: MSS 1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, handwritten and typed articles, newspaper clippings, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Feulner's work as a naturalist and his publications. Feulner also writes about growing up in Nuremberg, Germany.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Emil Feulner papers