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Logan (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Emil Feulner papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 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.

Dates: 1939-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Ann Burnham Freeze diaries

 Collection — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197231566826]
Identifier: MSS 993
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries, notebook, and letter of Mary Ann Burnham Freeze, a Latter-day Saint woman. Freeze writes about her life in Salt Lake City and in Logan, Utah. She served as a member of the General Board of the Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She writes about her various family and social activities, including her account of living in a polygamous household. Materials dated 1875-1899.

Dates: 1875-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project case files, 1987-1990

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 19 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project, 1987-1990.

Dates: 1987-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project transcripts and case files

German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project transcripts, 1987-1990

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 19 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1987-1990.

Dates: 1987-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project transcripts and case files

German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1987-1990

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 19
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the German-Speaking Immigrants Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1987-1990.

Dates: 1987-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Hansen and Broberg family biographies and family records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311885]
Identifier: MSS SC 1488
Scope and Contents Photocopies of three typescripts. One is a biography of Niels Hansen and Karen Marie Hansen by their daughter Norma Hansen Decker, another is an autobiography by Ernest John Broberg, and the last item consists of family records collected by John Broberg and Niels M. Hansen. Decker talks about her parents' conversion to the Mormon Church in Denmark, their journey from Denmark on the vessel "Emerald Isle" to America, their settling in Utah, their experiences with Indians, and their lifelong...
Dates: 1868-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Frederick William Hurst diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326404]
Identifier: MSS SC 2774
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography and a diary. Hurst writes about his early life and his conversion to the Mormon Church. He kept his diary from 1855 to 1860 and from 1867 to 1877. Hurst tells about his service as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Hawaii and about his life in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1855-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James A. McMurrin certificates, 1938-1974

 Series
Identifier: MSS 510 Series 7
Scope and Contents note Election as Utah State Senator. Nomination as Utah State Senator. Appointment as Cache County Chairman for Utah Savings Bond Committee. Cache County Chairman Savings Bond Program award. Completion of National Security Seminar. 25th Anniversary Award in Support of U. S. Savings Bond Program. Appointment as Inheritance Tax Appraiser for 28 Cache County, Utah. Personalities of the West and Mid West. Florida Vacation Gift Certificate. Release from Logan Temple duties. Outstanding Senior...
Dates: Other: 1938-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James A. McMurrin papers

James A. McMurrin correspondence, 1956-1975

 Series
Identifier: MSS 510 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Incoming: typed letters of thanks and congratulations; one handwritten note of appreciation. Outgoing: Letter relating to Special Priesthood class, typed, mimeographed.

Dates: Other: 1956-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James A. McMurrin papers

James A. McMurrin journals, 1898-1900, 1950-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 510 Series 1
Scope and Contents note Folder 1: Partial history of James L. McMurrin, written by him; 52 typed pages include election to Idaho State Senate, call to be member of European Mission and service in that mission including trips through Great Britain and Europe, meeting President David O. McKay in Glasgow; the birth of a child. Folder 2: Log kept from arrival in mission field in 1950 at Portland, Oregon, Northwestern States Mission, through various duties in the mission field; reference to both President and Mrs....
Dates: Other: 1898-1900; Other: 1950-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James A. McMurrin papers

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