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Logan (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Lyman Royal Martineau letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324557]
Identifier: MSS SC 2531
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 20 Nov. 1891 and addressed to William Preston. Martineau was Preston's son-in-law. Martineau discusses financial matters relating to the Central Milling Company.

Dates: 1891 November 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James A. McMurrin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1895
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, telegrams, certificates, reports, and speeches. The materials deal with McMurren's political career including his work as a state senator in Utah and his Mormon Church activities.

Dates: 1939-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James A. McMurrin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 510
Abstract

Diaries, correspondence, an autobiography, sermon notes, conference talks, articles, award certificates.

Dates: 1898-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Miscellaneous James A. McMurrin publications and brochures, 1946-1971

 Series
Identifier: MSS 510 Series 9
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection consists of the following: part of a history of James L. McMurrin, written by himself; a log kept immediately preceding, during and immediately following, the Northwestern States Mission Presidency served by the McMurrins; a few items of correspondence related to Church and mission activities; a few photographs; many sermon notes of varying lengths; newspaper and magazine clippings; publications pertinent to the White House Conference on Aging, 1971, Utah Council on Aging, and...
Dates: Other: 1946-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James A. McMurrin papers

Ernest Waldemar Alpers Mohr diary and memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045144]
Identifier: MSS 1033
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary and a handwritten autobiography. The diary is in Danish and was written from 1874 to 1875 when Mohr was serving on a mission in Denmark for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included is an autobiography written in English. Mohr writes about his early life in Denmark, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his life in Tooele, Utah; St. Johns, Arizona; and Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1874-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Price W. Nelson journal and autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3121
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of Price W. Nelson. The account is largely retrospective even though much of it is written like diary entries. Also included is a diary to Nelson dated 5 Aug. 1935. Nelson writes about his birth in California in 1855, his journey to Utah in 1857. He also settled in Franklin, Idaho, in 1859 and moved to Logan, Utah, in 1864. He later moved to Glendale, Utah. He lived in numerous other places in Arizona and...
Dates: approximately 1913-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Others articles about Joel Ricks, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2857 Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Articles written about Ricks.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joel Ricks papers / Writings by or about Joel Ricks

W. C. Parkinson diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3134
Scope and Contents Photocopies of microfilm copies of a handwritten diary. Parkinson wrote about his life as a Mormon in Franklin, Idaho. He told about working in Franklin's bookstore, going into the canyons to cut lumber, and working on a farm. He also wrote about the death of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days, and floating logs down the Logan River to be used in the construction of the Mormon temple in Logan, Utah. He married Ellen Nash and served on a mission...
Dates: 1877-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Personal salutations to mother

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312230]
Identifier: MSS SC 1400
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and unsigned letter from an unknown author associated with Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah. The item is a personal letter of salutation to the author's mother.

Dates: 1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bengt Mathias Ravsten diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322106]
Identifier: MSS SC 2334
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept in Swedish. The bulk of the entries relate to the years 1863 and 1869 when Ravsten was serving as a missionary in his native Sweden.

Dates: 1863-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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