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Council Bluffs (Iowa)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letters received by William R. Foster

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243880]
Identifier: MSS SC 603
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters received by Foster. The items were sent by friends and family members and describe conditions in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The materials also make reference to Mormons in those places.

Dates: 1854-1855

John Pack papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4132
Scope and Contents

Notable items include an 1849 mission call signed by the First Presidency. All materials are photocopies.

Dates: 1843-1902

Remembering Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs writings of the Mormon pioneers at the Missouri River

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329606]
Identifier: MSS SC 2964
Scope and Contents Compilation by Karen and Paul Larsen, of excerpts from diaries and reminiscences of Latter-day Saints who resided in the Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs area between about 1846 and 1852. Includes writings of Job Taylor Smith, Eliza Maria Patridge Lyman, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Aroet Lucius Hale, Anna Clark Hale, Jane Snyder Richards, Joseph Fielding, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith, Lucy Meserve Smith, Richard Ballantyne, Sarah Studevant Leavitt, Alfred Boaz Lambson, Allen Joseph Stout,...
Dates: 1998

Winchester family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230305648]
Identifier: MSS SC 815
Scope and Contents

Materials primarily include correspondence between members of the Benjamin Winchester family. Some of the letters are written between family members who were visiting their grandparents in the Salt Lake Valley during the Civil War. The bulk of the correspondence is to and from Benjamin's oldest son, Savillian. Also includes business material and various receipts relating to Benjamin's life in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dated 1864-1908.

Dates: 1864-1908

Letter to William Wooduary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349927]
Identifier: MSS 4035
Abstract

Letter from "William" in Council Bluffs to Mr. William Wooduary of Connecticut, 1849.

Dates: 1849