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Utah -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Walter Brookbank reminiscences

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305515]
Identifier: MSS SC 799
Scope and Contents

Consists of three separate manuscripts: "Religious Experiences of Thomas Walter Brookbank," "Travels and Threads of Experience," and "A Soldier's Recollections." These autobiographies recount the author's early life and conversion to Mormonism, his experiences in the Civil War (1861-1865), life in Utah and the Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona, and missionary activities in New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, and Great Britain.

Dates: 1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Walter Brookbank reminiscences

John Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 803
Scope and Contents

Collection contains papers related to Smith's mission to Denmark, life in Utah with family, and his position as Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church. Includes diaries, letters, articles containing references to John, his personal patriarchal blessing, sheep accounts, family history notes, and copies of patriarchal blessings pronounced by himself. Dated 1848-1962.

Dates: 1848-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Smith papers

Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution legal document

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233267910]
Identifier: MSS 6069
Abstract

Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution legal document, signed by Wilford Woodruff, dated 1891.

Dates: 1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution legal document

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