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Utah -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
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Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Kane family manuscripts, letters, and other material, 1815-1874

 Sub-Series — Box 65: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197232570025]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 11 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscript accounts, letters, notes, speeches, and other materials relating to the Kane family, the development of western Pennsylvania, and Thomas L. Kane's principles. Materials date from between 1815 and 1874.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1815-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Kane family lithographs, clippings, and other material

Kane family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792
Scope and Contents Materials contain the papers of the Kane family of Philadelphia and Kane, Pennsylvania. Includes papers created and collected by John K. Kane and his wife, Jane Duval Kane; and their children, specifically Thomas L. Kane and his wife, Elizabeth Kane. Contains letters to and from several important American political and historical figures, including Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, John Hancock, Andrew Jackson, Horace Greeley, and U.S. Grant. A large portion of the collection also deals with...
Dates: 1690-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers

Kane family personal papers, 1869-1965

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, journals, and other materials from members of the Kane family descendend from Thomas L. and Elizabeth Wood Kane. Includes information the individual family members, as well as relationships between different branches of the family. Materials date from between 1869 and 1965.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers

Kane family scroll map, 1881

 Sub-Series — Box 68: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197232570058]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 11 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains map of the route to be taken by the Big Level and Kinzua Railroad. Item dates from 1881.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Kane family lithographs, clippings, and other material

Ruth Ellsworth Knudson family history

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231011898]
Identifier: MSS 6825
Abstract

One volume of family history written by Ruth Ellsworth Knudson, entitled Chiaroscuro: Portrait of a Family, 377 pages, 1989.

Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ruth Ellsworth Knudson family history

Lake family biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305135]
Identifier: MSS SC 768
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Contains biographies of James Lake (1788-1874); Philomelia Smith Lake (1794-1873); James Lake, Sr. (1760- ); and George Lake (1838-1898) written by some of their grandchildren. Also includes autobiography of George Lake (1838-1898). Discusses the family's genealogy; their conversion to the Mormon Church in 1832; their migration with the Mormons to Ohio, Illinois, and Utah; illnesses and deaths in the family; life on the Utah frontier; George's mission in Great...
Dates: 1760-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lake family biographies

Letter to Caleb Cushing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234103]
Identifier: MSS SC 77
Scope and Contents

ALS written to Cushing, United States Attorney General, concerning the recommendation of Col. Edward R. Harden of Georgia as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah Territory.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Letter to Caleb Cushing

Theron H. Luke papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2393
Abstract Contains a collection of Luke's manuscripts, newspaper articles, and university course lectures. Includes photographs of and correspondence with family and business associates. Also includes newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to historical events throughout Luke's life. Contains photocopies of Luke's newspaper column, "As It Looks To Luke," printed in The Daily Herald and Deseret News (1980-1986 inclusive). Also includes original newspaper clippings of his article "Off the Beat"...
Dates: approximately 1887-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Theron H. Luke papers

Albert R. Lyman journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1425
Scope and Contents

Collection includes two sequences of daily journals, his Journal and his Thots as well as an autobiography to 1946.

Dates: 1893-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Albert R. Lyman journals

Martha Telle Cannon correspondence, 1880-1902

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7426 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence from Cannon, including seven letters, from 1880 to 1902. Six are addressed to Martha Telle Cannon from a variety of family members, and one is from Martha Telle Cannon to Lewis Telle Cannon.

Dates: 1880-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7426, George Q. Cannon family correspondence

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