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Frontier and pioneer life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander A. and Maria E. Allen autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244433]
Identifier: MSS SC 549
Scope and Contents

Holograph autobiographies of Allen, an early settler and bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Weston, Idaho, and of his first wife, Maria.

Dates: 1910-1916

Altadena National Bank meeting minutes, 1926-1943

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233647665], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 8316 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Administrative history

The Altadena National Bank was situated in Altadena, California.

During part of its operation, Lina Elise Grey acted as director and chief stockholder.

Dates: 1926-1943

Jesse Fuller Bean papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 284
Scope and Contents

Holograph missionary diaries kept by Bean while serving in the Southern State Mission of the Latter-day Saint Church, including a missionary blessing; family history; account of coming to Utah in 1847; family genealogy records and certificates of ordination.

Dates: 1904-1930

Betty Zane Grey Grosso photographs, approximately 1920-1980

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 10 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Betty Zane Grey Grosso with her first husband, Bob Carney, and consists predominantly of pictures of her as a teenager and with horses. It also contains photographs of her in the ground of the Altadena, California home, her daughter, Michele, and grandchild dating from 1920 to 1980.

Dates: approximately 1920-1980

Abner Blackburn diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233485]
Identifier: MSS SC 43
Scope and Contents

Typescript of diary which gives accounts of the Mormon experiences in Missouri, frontier and pioneer life, Indian customs and warfare, and gold-digging during the California gold rush of 1849.

Dates: 1827-1851

Cheney family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241660]
Identifier: MSS SC 480
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiographical and biographical sketches and copies of correspondence. Describes conversion to Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, immigration to Utah and pioneering in Utah and the West. Also includes a letter from the donor.

Dates: 1841-1932

Claire Wilhelm collection of Zane Grey ephemera, 1915-1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8277 Series 2
Scope and Contents

This series contains silhouettes of Zane and Lina Elise Grey, a Christmas card from Zane Grey to Claire Wilhelm, and a Zane Grey book plate, dating from 1915 to 1954.

Dates: 1915-1954

Claire Wilhelm collection of Zane Grey photographs, approximately 1900-1956

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8277 Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series contains 76 black and white photographs of Zane Grey and his family, Claire Wilhelm and various other women on expeditions with Zane Grey, and scenes from Zane Grey movies dating from approximately 1900 to 1956.

Dates: approximately 1900-1956

Claire Wilhelm collection on Grey family, approximately 1900-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8277 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains photographs and postcards of Zane Grey, his siblings, Ellsworth, R. C. and Ida Grey, his wife, Lina Elise Grey, his children, Romer, Betty Zane and Loren Grey, and various other members of his family from approximately 1900 to 1956.

Dates: approximately 1900-1956

Claire Wilhelm collection on Zane Grey property, 1915-1921

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8277 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains photographs and postcards of the home in Zanesville, Ohio where Zane Grey was born, and the Lackawaxen River, Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1921.

Dates: 1915-1921