Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lorenzo Brown diary and autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 497
Scope and Contents
Includes Lorenzo Brown's handwritten diary and autobiography. Brown's autobiography starts in 1856 when his diary begins. Describes his conversion to the Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and relationship with Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brown then describes his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada, a move to the St. George, Utah area, service on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates:
1856-1902
John McEwan diary
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1051
Dates:
1843-1889
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Newel Kimball Whitney papers, 1817-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains the personal papers of Whitney, including correspondence, account books, patriarchal blessings and other materials dating from between 1817 and 1900. These papers primarily document his church and personal business in Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois. Includes extensive correspondence with his brother, Samuel F. Whitney. Documents from after Whitney's death deal with the disposition of his estate and his burial.
Dates:
1817-1900