Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1065 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Leopold Wirthlin letter
TLS. to Kate B. Carter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers regarding a book of pioneer histories, and his praise for and desire that young people learn of Latter-day Saint pioneer history.
Walter M. Wolfe collection
John Wood family papers
The John Wood family papers include journals from John Wood's mission to the Southern States, as well as personal histories, photos, and other family materials, circa 1882-1940.
Lynn Stephen Wood autobiography
Handwritten autobiography and typescript. The document talks about Wood's family, his life in the eastern U.S., his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his migration to Utah.
M. S. Wood family biographies
Photocopies of microfilm copies of typewritten biographies. Most of these materials were probably composed around the year 1950. These items were "published" in 1952. M. S. Wood compiled biographies of family members. The families originated in England, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and lived in Salt Lake City and Rockville, Utah. Wood was a compiler of family histories.
Letter to William Wooduary
Letter from "William" in Council Bluffs to Mr. William Wooduary of Connecticut, 1849.
Mary Brown Firmage Woodward papers
Collection contains the research papers of Mary Brown Firmage Woodward regarding her work on her book entitled "4 Zinas: A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier," and her other personal and professional research projects.
Andrew Jackson Workman autobiography
Andrew Jackson writes about his family's conversion to Mormonism in 1839 while living in Tennessee; his settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, 1843; the exodus west; serving in the Mormon Battalion, and march to California; his work in the gold mines; his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, 1855; the return trip to California; settling in Kane County, Utah; the death of his wife, Rebecca Deck; his remarriage to Sariah A. Eager, 1866 and the organization of the United Order, 1874.
Sketch of the life of Margaret Thornton Wright
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography by an unknown author. Margaret Thornton Wright was born on 4 January 1844 in Scotland. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, migrated to Utah in 1853, and later came to American Fork. She married Frekrick Wright and had 13 children. Margaret died in 1908.
Writings and history of Jonathan Ellis Layne
Typescript (carbon copy) of an autobiographical sketch written by Layne in 1898 which gives details of his early life in Nauvoo, Illinois; his trek across the Plains to Utah; his settlement in Davis, Weber and Cache Counties, Utah; his experiences with the Mormon soldiers sent to oppose Johnston's army; and his eventual move to Alberta, Canada to escape arrest as a polygamist. Also includes extracts from his journal, 1887-1891.