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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1064 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alexander A. and Maria E. Allen autobiographies

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339506]
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

Alvin Fielding and Amelia Atkins Smith letters, 1902-1907

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7952 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains photocopies and transcripts of letters and postcards between Alvin and Amelia Smith, including correspondence from their courtship and during his missionary service in England. The letters discuss routine aspects of missionary work, such as finances and accommodations, investigators, companions and conferences, local attitudes, and events. Also includes descriptions of life in the Smith family, such as births and deaths, weddings, financial circumstances, and events of daily life....
Dates: 1902-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7952, Alvin Fielding and Amelia Atkins Smith letters

Amelia Atkins Smith letters, 1905-1907

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7952 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains Atkins's letters to her husband Alvin, written during the years he served his mission in London, England. The letters are primarily written from Salt Lake City, Utah. Original enclosures are included. Dated April 18, 1905 - April 19, 1907.

Dates: 1905-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7952, Alvin Fielding and Amelia Atkins Smith letters

The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315126]
Identifier: MSS SC 1709
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of an unbound biography and two brief typed biographies of Joseph and Lucretia Robison, converts to the Mormon Church from New York state who settled in Utah. The large biography contains extensive genealogies of different related families.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2197
Scope and Contents Materials include a five page unsigned handwritten letter dated October 2, 1833, to Reverend D. Green, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from the chairman of a committee in Jacksonville, Illinois, requesting the Board's aid in outfitting a missionary group to the "Indians West of the Rocky Mountains." This letter is accompanied by a two page manuscript copy of a petition titled "Incipient measures in relation to the establishment of a mission," with...
Dates: 1833
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received

American Pioneer Trails Association papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338672]
Identifier: MSS 42
Scope and Contents The collection contains brochures, photographs, newspaper clippings,programs, and correspondence relating to the formation, projects, and meetings of the American Pioneer Trails Association, 1938-1943. Included are historical sketches and photographs of monuments erected at historical sites along various pioneer trails in the American West. Also included are charters and bylaws of various trail memorial associations and correspondence with Le Roy Hafen, an history professor at Brigham Young...
Dates: 1938-1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / American Pioneer Trails Association papers

Ancestors of Karl G. Maeser, 1828-1901, and Anna Heneritta Therese Mieth, 1830-1896

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2126
Scope and Contents Biographical history of Karl G. Maeser tells of his childhood in Saxony, Germany; his education; marriage; conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; migration to Utah in 1857; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Germany, 1867-1870; establishment of the Brigham Young Academy (later Brigham Young University); service as principal of Brigham Young Academy, 1876-1892; teaching LDS seminary; and information on his death and funeral. Includes photocopies of...
Dates: 1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ancestors of Karl G. Maeser, 1828-1901, and Anna Heneritta Therese Mieth, 1830-1896

Washington F. Anderson diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338656]
Identifier: MSS 40
Abstract

The collection contains a typewritten copy of a diary kept from 30 July to 12 August of 1857. Anderson writes about a company of Mormons travelling from Carson Valley, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah. He tells about Indian troubles and about the miles travelled every day.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Washington F. Anderson diary

Andrus family biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 188
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies of family members. Persons in the Andrus family joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah, and settled in various areas. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Andrus family biographies

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