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Immigration and American Expansion

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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1064 Collections and/or Records:

The Andrus recorder

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308550]
Identifier: MSS SC 1068
Scope and Contents

"The Andrus Recorder," vol. 1 no. 1, Oct. 1964. The "Recorder" was dedicated to family news, history, and genealogy. This item includes an autobiography of Milo Andrus (1814-1893) composed in 1875. Milo was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and colonizer who eventually settled in St. George, Utah.

Dates: 1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Andrus recorder

Catherine Ellen Camp Greer anecdotes and reminiscences

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491123]
Identifier: MSS 671
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Greer was born in Dresden, Tennessee, in 1837. After her parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she moved with them to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in Bountiful. She later moved to southern Arizona where she lived in Woodruff.

Dates: 1921
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Catherine Ellen Camp Greer anecdotes and reminiscences

Annie Miller Ottosen biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345719]
Identifier: MSS 958
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten biographies of family members including sketches of Niels Peter Miller (1837-1921), Ellen Anderson Miller (1833-1929) and Ellen Anderson (1805-1890). These were Mormons who migrated to Utah from Denmark.

Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Annie Miller Ottosen biographies

Rosy Antle diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306950]
Identifier: MSS SC 919
Scope and Contents

Photocopied from the typescript of Rosy's diary, this collection consists of a daily account of the affairs, difficulties, deaths, and friendships of the people in a wagon train during the 1860's. She is specific as to time and distance travelled, tolls paid for the passage of the wagon, the weather, and her health, commenting frequently about the heat and that she had a "sick headache."

Dates: 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rosy Antle diary

Patience Loader Archer autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3238
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Patience tells about her early life in England and her conversion to the Mormon Church. She presents one of the best accounts from the Martin handcart company and goes into considerable detail on the ordeal. Patience tells about the rescue and the continuous efforts of the people in the ill-fated handcart company to survive. She also writes about her arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about the efforts by Brigham Young,...
Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Patience Loader Archer autobiography

Patience Loader Archer autobiography : photocopy of holograph

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328038]
Identifier: MSS SC 3221
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten autobiography written by Patience Loader Rozsa Archer. The original autobiography consists of three notebooks: one stationary tablet, and two ledger bound notebooks. The contents deal with her life, experiences, and recollections. The autobiography seems to be taken from diaries, as there is a great deal of detail. It records part of the life of Patience Archer. It tells of her childhood in England, sea voyage to New York, and crossing of...
Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Patience Loader Archer autobiography : photocopy of holograph

Arizona historian tells of early 'Mormon' settlement in that section : gives high praise to pioneers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305572]
Identifier: MSS SC 804
Scope and Contents

Partial transcript of a speech given by McClintock at an LDS stake conference in Phoeniz, Arizona, February 6, [1920]. Reviews the role of the Mormon pioneers in settling Arizona and their accomplishments.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arizona historian tells of early 'Mormon' settlement in that section : gives high praise to pioneers

Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339530]
Identifier: MSS 2516
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Tomlison was born in 1857 in England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. She married Joseph Armstrong in 1871 and died in 1941.

Dates: 1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

Armstrong family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243815]
Identifier: MSS SC 594
Scope and Contents Typewritten biographical sketches of Mormon pioneers John Christopher and Mary Kirkbride Armstrong and of their son and daughter-in-law, John Graham and Mary Jane Simkins Armstrong by James V. Armstrong and Marcia Armstrong Jolley. Tells of emigration of John Sr. and wife from England to Utah, of his service as bugler in Parley P. Pratt's Southern Utah Exploration Company, LDS church mission to England and death enroute home. Describes John Graham's work as a stagecoach driver and law...
Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Armstrong family histories

Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339514]
Identifier: MSS 2514
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. John Armstrong was born in England in 1848. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 and later settled in American Fork. He married Mary Helen Wilson. Mary Wilson was born in 1848 in Philadelphia, and she died in 1919. He died in 1940.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

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