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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

William D. Grantham diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 666
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary (64 pages) of Grantham's overland journey from Missouri to Goose Creek, Utah, in 1850 by ox and horse team. Grantham mainly writes about the geography of the trail and daily camp locations. A member of the company died near the Bear River, and Grantham notes the graves he passed. His company also traded with a group of Indians. The diary describes crossing the Platte and Sweetwater Rivers and details the daily routine of overland travel. Includes transcript. Diary is dated...
Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Charles D. Green and his wife, Mary Ann Radman Green

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338284]
Identifier: MSS 2795
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Ann Radman Green was born in 1835 in England and died in 1903 in American Fork, Utah. Charles D. Green was born in 1838 and died in 1905 in Eureka, Utah. Charles came to Utah with Johnston's Army. He later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in Alpine, Utah. Charles married Mary Ann Radman, but they had no children. They adopted Loren Fisher Green.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Green promissory note

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309731]
Identifier: MSS SC 1144
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed financial note dated June 6, 1860. Green promises to pay George Q. Cannon $76.80 for "4 hand cart shares" and $58.41 for provisions after he arrives in Salt Lake City.

Dates: 1860 June 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alice Houghton Greenwood letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339142]
Identifier: MSS 2423
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten letter. Greenwood wrote a letter to her grandchildren that was later typed by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Greenwood wrote about her ealy life, migration to Utah in 1847, and gave her testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Autobiography : Ellen Julian Greenwood

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523940]
Identifier: MSS 2847
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Ellen Julian Greenwood was born in 1854 in England. Her parents were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family migrated to Utah in 1862. Ellen married Samuel Greenwood in 1875 and died in 1917.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Greenwood autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339126]
Identifier: MSS 2442
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography and diary. The manuscript was read by Jennie Greenwood, William's grand daugther-in-law, at a meeting of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Utah County, Utah. Greenwood writes about his life to the year 1848 and then starts a diary which has many gaps. Greenwood was born in England and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, with the Mormons. He migrated to Utah in 1847 and was active in many building projects in Salt Lake City. He...
Dates: 1848-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Greenwood papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 39
Scope and Contents

Contains twelve handwritten, signed letters which concern Greenwood's conversion to Mormonism in England, his immigration to the United States, activities in Nauvoo, Illinois, and the 1847 trek to Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. Also includes a bound autobiography (plus typescript) written between 1869 and 1884.

Dates: 1847-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Zane Grey literary manuscript for The Water Hole

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233629226]
Identifier: MSS 7717
Scope and Contents Collection contains original holograph and annotated manuscript for Zane Grey's novel The Water Hole from 1927. It is signed and titled by Zane Grey in ink at the top of the first leaf, with numerous holograph ink inscriptions and changes to the text. The numerous ink corrections to the typescript average about ten per page, and while most are altering proper names, there are also insertions, deletions and changes of other words, and in a few instances whole sentences are added. The...
Dates: approximately 1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elisha Hurd Groves autobiography and biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238930]
Identifier: MSS SC 334
Scope and Contents

Handwritten life sketches (some photocopies) concerning Groves' conversion to the Mormon Church, his missionary activities and his immigration to Utah in 1848.

Dates: 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Minnie P. Grow letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232576519]
Identifier: MSS 8906
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a letter from Minnie to mother Grow, and another relative named Nell. Minnie writes about a trip she made from Sacramento, California to Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes that she went by railroad and describes the places in Salt Lake City that she saw. She mentions meeting the family of Brigham Young while in Utah. Included is a typed transcription of the letter. Dated June 20, 1871.

Dates: 1871 June 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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