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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Boaz Lambson comments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241801]
Identifier: MSS SC 451
Scope and Contents

Typescript of comments by Alfred Lambson about his journey from Winter Quarters, Iowa to Salt Lake Valley, Utah, his encounter with the Indians and his Latter-day Saint Church missions to Virginia and the West Indies. Letter contains editorial notes by Edith Patrick.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elijah Larkin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 175
Scope and Contents Materials include three volumes of handwritten diaries where Larkin writes about his life in England as a policeman; his immigration to America in 1863 aboard the ship Amazon; and, the overland journey from Florence, Nebraska to Salt Lake City by ox team in the Daniel D. McArthur Company. Larkin includes a description of preparations for the trail, and wrote lengthy and detailed daily entries about the appearance and geography of the overland trail, company discipline, hunting, and births...
Dates: 1854-1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographical sketch of Caroline E. W. W. Larrabee

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333095]
Identifier: MSS SC 3313
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Larrabee writes about migrating to Utah in 1862 and about her life in Springville and later in Provo, Utah. She also lived in Heber City, Coalville, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She was employed as a school teacher.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Genealogical and historical sketch of the life of Hans Larsen of Copenhagen, Denmark

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490224]
Identifier: MSS 628
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Hans Larsen with handwritten corrections. Also included is a typewritten biography of Cecile Marie Schmidt Larsen, the author's mother. Hans Larsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark and migrated to Utah in 1853. The accounts include much genealogical data. Included with the biographies is a list of names and places of births in Tremonton, Utah, from 1903-1919 as reported by Cecile Mary Larsen,...
Dates: 1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hans Peter Larsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349307]
Identifier: MSS 515
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Larsen was converted to the Mormon Church in Denmark, migrated to Utah in 1855, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858, helped build the fort at Wellsville, Utah, and settled in Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1828
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alof Larson : a biography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 536
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography with genealogy describing Larson's family. Also includes Larson's holograph account book for a lumber business, 1916-1920, which lists Latter-day Saint Church missionaries from the Snowflake, Arizona area.

Dates: 1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John David Larson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481793]
Identifier: MSS 2286
Abstract

The collection contains the journals, hymn notebook, and missionary notebook of J. David Larson and David H. Larson.

Dates: 1903-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographies of Lars Larson and Adelphi Bellows Larson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340876]
Identifier: MSS 2678
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Lars Larson was born in Norwary in 1825, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He migrated to Utah and arrived on 24 July 1847. Adelphi Bellows was born in Illinois in 1832, and she married Lars in 1848. They later moved to St. George, Utah. Lars died in 1903, and Adelphi died in 1899.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

May Louise Hunt Larson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 540
Scope and Contents

Holographs, typescripts, and photocopies. The collection includes writings by Larson concerning the move her family made from Utah to Arizona, a history of Snowflake Latter-day Saint Stake Academy, biographies of Addison Pratt and Emma Hale Smith, and a birthdate record of members of the Snowflake Latter-day Saint Stake, Arizona. Also includes a biography of Larson by her daughter, Louise L. Comish and Larson's funeral program.

Dates: 1933-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Walton LeGrande Law papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233639308]
Identifier: MSS 8293
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Law, including scrapbooks, newspaper articles, letters, and photographs. Contains information about his time as commander of a CCC camp in Utah, as commander of a Japanese internment camp in Topaz, Utah, and family history information. There are also three letters dated 1859 and 1863 from California and Nebraska to Utah. Dated 1859-2011.

Dates: 1859-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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