Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:
Mormon colonies in Texas
Photocopies of published and unpublished articles dealing with Mormon settlements in three counties of Texas led by Lyman Wight. Also included are letters of enquiry by Elray L. Christiansen, the mission president for the Mormon Church in Texas.
Mormon emigration records
Mormon Trails Association papers
Photocopies of typewritten and printed correspondence, newsletters, maps, and meeting minutes. The materials document the organization of the society and its efforts to get support for finding the exact route of the Mormon Trail and to see that it is properly marked.
Mary Lois Walker Morris autobiography
Thomas Morris autobiography
Photocopy of an autobiography of Thomas Morris, written in 1871. Contains an account of his early life in South Wales, including his various occupations and religious affiliations, his emigration to New York in 1832, death of his first wife in 1837, his second marriage, conversion to Mormonism and relocation to Nauvoo in 1844, his impressions of Joseph Smith, and details of service in Mormon Battalion. Concludes with list of his various marriages and dates.
Grandma's diary
Typescript of a diary (34 leaves) by Eva Morse which records the overland journey by railroad from Compton, Illinois, to Eddyville, Iowa. From there she proceeded with a wagon train to Stockton, California. Included are descriptions of Indians and sarcastic remarks about a Mormon handcart company.
Biographies of Francis Young Morse and Elizabeth Thomas
This item was photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Thomas was born in England in 1830 and Francis Young Morse was born in 1834 in Massachusetts. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were married about 1859. They came to Utah in that same year and went to St. George, Utah, in 1861. Francis died in 1912 and Elizabeth died four days later in the same year.
Biography : Melissa Smith Mott
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Melissa Smith was born in 1830 in Tennessee. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839. She later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Mott in 1850, but they had no children. She died in 1917.
Biography : Stephen Mott
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Stephen Mott was born in 1822 in Canada. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. He later came to Utah in 1850. He was a farmer and a stock raiser. He had two wives and no children, but he helped raise three children of other couples. He died in 1906.
Heber and Genevieve Moulton collection of Laotian refugee stories and photographs
A collection of escape stories and photos from Laotian refugees living in Fresno, California.