Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Nelson autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and a typescript of the item. Nelson writes about his family joining the Mormon Church in Scotland, about migrating to Utah, and about his life in Smithfield, Utah.
Price W. Nelson journal and autobiography
Newspaper articles
Photocopies of newspaper clippings. Dan Croft inteviewed the mayor of Orem, Utah, B. M. Jolley, about the history of Orem. Jolley gave Croft information on the early days of the community.
Biographical sketch : Ann Rachel Marsh Nicholes, pioneer of 1853
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Ann Rachel Marsh was born on the Island of Jersey in 1824 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and settled in American Fork. She died in 1909.
John Nielsen personal history
Photocopy of a typed transcript of a personal history. Nielsen describes his life growing up in Denmark, his family's emigration to America, and his experiences and hardships after arriving in Utah.
Biography of Niels Nielsen and Karen Marie Pedersen Nielsen
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Niels Nielsen was born in 1825 in Denmark. Karen Marie Pedersen was born in 1827 also in Denmark. Each joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1853, and they married each other in 1854. They migrated to Utah in that same year and settled in American Fork in 1856. Karen died in 1897, and Niels died in 1898.
Joseph Bates Noble autobiography
Typescript of an autobiography. Noble writes about his conversion to the Mormon faith, his missionary work in the Eastern United States and England, his service with Zion's Camp in 1834, and his work as a bishop in Nauvoo, Illinois, and in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Alfred L. Riggs notes on Ponca and Dakota languages
Handwritten volume of Ponca language grammar notes with lists of prepositions, verbs, pronouns, adverbs and articles. Includes comparative lists of words in Ponca and Dakota with only occasional English translations. An appendix at the end of the volume lists Dakota words translated into English.
Ephraim H. Nye autobiography and journal
One bound volume by Ephraim Nye discussing his own life and those of his family's, dated 1882-1896.
Vivian Nyman biography of Simeon Adams Dunn
Contains one bound book on the life of Simeon Adams Dunn, with histories, pedigree and family group charts, and scanned documents pertaining to the life of Simeon Adams Dunn. Dated circa 2000-2012.