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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Maryetta P. W. Slaughter biographies of Charles Hopkins

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244714]
Identifier: MSS SC 579
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten biographical sketches about Charles Hopkins and his wife, Mary E.S. Hopkins, written by Slaughter and her daughter, Ida Williams Robison, and a printed Mormon Battalion muster roll with handwritten entries which includes information concerning Hopkins.

Dates: undated

Margie Small tour scrapbooks

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235227631]
Identifier: MSS 8347
Content Description

Contains two scrapbooks compiled by Kathryn Loitwood that document Margie Small's tours of both the East and West coasts of the United States. Includes maps, photographs, program and newspaper clippings, and handwritten captions and explanations. Describes some of the most famous landmarks of the United States, including those in Washington, D.C., New York, New England, Niagara Falls, and Yellowstone National Park. Materials dated 1934-1935.

Dates: 1934-1935

Alvin Fielding and Amelia Atkins Smith letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7952
Scope and Contents Contains letters and postcards between the Alvin and Amelia Smith, including correspondence from their courtship and during his missionary service in England. The letters discuss routine aspects of missionary work, such as finances and accommodations, investigators, companions and conferences, local attitudes, and events. Also includes descriptions of life in the Smith family, such as births and deaths, weddings, financial circumstances, and events of daily life. Accompanying the letters are...
Dates: 1902-1907

Carol Ann Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8590
Content Description

Collection contains the history of John Pierre Stalle and his descendants. A pedigree chart is included as well as an account of his life in Italy and his experiences there as he searched for religious freedom. It relates his journey to America with the Mormon pioneers. Also included is the story of his visitations to present day descendants and their search to discover their ancestors.

Dates: 2008-2012

Elias Smith diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1822
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Smith writes about coming to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836 and his subseqent moves to Nauvoo, Illinois, and to Utah in 1851. He held numerous positions in the Mormon Church and was active as a businessman and as a politician.

Dates: 1836-1888

Elias Smith journal typescript

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2452
Scope and Contents

Collection includes typescripts of journals kept by Elias Smith between 1836 and 1888. The journals document Smith's travels, experiences, and other events.

Dates: 1836-1888

George Albert Smith diary and correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 432
Abstract

Photocopies of a typescript of a diary by Smith with miscellaneous correspondence. Also included are an autobiography and a diary by Lucy Meserve Smith, a wife of George A. Smith, and the autobiography of another of Smith's wives, Hannah Mariah L. Smith. Writings of George A. Smith's granddaughter, Zora Smith Jarvis, are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1834-1953

George Albert Smith minutes

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292835]
Identifier: Vault MSS 722
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed minutes dated 24 June 1849. The document is of a meeting of the Company of "Saints" en-route to Salt Lake City, and discusses company appointments.

Dates: 1849 June 24

Job Smith diary and autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232489010]
Identifier: MSS 881
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary and autobiography. Smith writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, his immigration to the United States in 1843, and life at Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, and Winter Quarters. The account is retrospective until 1849 and some of the early materials are written in Pitman shorthand. Smith returned to England in 1849 and served as president of the Bedfordshire Branch for five years. Smith concluded his mission in 1854 and made the...
Dates: 1849-1877

Mary Catherine Smith

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326354]
Identifier: MSS SC 2766
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography. The item was "written at the request of Cumorah Smith Burns." Ruby Smith writes about Catherine Smith's journey to Utah, her marriage, her settlement in the Bear Lake Valley of Utah, and her life in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1954