Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:
Nathan Tanner autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Tanner writes about joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1831; participating in Zion's Camp in 1834; life in Kirtland, Ohio; his mission to the Eastern States for the Church; and his life in Far West, Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois. He also tells about his interaction with early leaders of the Church and about troubles with mobs in Missouri and Illinois.
John Tate : early Utah pioneer
Photocopies of a typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item is a history of John Tate who converted to the Mormon Church in England and migrated to Utah. Tate lived in Salt Lake City, Utah as a famer until 1861 when he move to Tooele, Utah. This biography was written as a student paper for a history class at Brigham Young University.
Charlotte Elizabeth Liggett Taylor biography
Photocopy of a typed biography of Charlotte Elizabeth Liggett Taylor, a child convert to the Mormon Church in Ohio who settled in Utah and became disenchanted with polygamy.
Moses Whitaker Taylor papers
Includes original diaries, 1884-1909. Other papers include patriarchal, father's and missionary blessings; copies of reports to the First Presidency of the Church concerning problems in Coalville, Utah; newspaper clippings; and a Latter-day Saint stake president's certificate for Taylor's son, Moses C. Taylor.
William Whitehead Taylor autobiography
Photocopy of typed extracts from the diary of William Whitehead Taylor, including an account of a short mission to Indians, along with photocopies of miscellaneous writings, photographs, genealogies and biographical notes.
William Whitehead Taylor journal
Unbound pages with handwritten entries, mostly in pencil, and a bound journal with handwritten entries in ink. The former covers 1876-1878 and the latter 1875-1876 as well as part of 1885. Both largely describe farming activities.
Roy Tea papers
Ammon M. Tenney papers
Photocopy of typescript. Includes a number of letters written to Tenney by such people as Brigham Young (1801-1877), Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898), and John W. Young (1844-1924) concerning the purchase of land at St. Johns, Arizona, for Mormon settlement, missionary work among the Indians, and obtaining work for Mormon settlers by bidding on raliroad contracts. Some of Tenney's replies are also included. Folder also includes typescript copy of Tenney's journal for 1875-1876.
James Parshall Terry journal
Handwritten biographical sketch of Terry's life which describes Mormon difficulties in Missouri, campsites during the exodus west, pioneer life in southern Utah, and Terry's mission to Canada and northeastern U.S., 1887-1888. Also an account of Terry's activities in Echo Canyon during the Utah War, 1857. The journal was written in a watermaster's log which included previous entries.