Overland Journeys to the Western United States
Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:
Anders Gustave Warnick biography
Typescript of a biography of Anders Gustave Warnick, Swedish convert to the Mormon Church, who emigrated to America and died crossing the plains to Utah, along with most of his family.
Life story of Aunt Emma Webb
Emmeline B. Wells diary typescripts
Includes two linear feet of unedited typed transcripts including the years 1844-1846 and 1874-1920. Her entries are daily, tell of her activities, and often present her opinions and impressions as well. The accounts are often lengthy and detailed. The 1882 diary also includes entries by Well's daughter, Louisa.
Clarissa Alger Whitney : wife of Francis Tuft Whitney, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa Hancock Alger
William Dearborn Brown journal
Byron J. Wilson papers
Collection contains three books written by Byron J. Wilson: The Early History of the Sylvester Wilson and the History of Wilsonville, Utah, The First Families Into Jackson Hole, and the Chronological History of Amos Davis, Jr.
Lynn Stephen Wood autobiography
Handwritten autobiography and typescript. The document talks about Wood's family, his life in the eastern U.S., his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his migration to Utah.
Letter to William Wooduary
Letter from "William" in Council Bluffs to Mr. William Wooduary of Connecticut, 1849.
Margaret Peirce Whitesides Young letter
Single letter, both as a photocopied manuscript and as a typed transcription, written by Margaret Peirce, daughter of Robert Peirce and future wife of Brigham Young, detailing her time on the Mormon Trail including her time in Winter Quarters to her relatives in Pennsylvania. Letter was written in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 31, 1848.