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Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical sketches of the life of William Grant

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230221191]
Identifier: MSS 342
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary. Grant wrote his autobiography in 1882. Subsequently he kept a journal in the same volume. The diary consists mainly of monthly summaries of Grant's activities. Grant writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in England, his migration to American Fork, Utah, and his activities as a businessman and musician. Grant also comments on Mormon polygamy.

Dates: 1882-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Charles D. Green and his wife, Mary Ann Radman Green

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338284]
Identifier: MSS 2795
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Ann Radman Green was born in 1835 in England and died in 1903 in American Fork, Utah. Charles D. Green was born in 1838 and died in 1905 in Eureka, Utah. Charles came to Utah with Johnston's Army. He later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in Alpine, Utah. Charles married Mary Ann Radman, but they had no children. They adopted Loren Fisher Green.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alice Houghton Greenwood letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339142]
Identifier: MSS 2423
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten letter. Greenwood wrote a letter to her grandchildren that was later typed by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Greenwood wrote about her ealy life, migration to Utah in 1847, and gave her testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Autobiography : Ellen Julian Greenwood

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523940]
Identifier: MSS 2847
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Ellen Julian Greenwood was born in 1854 in England. Her parents were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family migrated to Utah in 1862. Ellen married Samuel Greenwood in 1875 and died in 1917.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Greenwood autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339126]
Identifier: MSS 2442
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography and diary. The manuscript was read by Jennie Greenwood, William's grand daugther-in-law, at a meeting of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Utah County, Utah. Greenwood writes about his life to the year 1848 and then starts a diary which has many gaps. Greenwood was born in England and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, with the Mormons. He migrated to Utah in 1847 and was active in many building projects in Salt Lake City. He...
Dates: 1848-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Greenwood papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 39
Scope and Contents

Contains twelve handwritten, signed letters which concern Greenwood's conversion to Mormonism in England, his immigration to the United States, activities in Nauvoo, Illinois, and the 1847 trek to Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. Also includes a bound autobiography (plus typescript) written between 1869 and 1884.

Dates: 1847-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elisha Hurd Groves autobiography and biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238930]
Identifier: MSS SC 334
Scope and Contents

Handwritten life sketches (some photocopies) concerning Groves' conversion to the Mormon Church, his missionary activities and his immigration to Utah in 1848.

Dates: 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Horton David Haight papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606586]
Identifier: MSS 3849
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photocopies of letters and certificates by Horton David Haight. The materials discuss his family life, his activities in southern Utah and Arizona on behalf of the Church, and his participation in the Nauvoo Legion.

Dates: 1854-1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hammond family biographies and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 834
Scope and Contents This collection consists of typescripts of biographies and histories of members of the Hammond family and their ancestors. The biography of Jasper Melvin Hammond (1882-1958) was written "by his wife and daughters" sometime after his death. Jasper, often called Jesse, was born in Providence, Utah but was raised in Marysville, Idaho. He worked in hotels in Yellowstone Park, for a railroad, and as a farmer.A typescript of the diary of Milton D. Hammond (1831- ) for the years...
Dates: approximately 1856-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The handcart companies of 1856 and Arza Erastus Hinkley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315589]
Identifier: MSS SC 1770
Scope and Contents

Softbound typescript of an account of the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, taken from journals and oral family histories.

Dates: 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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