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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Harriet Amelia Kane papers, 1870-1894

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains journals, correspondence, ephemera, and other materials by Kane. Includes information on her life and activities, including her medical studies and practice. Also includes information on her relationships and interactions with other members of the Kane family. Materials date from between 1870 and 1894.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1870-1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Kane family personal papers

Chasty Olsen Harris biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313576]
Identifier: MSS SC 1625
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of a Mormon pioneer who settled in Castle Dale, Utah with her family.

Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Henry Abbott Harris autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 415
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography. The manuscript includes excerpts from diaries and copies of correspondence. The autobiography and letter copying were begun in the 1880s. Harris writes about his youth in England, his conversion to the Chrurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, his immigration to the United States in 1851, and the overland journey to Utah in 1852. Harris describes travelling conditions, the nature of the trail, and his work as a teamster. Harris settled in Pleasant...
Dates: 1854-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William G. Hartley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6357
Scope and Contents The William G. Hartley papers contains student work from HIST 397R, an Independent Study family history class, a History 433 class, and student paper submissions from the British Sesquicentennial Family History Writing Contest collection of student papers. The collection also contains a draft of a history of the Delta Phi Kappa fraternity, correspondance, project proposals, and other documents related to Hartley's work and research with the Joseph Fielding Smith Insitute. Hartley's research...
Dates: 1948-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

I. J. Harvey letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312339]
Identifier: MSS SC 1386
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter addressed to Harvey's wife in Indiana. Harvey describes the experience of being a homesteader on the Missouri frontier and mentions the possibility of buying "negro" for 2 or 3 dollars. In a postscript Harvey relates a rumor that "Jo Smith and others have made their escape from the sheriff" by stealing two horses. He also states that supposedly Joseph Smith (1805-1844) had twenty thousand dollars with him.

Dates: 1839
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Irene Hascall letter to Ophelia M. Andrews

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241488]
Identifier: MSS SC 466
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter which describes Salt Lake Valley in 1847-1848.

Dates: 1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Catherine Karren Hatch biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314715]
Identifier: MSS SC 1708
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of the biography of Catherine Karren Hatch, Mormon pioneer and plural wife of Lorenzo Hill Hatch.

Dates: 1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joshua Hawkes autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232727]
Identifier: MSS 726
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. Hawkes was born in Missouri and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a small child. He later came to Utah and lived in several places. He eventaully settled in Franklin, Idaho. He participated in the Walker War against the Ute Indians and also in the Utah War against the United States Army.

Dates: approximately 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert Hazen diary and partriarchal blessings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336676]
Identifier: MSS 52
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten diary covering the years 1853 to 1855 and typed copies of patriarchal blessings of Hazen family members. Hazen writes about his conversion to Mormonism in England, his calling as a branch president in that faith, his marriage to Mary Ann Bainbridge, and his emigration to the United States. Also included are handwitten copies of songs and poems.

Dates: 1853-1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts, 1840-1967

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials includes letters, postcards, and other manuscript items collected by Sarah Oakey Sirrine related to her ancestors and herself. Dated 1840 to 1967.

Dates: 1840-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection

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