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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

John Steele business correspondence, 1852-1907

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and other documents related to Steele's professional life and business interests.

Dates: 1852-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers

John Steele ephemera, 1868-1932

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains ephemera and other miscellaneous notes, letters, envelopes, and other items related to John Steele. Also includes photocopies of the title pages of all books owned by Steele, and a photocopy of a photograph of Steele dated 1891.

Dates: 1868-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers

John Steele journals and notebooks, 1846-1961, bulk: 1846-1899

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries and notebooks kept by John Steele, including his Mormon Battalion diary, dated 1846-1847, and a Paiute/English language dictionary, dated 1851. Also includes a typescript of Steele's diary that was created in 1961 but includes entries from 1840 to 1877. Also includes some biographical notes on various members of John Steele's family. Dated 1846-1961.

Dates: 1846-1961; Majority of material found within 1846-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers

John Steele personal and family correspondence, 1816-1922

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from John Steele and his family, including his father, John Steele, Sr., his wives and children, including Mahonri Moriancumer Steele, grandchildren, as well as some extended family. Also includes some letters from friends and other personal acquaintances of John and Catherine Steele. Dated 1816-1922.

Dates: 1816-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers

Alan P. Johnson research collection on Aaron Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9510
Scope and Contents Collection of research materials, notes, and writings produced during the creation of Alan P. Johnson's book "Aaron Johnson, Faithful Steward: A Documentary History," written in 1991. Aaron Johnson was an early pioneer of Springville, Utah, and Alan Johnson's ancestor. Collection includes a folder called "Storm Clouds" that contains information surrounding the Parrish-Potter murder mystery in Springville in the 1850s. Also includes one photograph of Aaron Johnson's family, with his plural...
Dates: approximately 1980s-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Anna Marie Brookbush Miller Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338029]
Identifier: MSS 2809
Scope and Contents

Photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Anna Marie was born in Denmark in 1844, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah. She married Christian Johnson, lived in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1925.

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

Bengt Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306844]
Identifier: MSS SC 917
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a holograph autobiography. Bengt Johnson Sr. was a Swedish convert to the Mormon Church and was baptized in 1854. He came to Utah in 1862 and settled in Provo. His account largely tells of his adjustment to Mormonism.

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

Biography of Christian Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338037]
Identifier: MSS 2808
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Christian Johnson was born in Denmark in 1835, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1913.

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

Emma James Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327741]
Identifier: MSS 323
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. The history includes comments by John's daughter, Laletas Dixon. As a young woman Emma James migrated to Utah with the ill-fated Willie Handcart company. Emma describes how the decision was made to travel to Utah late in the season and gives many details on the nature of the journey and the tragedy which followed. She tells about the starvation, cold, hardships faced by her family, and the death of her father, William James...
Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joel H. Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325422]
Identifier: MSS SC 2634
Scope and Contents

Typewitten autobiography. Johnson was born at Grafton, Massachusetts, and converted to the Mormon Church. He lived with the Mormons in Ohio, Illinois, and Utah. He helped organize "Zion's Camp" and settled in serveral places in Utah.

Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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