Skip to main content

Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Artemus Millet autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317171]
Identifier: MSS SC 1899
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten autobiographies of Artemus Millet including the typescripts of them. MIllet describes his conversion to the Mormon faith, his experiences as a Mormon Pioneer, and his spiritual interpretations of the events of his life.

Dates: 1855-1861

Tamma Durfee Miner autobiography and photographs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306554]
Identifier: MSS SC 888
Scope and Contents Contains a photocopy of a typescript autobiography of Tamma Durfee Miner titled "'A Memorial' Written by Tamma Durfee Miner March 13, 1881, in Springville, Utah." Her autobiography tells of her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1831, the early persecution of the Church and her family, migration to the Salt Lake Valley from Iowa, and settling in Springville, Utah. The collection also contains a sheet of handwritten genealogy about Miner and two black-and white...
Dates: approximately 1870-1881; Other: 1977-2013

Mitchell family biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305416]
Identifier: MSS SC 794
Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten and typed texts. Consists of two biographical sketches, one of Margaret Mitchell Blyth (1824-1910) and the other of Elizabeth Ann Blyth (1859-1919), written by one of their descendants, Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell Boyce (1881- ), and an autobiographical sketch of Pearl Boyce.Discusses Margaret's birth in Scotland and her family's subsequent immigration to Canada and later to the United States; their conversion to the Mormon Church in California; their...
Dates: 1948-1951

Ellice M. Moffitt family biographies

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484441]
Identifier: MSS 439
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies and photocopies of a certificate and a clipping from a newspaper. The collection consists of biographies of Moffitt's ancestors including William Anderson, Hannah Anderson Madsen, Jorgen Madsen, and Ole Madsen. These persons were Mormon pioneers who settled in Utah.

Dates: approximately 1927-1960

David Moore minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310580]
Identifier: MSS SC 1302
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed minutes dated 2 July 1849. The document is of a meeting of the "Company of Saints," and discusses company appointments.

Dates: 1849

Callie O. Morley biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306356]
Identifier: MSS SC 872
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three biographies. The subjects of these biographies are Morley's ancesters who settled in the Sanpete Valley of Utah. Her accounts include biographies of John Olson (1845-1896), Daniel (1824-1914) and Amanda Bradley Henrie (1829-1903), and Betsy Elizabeth Kroll Bradley (1811-1893). Daniel was a member of the "Mormon Battalion." Daniel, Amanda, and Betsy Bradley settled in Manti, Utah, while John Olson settled in Moroni, Utah.These accounts are...
Dates: 1950-1975

Mormon colonies in Texas

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 162
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of published and unpublished articles dealing with Mormon settlements in three counties of Texas led by Lyman Wight. Also included are letters of enquiry by Elray L. Christiansen, the mission president for the Mormon Church in Texas.

Dates: 1845-1858, 1896-1974

Mormon emigration records

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190064]
Identifier: MSS 4150
Scope and Contents Papers about the emigration of Mormons from England to Utah. Writers of letters include Godfrey Lushington, Julian Pauncefote, M. J. Hoppin, A. F. G. Liddell, J. Vaughan, William M. Everts E. Y. N. Henerson. They are all men in service of the British government (in the United States Charge of Affairs), and correspond under the direction of the Queen of England. The British government's United States Charge of Affairs seems to be in a panic about the "evils" connected with Mormon immigration...
Dates: 1879

Mormon Trails Association papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323575]
Identifier: MSS SC 2384
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten and printed correspondence, newsletters, maps, and meeting minutes. The materials document the organization of the society and its efforts to get support for finding the exact route of the Mormon Trail and to see that it is properly marked.

Dates: 1992-1993

Thomas Morris autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231238202]
Identifier: MSS 7661
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an autobiography of Thomas Morris, written in 1871. Contains an account of his early life in South Wales, including his various occupations and religious affiliations, his emigration to New York in 1832, death of his first wife in 1837, his second marriage, conversion to Mormonism and relocation to Nauvoo in 1844, his impressions of Joseph Smith, and details of service in Mormon Battalion. Concludes with list of his various marriages and dates.

Dates: 1871