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Pioneers

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Short life sketch of Catherine Ingreberg Neilson Olsen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340314]
Identifier: MSS 2461
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Catherine Ingreberg Neilson was born in 1829 in Denmark. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1853 and married Hans Peter Olsen in 1854. She migrated to the United States in the same year and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1854. Catherine later moved to American Fork, Utah, and later to Carson Valley, Nevada. She later returned to American Fork and died in 1915. Also included are two poems...
Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Rasmus Olsen diary and notes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317882]
Identifier: MSS SC 1940
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary and notes mostly in Danish. These entries were written in four almanacs, on an envelope, and on one loose sheet of paper. The diary was written for the year 1872. The notes largely record historical events from ancient to modern times.

Dates: 1866-1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jennifer Curtis Orten papers on Edwin M. Curtis

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8220
Abstract

Photograph and family group record of Edwin Curtis, circa 1860 and 2008.

Dates: approximately 1860-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hyrum Otterstrom and his help to settle Cleveland

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233650917]
Identifier: MSS 8338
Scope and Contents

Contents contain two typed pages of a phonetically-spelled story about the life of Hyrum Otterstrom, with handwritten corrections. Dated approximately 1950.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Our Grandfather's family : William Felshaw's family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244763]
Identifier: MSS SC 584
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch which tells of his work on the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples and of his involvement in early Fillmore, Utah. Also includes genealogical data and a letter from the donor.

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

Horace B. Owens papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244680]
Identifier: MSS SC 574
Scope and Contents

Typescripts and newspaper clippings (photocopies). The collection includes two biographical sketches of a Mormon pioneer, stonecutter and guardsman and a biographical sketch of his mother, Abigail B. Owens. Also includes a letter from the donor.

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

John Pack letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233055]
Identifier: MSS SC 67
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters dated 1847, addressed to family members, describing difficulties of the journey to Salt Lake City, Utah and Pack's associations with Mormon Church leaders Brigham Young and Heber Chase Kimball.

Dates: approximately 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Milan Packard biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314186]
Identifier: MSS SC 1679
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Packard taken from "Portrait: Genealogical and Biographical Record of the State of Utah."

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Pollock Park

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313733]
Identifier: MSS SC 1652
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography. The item describes Park's conversion to the Mormon faith, his various travels, and his final stay in Utah.

Dates: 1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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