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Pioneers

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Rector family financial papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310028]
Identifier: MSS SC 1218
Scope and Contents

Handwritten financial papers of William and Elias Rector. Two documents, signed by Elias Rector, concern land transactions. A third itemizes the accounts of his estate. Two notes, signed by William Rector, authorize payment of U.S. funds to surveyors. The remaining three documents are letters from persons for whom William Rector acted as agent and describe land transaction activities.

Dates: 1816-1824
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

T. S. Reed diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335983]
Identifier: MSS 1048
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Reed writes about his journey to the gold fields in California in 1850 and his return to Illinois the following year. He returned by way of ship to Panama and also by ship to New York City. The account is detailed and includes financial records.

Dates: 1850-1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jacob Reiser family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2068
Abstract

The collection contains the originals of the Jacob Reiser family correspondence written between 1859-1891 [all but two of the letters are written in German]; photocopies of the correspondence; and an English translation of the letters.

Dates: 1822-1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Remembering Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs writings of the Mormon pioneers at the Missouri River

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329606]
Identifier: MSS SC 2964
Scope and Contents Compilation by Karen and Paul Larsen, of excerpts from diaries and reminiscences of Latter-day Saints who resided in the Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs area between about 1846 and 1852. Includes writings of Job Taylor Smith, Eliza Maria Patridge Lyman, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Aroet Lucius Hale, Anna Clark Hale, Jane Snyder Richards, Joseph Fielding, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith, Lucy Meserve Smith, Richard Ballantyne, Sarah Studevant Leavitt, Alfred Boaz Lambson, Allen Joseph Stout,...
Dates: 1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Research on Gunlock, Utah

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2233
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts dealing with Utah's Dixie. Dr. Banfield focused on the settlement of Gunlock, a Mormon settlement located northeast of St. George, Utah. One manuscript is entitled, "Mormon Hamlet" and the other, "Settlement of Southern Utah."

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

Charles C. Rich papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1052
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and photographs of handwritten and typed letters, biographical notes, and diary excerpts. The materials relate to Rich's career as a Mormon Church leader. They include diary excerpts from 1836, a letter from Brigham Young (1801-1877) telling about his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah in 1847, a blessing for Rich's mission to Europe, an essay on the establishment of a Mormon colony in San Bernardino, California, and biographical notes on Rich's life in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1836-1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Hill Richards papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries, account books, correspondence, and an autobiography. The materials document Richards' activities as a Mormon pioneer in Arizona, as a missionary to Great Britain, and as a Mormon Church leader.

Dates: 1876-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Morgan Richards Jr. pioneer stories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629620]
Identifier: MSS 5901
Scope and Contents

Pioneer stories of pioneer boys in Parowan told by Morgan Richards Jr., James J. Adams and John Henderson. Stories about pioneer footwear, clothing and dances.

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

Samuel W. Richards sworn oath

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308436]
Identifier: MSS SC 1056
Scope and Contents Oath sworn before Martin S. Lindsay, Notary Public, in Salt Lake City on 11 Dec. 1903. The document affirms that Richards was among 25 young men who were called during the winter of 1843-4 by the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), to explore the mountains in the West for a place where the Mormons could go to avoid persecution. Richards states that the men had weekly meetings to prepare for the trip and the decision to explore the West was made by Joseph Smith and not by his successor...
Dates: 1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Silas Richards diary and autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306505]
Identifier: MSS SC 885
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies made of a typescript of Richards' diary and autobiography. The typescript was made by Ailcy Brady Casper Morrell in 1957. Richards was pioneer who came to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1849 and settled in St. George, Utah in 1864. He was active in many assignments for the Mormon Church. Also included is a short biography of Richard's wife Kezia Frances Brady Richards by Laura F. Tucker Henrie.

Dates: 1846-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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