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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

John Riggs papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486404]
Identifier: MSS 794
Scope and Contents Ledger account books, letters, receipts, certificates, an autobiography, and biographical materials. Riggs' autobiography relates many faith-promoting experiences in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Riggs writes about his life as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Utah. He tells about his experiences as a pioneer who came to Utah in 1851; his life in Provo, Utah; and his occupation as a physician. The account books relate to his work as a...
Dates: 1844-1891

Robert and Meservy family records

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232560323]
Identifier: MSS 8836
Scope and Contents Collection includes two family record books related to the Meservy and Robert families coming out of the Isle of Jersey. The first record is a copy of a book titled "Genealogie de la Famille Messervy," and is a record of the Messervy family line on the Isle of Jersey extending into France and England as far back as 1400. This genealogical record contains the history of Jersey and possible origins of the Messervy name. Adjacent to the published pedigree charts for the family are records of...
Dates: 1899-2015

Robert Livingston Kane correspondence, 1923

 Sub-Series — Box 40: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232551066]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains a letter by Kane to William Wood Kane written in 1923 regarding his studies at the Pennsylvania Military College.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1923

Biography of Edward Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337047]
Identifier: MSS 2707
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Robinson was born in England in 1807, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1849. He later lived in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1896.

Dates: 1944

Biography of George Robinson and wife Sarah Holt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337559]
Identifier: MSS 2744
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Robinson was born in 1800 in England. Sarah Holt was born in 1804 also in England. They were married in 1824. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, and settled in American Fork. George died in 1884, and Sarah died in her eighty-fifth year.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Hannah Laycock Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337054]
Identifier: MSS 2706
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Robinson was born in 1860 in England. She migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. She married William Robinson and later married Daniel R. Rhodes.

Dates: 1944

Joseph Lee Robinson autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326842]
Identifier: MSS SC 2780
Scope and Contents

Typewritten condensation of an autobiography and a diary. The item was shortened by Robinson's granddaughter, Rena Robinson Cutler. Joseph Robinson writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1836, his migration to Utah in 1848, his opinions of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy, and his settling in Weber County, Utah.

Dates: 1853-1892

Biographical sketch of William S. Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339340]
Identifier: MSS SC 3331
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. This memoir was a talk given by Robinson in 1922 when he was 82 years old. Robinson was born in England, joined the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1849. He gives a detailed account of this journey.

Dates: 1922

Biographical sketch of William Walker Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339225]
Identifier: MSS SC 3330
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. William Walker Robinson was born in 1833 in Manchester, England, and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and settled in American Fork. He was involved in the rescue attempts of the Willie and Martin handcart companies, became the father of 16 children, and died at the age of 90.

Dates: 1930

Lewis B. Rock diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 161
Scope and Contents

Contains a handwritten diary (92 pages) belonging to Lewis Rock. Rock writes about his voyage by ship from Boston to San Francisco and his subsequent experiences in the gold fields of California in 1850. Includes articles for the establishment of the Self Examining Society. Dated 1849 to 1852.

Dates: 1850