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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

Saga of Parowan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329895]
Identifier: MSS SC 3048
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a poem (14 pages) written to celebrate the settling of Parowan, Utah, by Mormon pioneers.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Samuel Porter Ewing, Sr. pioneer of 1847

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318385]
Identifier: MSS SC 1970
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Samuel Porter Ewing (1838-1895). Ewing was a Mormon pioneer who settled in Provo, Utah and later in Mona, Utah.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sarah Oakey Sirrine photographs and ephemera, approximately 1834-1945

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Oakey and Sirrine families, and items of ephemera collected by Sarah Oakey Sirrine, dating from between approximately 1834 and 1945.

Dates: approximately 1834-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection

Savage and Ottinger photograph of Mormons at South Pass

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232501483]
Identifier: MSS 6169
Abstract

Photograph taken by Charles R. Savage of Mormons at South Pass, circa 1859.

Dates: circa 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

C. R. Savage diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1424
Scope and Contents

The diaries contain notes and comments on business, descriptions of many journeys around the West and commentaries on the religious and social life of the period.

Dates: 1855-1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David Leonard Savage papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241892]
Identifier: MSS SC 511
Scope and Contents

1874 missionary certificate, two typewritten life sketches by his wife, Mary A. White Savage, and a life sketch by his daughter, Laura Savage Stratton. Tells of his work on the Nauvoo, Illinois, Temple, his trek west and the hardships faced as a settler.

Dates: 1874-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Levi Savage diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 417
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. The original items are housed in two boxes while the photocopies of these materials are housed in three. There are many gaps in the entries including a sixteen-year gap from 1861 to 1877. Savage writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to "Siam" (Thailand) from 1852 to 1856. He travelled to Rangoon from Salt Lake City, Utah, by way of San Francisco and Calcutta. He returned by way of Calcutta, England, and New York City. He was...
Dates: 1852-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of James Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340512]
Identifier: MSS 2466
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed biography. James Shelley was born in England in 1828, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork, Utah, married Mary Lee in 1853, and was a shoemaker. He died in 1907.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographical sketch of James Boyer Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340306]
Identifier: MSS 2462
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. James Boyer Shelley was born in England in 1792 and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1851 and settled in American Fork where he died in 1870.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographical sketch of Sarah Clegg Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339365]
Identifier: MSS SC 3333
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Clegg was born in 1851 in England. Sarah joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1864,migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Shelley in 1870 and had 5 children.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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