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Tooele (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin P. Brown mining deed

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233245551]
Identifier: MSS 7897
Scope and Contents

Contains one mining deed for land in Tooele, Utah.

Dates: 1872-1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Benjamin P. Brown mining deed

Esaias Edwards autobiography and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 184
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion in the opening pages of the diary about astronomy and a family cooperative city, "Edwardsville," which he hoped to build. Edwards made the overland journey from Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1848 by ox team and writes briefly about the scarcity of feed...
Dates: 1856-1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Esaias Edwards autobiography and diary

Obituary of Joseph Elich

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524344]
Identifier: MSS 2982
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed copy of an obituary of Joseph Elich. Dr. Elich was born and died in Tooele, Utah. He was granted a PhD in mathematics and taught at Utah State University for many years.

Dates: 2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Obituary of Joseph Elich

L. Grant Shields letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2218
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Shields to his children, and talks given by Shields on gospel subjects. Talks and letters usually include talks by church leaders.

Dates: 1976-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / L. Grant Shields letters

Edward J. Starkie autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489887]
Identifier: MSS 598
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

Dates: approximately 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward J. Starkie autobiography

Wendover air base

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233623401]
Identifier: MSS 2246
Scope and Contents

Copies of WWII photographs taken by Harry D. Guido, newspaper clippings.

Dates: approximately 1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wendover air base

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