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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Holden -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ansil Perse Harmon diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345651]
Identifier: MSS 971
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary documenting Harmon's daily activities as a farmer in Holden, Utah. The diary was kept on pages 1 through 32. A handwritten copy of a patriarchal blessing is found on pages 156 through 162.

Dates: 1882-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ansil Perse Harmon diary

Jesse Perse Harmon papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348572]
Identifier: MSS 502
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and printed letters, notes, military orders, and certificates. The materials relate to the migration of Mormons to Utah, the operations of the Utah militia during the Black Hawk War against Ute Indians, Harmon's Mormon Church activities, and his life in Holden, Utah.

Dates: 1832-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Perse Harmon papers

Walter William Thomas Rawlinson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334507]
Identifier: MSS 1076
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography "as told to me--Eliza M. Rawlinson." Rawlinson tells about growing up on a farm in Holden.

Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Walter William Thomas Rawlinson autobiography

William Stevens letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334697]
Identifier: MSS 1178
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 15 Jan. 1876 which was composed in Holden, Utah. Stevens writes to an unlisted addressee acknowledging receipt of a "Catheter" and a package of books and expresses gratitude for these items. He also describes an illness.

Dates: 1876 January 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Stevens letter

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