Provo (Utah) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:
19th Century Club records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3311
Scope and Contents
Collection includes club records, including membership records, information regarding each meeting, scrapbooks of club events and members, correspondence between club members and other organizations, and ephemera and artifacts relating to the club's history.
Dates:
1891-2004
Isaura Bentley Abegg diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1642
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries for the years 1952, 1964, and 1966 through 1971. Abegg was a student at Brigham Young University in 1952 and was closely associated with the university in later years. She talks of her daily activities, association with Brigham Young University, and Mormon Church responsibilities.
Dates:
1952-1971
Alderman's Court trial records
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490182]
Identifier: MSS 632
Scope and Contents
Handwritten trial records in the Alderman's court of Provo, Utah. A total of 85 court cases are summarized in the record. Albert Jones presided in most of these proceedings.
Dates:
1869-1881
Alice Louise Reynolds diaries and notes, 1894-1938
Series
Identifier: MSS 120 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains diaries, lecture notes, correspondence, and autobiographical materials produced by Reynolds. Includes information on her teaching and travels. Materials dated between 1894 and 1938.
Dates:
1894-1938
Allen family papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2337
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed correspondence, certificates, deeds, postcards, family histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the private and legal activities of the Allen family.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Allen family papers
Provo, Utah annual audit reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 895
Scope and Contents
Annual audit reports of Provo, Utah. Each volume has a number of divisions with a contents note at the beginning of each year.
Dates:
1940-1967
George Washington Bean diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and his...
Dates:
1852-1897
Olive Smoot Bean autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319490]
Identifier: MSS SC 2139
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography (pages 163 to 197). Bean writes about her childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, her marriage, and her children.
Dates:
1933-1934
Ole Hendriksen Berg letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322023]
Identifier: MSS SC 2363
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.
Dates:
1886 May 2
O. H. Bery letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319607]
Identifier: MSS SC 2147
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter addressed to "Elder O. H. Olsen." Bery outlines a scheduled religious meeting.
Dates:
1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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O. H. Bery letter