Provo (Utah) -- History
Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:
Predictions made by President Brigham Young
Typewritten and notarized affidavits. The materials purport that the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), visited Provo, Utah, on numerous occasions and predicted that there would be a Mormon temple built on a bench of land northeast of the town. He also predicted that a railroad line would go west from Ogden, Utah, across the Great Salt Lake. These items are stories handed down by word of mouth through family members in Provo, Utah.
Provo 1st Ward account book
Handwritten entries in an account book called "Poor fund Acct." The item lists the kind and amount of donations either given or received by various ward members.
Provo 5th Ward records
Programs, budget reports, obituaries of ward members, newspaper clippings, announcements, meeting programs, and ward newsletters. The materials relate to the function and membership of the Provo 5th Ward.
Provo City Oral History Project case files, 1974-1975
Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the Provo City Oral History Project, 1974-1975.
Provo City Oral History Project transcripts, 1974-1975
Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Provo City Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1974-1975.
Provo City Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1974-1975
Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Provo City Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1974-1975.
Provo cooperative letterpress copybook
Letterpress copybook of the Mormon Church cooperative in Provo, Utah. The item contains letters, account figures, and general business correspondence. The letters were signed by various agents for the cooperative.
Provo Manufacturing Company notice and receipt
Printed receipt and notice to stock holders. The stock holders are informed that they must pay $6 per share in three installments.
Provo Rotary Club records
This collection consists of Board of Directors Minutes, club plans and objectives, correspondence, rosters and committee membership lists, roll books and attendance records, membership terminations, financial records, historical scrapbooks (bound and indexed), newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Rotary Parks and Rotary Scholars. The inclusive dates for the collection are 1919-2011.
Relief Society record books
Eight volumes containing names and addresses of ward Relief Society members, attendance and donation records, minutes of ward Relief Society meetings and conferences, summaries of lessons presented, and accounts of other activities. A folder at the end of the collection contains a few loose papers.