Provo (Utah) -- History
Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:
Report of Provo City treasurer
Handwritten report of financial "receipts" and "disbursements" for the quarter ending 2 Feb. 1892.
Alice Louise Reynolds papers
Material contains Reynolds's handwritten correspondence from 1912 to 1937; diaries from 1924 to 1925, 1934, and 1937; lecture notes on English literature and European history from 1894; and autobiographical and miscellaneous notes from 1935 to 1938. The materials document the various aspects of Reynolds's career and life. The diaries were kept largely when Reynolds was travelling in Europe and the Middle East.
John Riggs papers
Rock Canyon Water Company records, 1880-1976
This series contains and details the Rock Canyon Water Company records, minutes, account books, and stockholder's certificates. The Rock Canyon Water Company was located in Provo, Utah and this collection spans the time from its beginning in 1880 to 1976.
Roll and dockett of high council of Utah Stake of Zion Utah
Handwritten meeting rolls. The item records the names of stake high councilors and their attendance at various high council meetings in the Utah Stake.
John L. Russell financial papers
Handwritten account books, financial statements, and receipts. Most of the materials relate to the Standard Quincy Mining Company, the Deseret Building and Loan Company, and to personal accounts. Includes 3 volumes and 27 receipts.
Samuel Porter Ewing, Sr. pioneer of 1847
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.
School of the prophets
Handwritten meeting minutes of the School of the Prophets in Provo, Utah. The intention of the school was to educate members of the Mormon Church in doctrines of the faith. The topics discussed related to Mormon and to Provo topics. An emphasis was placed on getting workers to go to St. George, Utah to help construct the Mormon temple there.
Andrew Hunter Scott autobiography and diary
Handwritten autobiography and diary. Also included is a typescript of these items. Scott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the 1840s. He was also an early resident of Provo, Utah. Scott's autobiography covers his life to 1855, and his diary covers the years 1855 to 1859.
Shadrack Holdaway
Typewritten biography of Shadrack Holdaway by his granddaughter. Newren writes about Haldaway's service in the Mormon Battalion and his later life in Provo, Utah.