Provo (Utah) -- History
Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:
Big debate tonight at Provo High School
Contains a printed broadside announcing a debate at Provo High School in Utah between the "Municipal Power Plant" and the "Utah Power and Light Co." in 1936.
A biography of Alexander Williams
Typewritten biography. The year of the composition of the item is unknown. Kimball writes that Williams was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1847, had encounters with the Ute Indians, lived as a polygamist, and converted to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Biography of John and Ann Stewart
Typewritten biography of John Stewart, a painter, and his wife, Ann Waddle Stewart. John and Ann were Scottish converts to the Mormon Church. They migrated to Utah and later settled in Provo, Utah.
Biography of John and Louise Smith Park
Typewritten copy of Mary's biography of her parents, but the bulk of the account is autobiographical. Mary tells of coming to Utah in 1847 including incidents en route. She tells of the early settlement of Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah including problems with Indians, crickets and grass hoppers, and the difficult living conditions.
Biography of Mary Elizabeth Coursey Hoover : pioneer, came to Utah in 1849
Typewritten biography. The item was originally presented to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers meeting in 1925. Mary's father joined the Mormon Church and moved his family to Nauvoo, Illinois and later to Utah. Mary married John Witmer Hoover in 1855, had twelve children, and spent most of her adult life in Provo, Utah.
Elias Hicks Blackburn papers
Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles
Oral history of Catherine Bowles, from an interview conducted by Jenny Reeder.
Brigham Young University 2nd Ward scrapbook
Bound scrapbook (42 pages) with newsletters, poems, newspaper clippings, programs, brochures, and miscellaneous items relating to the BYU 2nd Ward Relief Society. Materials document the activities of the ward's women between 1956 and 1962.
Brigham Young University Oral History Project case files, 1965-1982
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 Brigham Young University Oral History Project, 1965-1982.
Brigham Young University Oral History Project transcripts, 1965-1982
Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Brigham Young University Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1965-1982.