Provo (Utah) -- History
Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Alexander Melville
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Melville was born in Scotland in 1821, worked on a ship that hunted whales, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1852. He lived in Provo, Utah, campaigned against Utah Indians in 1853, and settled in Fillmore, Utah. He died in 1911.
Merchant bank signature book
Autograph book for the "Merchant Bank" of Provo, Utah. The items are apparently signatures by patrons of the bank. They often also include their towns of residence. These persons lived largely in Utah.
History of Albert Merrill
Photocopy of a handwritten biography of Albert Merrill. Merrill was born on Long Island, New York; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843; migrated to Utah in 1852; and settled in Provo, Utah. He served on a mission for the Church to the Eastern States from 1869 to 1870 and was made a patriarch of the Church in 1873.
Samuel Moore letters
Handwritten letters. Moore writes about family matters and admonishes his sons not to dishonor the family.
Stephen Bliss Moore correspondence
Handwritten correspondence. Three of the items are photocopies of handwritten items and are from Brigham Young (1801-1877) approving Moore's activities and giving him permission to settle in Strawberry Valley, Utah. One letter is from Stephen Moore to his wife, Eleanor, telling her of his experiences working away from home. Another item is from Eleanor Moore telling her brother of the death of her son, Stephen.
History of my father, Stephen Bliss Moore, and my mother, Eleanor Colton Moore : pioneers and children of pioneers
A Mormon boyhood 1906-1923
Typewritten autobiography in two volumes. Also included are photocopies of handwritten items and newspaper clippings. The first volume of the autobiography covers the years when Partridge grew up in Provo, Utah. The second volume is entitled: "As I Remember it" and covers the years when Patridge got his education and began to teach.
My life history
Comments on her ancestors, and recalls her early life in Provo, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University, where she majored in physical education, 1941-1945; experiences as a schoolteacher, 1945-1955, in Grantsville, Richfield, and Lehi, Utah, and in Preston, Idaho; service as a Latter-day Saint missionary in the Northwestern States Mission, laboring in Oregon and Washington, 1948-1950; and family experiences. Includes several pictures and other illustrations.
My school days at BYU : the first football team
Photocopy of a typed biography of Jesse Holyoak LeFevre concerning his experiences on the first football team at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.