Scope and Contents

Collection contains one journal with daily entries for the year 1888. The journal chronicles family temple trips, extended family gatherings, church and Sunday school meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manti, Utah, as well as various other recreation, work, and church-related activities. Also contains a transcript of the original journal.

Scope and Contents Collection contains a black ledger book including temple ordinance records (page 1-39), family lineage (pages 72-75, 114-118), a quote from Wilford Woodruff (page 77), and a Johannes Buehler autobiography titled "A Short History of My Life" (found on pages 78-88). Also contains a typescript of "funeral service of John Buehler" and two Buehler family photographs. One photograph is an image of Florence and Clarence Buehler in a buggy and the other is a portrait of Hermina Florence Buehler....

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Smith writes of his early life until he started his diary in 1846. He tells about his experiences in the Mormon Battalion and the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Smith also writes about his coming to Utah and his life in Manti, Utah. He also relates incidents in the Black Hawk War when the whites fought the Ute Indians. There are many gaps.