Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1801 - 1868
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Levi Jackman diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 79
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company was led by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Jackman records disagreements, occasional poor behavior in the company, and Young's instructions as well as rebukes. He also writes about early life in Salt Lake City, Utah: the influx...
Dates:
1847-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Levi Jackman diary
Heber C. Kimball journals
Collection — Reel 2004: [Barcode: 31197227657829]
Identifier: MSS 6142
Abstract
Microfilm of Heber C. Kimball's journals, spanning from 1837 to 1847. There is also a microfilm pertaining to the Kimball and Whitney cemetery, published in 1916 and a copy of the serialization of Kimball's dictated autobiography, published in the Utah Genealogical Historical Magazine from 1939 to 1940.
Dates:
1837-1940
Brigham Young letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237585]
Identifier: MSS SC 734
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas. The item was signed by Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards. Young writes to Douglas to secure his support for the admission of the Deseret as an official state in the nation.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Brigham Young letter
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