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Einar Erickson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Erickson describes his early life in Iceland, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah, his return to Iceland as an Mormon missionary, and his life in Spanish Fork and in Cleveland, Utah. Also included is a lengthy poem in Icelandic.

Dates: approximately 1917

Experiences of the Josiah Rhead family in the Martin handcart company of 1856

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2713
Scope and Contents

Typewritten research paper for a Religion 442 class taught by Howard H. Barron at Brigham Young University. Using family records and unpublished materials as well as secondary sources, Richards writes a history of the Martin handcart company.

Dates: 1967

John Boylston Fairbanks diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3887
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of diary of John B. Fairbanks, covering the period between 1846 and 1847. Describes the Mormon evacuation of Nauvoo, Illinois, and the journey to the Salt Lake Valley. Includes financial transactions, genealogical information, a daily record of farm work, an account of family events, and other information.

Dates: 1846-1847

James Farmer autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1433
Scope and Contents

Two holograph volumes in three parts with accompanying carbon and ribbon copy typescripts; typescript and draft of typescript of 1881-1882 diary. Describes his early life in England, missionary work for the Mormon Church in England, his immigration to Utah and accounts of ship passage, overland travel to Salt Lake City, Utah and settlement and life in Sanpete County, Utah. The 1881-82 diary deals with a mission to England. Also includes patriarchal blessings.

Dates: 1851-1882

Lucy H. Flake journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 13
Scope and Contents

Holograph journals which contain Flake's autobiography, covering the years 1842 to 1894. Includes details of her life in Beaver, Utah, and a detailed account of her life colonizing Snowflake, Arizona. Also included are details of her funeral by her daughter, Roberta Clayton, and Flake family genealogical data.

Dates: approximately 1894-1899

Nils C. Flygare papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1496
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, an autobiography, family genealogy, biographical information, and correspondence and research information from Philip L. Walker. Describes Flygare's personal life, pioneer memories, missionary experiences, LDS Church activities, leadership activities in business and civic activities in Sweden and Utah.

Dates: 1841-1902

William Forman diary and biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3236
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Forman writes about his youth. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1851 and migrated to Utah in 1854. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah Valley, and Heber City, Utah. He was fined for polygamy in 1891. Also included are three biographies of family members written by John Forman in 1932.

Dates: 1870-1932

Founding of Cardston and vicinity

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1925
Scope and Contents

Bound and printed history co-authored by Zina Alberta Woolf Hickman. Bates and Hickman talk about the founding of Cardston and vicinity. They emphasize the underlying theological principles of Mormon doctrine which motivated the settlers to endure many difficulties.

Dates: 1975

Luke William Gallup autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2347
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Gallup writes about his early life in Connecticut, his migration to Iowa, and how he joined the Mormon Church. Gallup moved to Springville, Utah, in 1851. He writes about his life in that town, his service during the Utah Expedition of 1857-8, his relationships to his wives, his mission for the Mormon Church to Connecticut. Gallup moved to Santa Ana, California, in 1888.

Dates: 1842-1891

Luke William Gallup diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 660
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts from a handwritten diary. Gallup summarizes his activities monthly. Gallup settled in Springville, Utah, in 1851. He writes about encounters with Ute Indians, the Utah War, and the Mormon "reformation." He comments on Mormon polygamy and tells about the death of his wife. Also included are the patriarchal blessings given to Luke and to his wife, Lydia.

Dates: 1850-1864

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections 201
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 124
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Mormon pioneers -- History 45
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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 21
Social Life and Customs 21
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Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 17
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Religion 14
Mormon women -- Biography 12
American Fork (Utah) -- History 11
Family histories 11
Mormons -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 11
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Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 10
Church Government 10
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Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 5
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Polygamy -- Utah -- History 5
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Mormons -- Arizona -- History 4
Mormons -- Correspondence 4
Mormons -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 4
Parowan (Utah) -- History 4
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) 4
Transcripts 4
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 3
Certificates 3
City and Town Life 3
Ephraim (Utah) -- History 3
Fillmore (Utah) -- History 3
Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah 3
Legal instruments 3
Logan (Utah) -- History 3
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Mormon Church -- Missions -- England 3
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Utah -- History 3
Ute Indians -- History 3
Account books 2
Architecture 2
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 2
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History 2
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Maori 1
 
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 43
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 19
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 7
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 7
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 5
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Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 3
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 3
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 3
Salt Lake Temple 3
Tanner, George S. 3
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 3
Utah. Militia 3
Allen family 2
Dame, William Horne, 1819-1884 2
Durham, Thomas, 1828-1909 2
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 2
Gallup, Luke William, 1822-1891 2
Holt, James, 1804-1894 2
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 2
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 2
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson, 1827-1910 2
McAllister, William James Frazier 2
Pack, John, 1809-1885 2
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 2
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Robinson, Joseph Lee, 1811-1893 2
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 2
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 2
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 2
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 2
Snow, William, 1806-1879 2
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 2
Utah. Legislature 2
Young, Margaret Peirce Whitesides, 1823-1907 2
Adams, John O. (John Olney), 1861-1932 1
Adams, Mattie M. (Mattie Marie), 1864-1928 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Ajax, William, 1832-1899 1
Allen, Alexander A., 1845-1916 1
Allen, Maria E., 1847-1924 1
Allred family 1
Allred, James, 1784-1876 1
Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928 1
Andrus, Hyrum L. (Hyrum Leslie), 1924-2015 1
Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893 1
Armstrong family 1
Armstrong, Francis, 1839-1899 1
Armstrong, Isabel Siddoway, 1849-1930 1
Arrington, Leonard J. 1
Aven, Ruth A. (Ruth Allen), 1899-2000 1
Baker, Afton Marie 1
Baker, Alma 1
Baker, Hannah 1
Ballard, Henry, 1832-1908 1
Ballard, Margaret McNeil, 1846-1918 1
Barrus, George Stanton, 1925- 1
Bates, Jane Eliza Woolf 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Beard, Thomas (1836-1917) 1
Bennett, John F. (John Foster), 1865-1938 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Bilings, William Wallace 1
Bitner, Martina M. H. 1
Blyth, Elizabeth Ann 1
Blythe, John A. 1
Blythe, John Law 1
Blythe, Margaret Mitchell 1
Bowles family 1
Bowles, Catherine, 1915-2006 1
Boyce, Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell 1
Boyle, Henry Green, 1824-1902 1
Brady family 1
Brigham Young Academy 1
Brigham Young University 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Bullock, Richard H. 1
Burton, William, 1809-1851 1
Butler, John M., 1878-1966 1
Butler, William, 1825-1905 1
Cain family 1
Campbell, Robert Lang, 1825-1872 1
Cannon, David H., 1838-1924 1
Cannon, Johanna Christina Danielson 1
Cannon, Louisa Martha Wells, 1862-1888 1
Cannon, Oa J. 1
Carter, C. W. 1
Carter, William, 1821-1896 1
Cazier, David 1
Chambers (Family : Chambers, Joseph, 1843-1927) 1
Chambers, Eliza Ann, 1854-1939 1
Chambers, Joseph, 1843-1927 1
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. Lecture Series 1
Cheney, Talitha C. Avery 1
Cheney, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1901-1993 1
Christy, Howard A., 1933- 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Library 1
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