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Henry Green Boyle diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 156
Scope and Contents
Contains a handwritten autobiography and diaries related to Boyle's life and experience as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The autobiography was written beginning in 1844 and, in the same volume, he starts a diary in 1846. Boyle kept 14 additional volumes of diaries, dating from 1855 to 1889. Most of the content relates to Boyle's missionary experiences in California and to Southern States Mission, including while he was mission president from 1875 to 1878. Also...
Dates:
1844-1912
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 164
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries including an autobiography. Cummings' autobiography covers his early life when he lived in Ohio and Navuoo, Illinois, served on a mission to Maine, and left Illinois for Utah. Cummings' diaries tell about his mission to the Indians in Idaho in the "Salmon River Mission," his service during the "Utah Expedition" of 1857-1858, his various encounters with Indians, his mission to Iowa in 1878 and 1879, and his life in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a...
Dates:
1854-1879
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jobe Hill autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography. Hill writes about migrating to Utah, about his life in Smithfield and Clarkston, about problems with grasshoppers, and about other difficult situations. He also talks about the death of his mother and his low opinion of his father, who started drinking. He also tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England and about his marriage.
Dates:
1904
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Christian J. Larsen diary and autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 421
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typescript of a diary and an autobiography. The diary covers the years from 1851 to 1857 and has many gaps. The autobiographical materials cover the rest of Larsen's life. Larsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark and performed missionary work in that country and in Norway. He moved to Utah in 1854 where he lived in Ogden, Ephraim, and Logan. He was married polygamously, participated in the Black Hawk War against the Ute Indians,...
Dates:
1850-1914
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Karl G. Maeser letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3930
Abstract
A letter from Karl G. Maeser to Elder Edward Collard, 1859.
Dates:
1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Daniel Duncan McArthur autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 476
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography, photocopy of the manuscript, and a typescript of the item. McArthur was born in New York State; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in 1832; lived in Kirtland, Ohio, in Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois. McArthur stayed at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, migrated to Utah in 1848, experienced troubles with Ute Indians, and served on a mission to England for the LDS Church from 1852 to 1856. Also included are blessings of family members and...
Dates:
1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Reuben McBride diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2860
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. McBride left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the spring of 1857, and he went with a handcart company to the east. He later got passage to England where he served his mission.
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Peter McIntyre autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2692
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. McIntyre served in the British Army in Spain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also sent to the United States to fight Americans in 1815. After the war, he returned to Scotland. He later heard Mormon missionaries preach and was converted to their faith around the year 1841. He served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Great Britain, migrated to Utah in 1853, and settled in Tooele, Utah in 1853. The record was completed by one of...
Dates:
1854-1872
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
David Pettigrew autobiography and diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 473
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary with a typescript of the item. Pettigrew (apparently also spelled Pettegrew) started his autobiography in 1840. His diary is sporatic and has many gaps. Pettigrew writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, his life in Missouri during the persecutions of Mormons there, his experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, his work as an LDS missionary, his participation in the migration of Mormons from Nauvoo,...
Dates:
1840-1861
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Samuel W. Richards papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2854
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilmed copies of diaries, letters, notes, and financial records. Richards was born in Massachusetts in 1824 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he served in the "Nauvoo Legion" militia. Richards married Mary Parker in Nauvoo and moved to Utah in 1849. He served as missionary and mission president for his faith in Great Britain, the East U.S., and Europe. He was made a patriarch in 1902 and died in 1909.
Dates:
1839-1909
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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