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George Washington Langley
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1074
Scope and Contents
Holograph biography of George Washington Langley (1818-1850). Mormon missionary and pioneer to Utah, bodyguard of prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877), and husband of Mary Turner and Martha McKinney Frost.
Dates:
1976; 1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elijah Larkin diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 175
Scope and Contents
Materials include three volumes of handwritten diaries where Larkin writes about his life in England as a policeman; his immigration to America in 1863 aboard the ship Amazon; and, the overland journey from Florence, Nebraska to Salt Lake City by ox team in the Daniel D. McArthur Company. Larkin includes a description of preparations for the trail, and wrote lengthy and detailed daily entries about the appearance and geography of the overland trail, company discipline, hunting, and births...
Dates:
1854-1867
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
Letters received
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1050
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters. Three of the items are letters of introduction by the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young. Another letter is from Brigham Young asking William Huntington for his aid in bringing Clarissa A. Scofield to Mormon Church headquarters. This item also includes a lengthy postscript concerning activities in preparation for the Mormon migration to Utah. Also included is a letter from the Mormon Apostle, Heber C. Kimball, asking...
Dates:
1846-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Life of John and Jamima Hutchensen Meyrick
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1623
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typed extracts from John Meyrick's diary which describe his family's life as Mormon pioneers in Utah.
Dates:
1850-1922
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Era P. Lowe biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 927
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 12 leaves photocopied from a typewritten newspaper article authored by Era P. Lowe, son of Thomas G. Lowe who was a Mormon pioneer; Indian scout, missionary, and colonizer. Thomas Lowe also built tabernacles and other community buildings under the direction of Brigham Young and John Taylor. Thomas was held in high regard among the Mormons, non-Mormons, and Indians alike and served in many community and Mormon Church positions.
Dates:
1977
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Albert R. Lyman histories
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1371
Scope and Contents
Typewritten family histories. Lyman writes about the Edward Patridge and Lucretia Hancock Robinson families. These families were early converts to the Mormon Church. They suffered persecutions, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, came to Utah, and settled in Fillmore, Utah.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Eliza Maria Partridge Lyman diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1217
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of a diary kept by Patridge. The item begins with a brief autobiography. Lyman writes about being sealed to the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, her marriage to Amasa Lyman after Smith's death, her life in Nauvoo, Illinois, her migration to Utah, the excommunication of her husband from the Mormon Church, her life in Fillmore, Utah, and her efforts in favor of the Mormon practice of polygamy.
Dates:
1846-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jesse Bigler Martin diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 446
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Dates:
1853-1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Notes from the life of John D. T. McAllister
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3119
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a one-page biography of John D. T. McAllister by an unknown author at an unspecified time. McAllister was born in Delaware on 19 Feb. 1827 and died on 21 Jan. 1910. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1844. He migrated to Utah in 1851, took several wives, and had numerous children. He served on two missions for his church, lived for a time in St. George, Utah, and held numerous positions of...
Dates:
approximately 1933
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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