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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

History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 589
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a personal history which gives data of the Curtis family in Michigan and their exodus to the West. Dated journal entries, 1831-1881, detail Curtis' Illinois and Utah missions, including minutes of organization of a Latter-day Saint Church branch in Poteetneet (Payson), Utah and area pioneer life.

Dates: undated

James Holt autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 190
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Holt writes about his childhood, conversion to the Mormon Church, mission for that faith in Tennessee, and migration to Salt Lake City, Utah. He also tells about the confusion in the Mormon Church after the death of its first president, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1881

Oliver Boardman Huntington papers

 Collection — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS 162
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries, ephemera, and patriarchal blessings produced by Oliver Boardman Huntington and his son, Oliver B. Huntington. Items document the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Latter-day Saint exodus to the West, and the establishment and early development of Utah. Materials date from between 1843 and 1932.

Transcriptions of most items also available.

Dates: 1843-1932

Richard W. Jackson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3701
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of manuscript versions of religious articles produced by Jackson, including writings on the Creation, the Flood, the Crucifixion, and the Mormon pioneers. Also included is a translation of the Aalborn, Denmark History and the Writings of John Mills Wooley. Materials are dated 1976-2003.

Dates: 1976-2003

Bengt Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 917
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a holograph autobiography. Bengt Johnson Sr. was a Swedish convert to the Mormon Church and was baptized in 1854. He came to Utah in 1862 and settled in Provo. His account largely tells of his adjustment to Mormonism.

Dates: 1910

Chasta Johnson family history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8460
Scope and Contents

Contains a family history written by Chasta Johnson. It outlines her ancestors' experiences joining the Church in England, moving to America, their struggle with persecution, pioneer expedition, and missionary work. She discusses how many of her relatives were the first Mormon missionaries to circumnavigate the globe, spending much of their time in Calcutta. Materials are dated approximately 1930-1950.

Dates: Approximately 1930-1950

Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6242
Abstract

The Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton is a biography that accounts for the life of Hamilton from his birth in Scotland to his death in Utah. Henry Hamilton was an early pioneer that forged his way from Scotland to the Utah Valley.

Dates: 1980

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

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

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Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 2
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Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
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Bean, Jesse Fuller, 1879-1943 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Beard, Thomas (1836-1917) 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Boyle, Henry Green, 1824-1902 1
Brown, Dorothy P. (Dorothy Pike Putnam), 1925-2008 1
Bullock, Richard H. 1
Burton, William, 1809-1851 1
Butler, William, 1825-1905 1
Campbell, Robert Lang, 1825-1872 1
Cannon, David H., 1838-1924 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Juan Stake (Utah) 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Crosby, Caroline Barnes, 1807-1884 1
Crosby, Jonathan 1
Cummings, Benjamin Franklin 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Curtis, Millicent W. 1
Curtis, Nahum 1
Davis, Elisha H., 1815- 1
Day, Thomas, 1814-1893 1
Driggs, Samuel, 1820-1854 1
Druce, John, 1818-1897 1
Duerden, Earl S. 1
Empey, William Young 1
Hamilton, Henry 1
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Hill, Jobe 1
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Holt, James, 1804-1894 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Jackson, Richard W. 1
Johnson, Bengt, 1829-1918 1
Johnson, Chasta, 1883-1954 1
Jones, Lavon B. (Lavon Bradford), 1914-2008 1
Josiah Bradlee (Ship) 1
Kamehameha V, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1830-1872 1
Kanen, Alta L. 1
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 1
Langley, George Washington 1
Lowe, Era P. 1
Lowe, Thomas G., 1851-1938 1
Maiben, Henry, 1819-1883 1
Maiben, John Bray, 1826-1910 1
Martin, Jesse Bigler, 1825-1908 1
McArthur, Daniel Duncan 1
McBride, Reuben, 1803-1891 1
Moore, David 1
Pack, Ward E. (Ward Eaton), 1834-1907 1
Pettigrew, David, 1791-1863 1
Reed family 1
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Richards, Silas LeRoy, 1882- 1
Rigby, William F. (William Frederick), 1833-1901 1
Savage, Levi, 1820-1910 1
School of the Prophets 1
Scott, John, 1811-1876 1
Shoenfeld family 1
Shoenfeld, Edward, 1832-1914 1
Skelton, Robert Hodgson, 1824-1895 1
Smith family 1
Smith, Charles, 1819-1905 1
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 1
Smith, John L. (John Lyman), 1828-1898 1
Smith, John, 1781-1854 1
Smith, Joseph, Sr., 1771-1840 1
Smith, Lot 1
Smith, Samuel H. B. (Samuel Harrison Bailey), 1838-1914 1
Smoot, A. O. (Abraham Owen), 1815-1895 1
Spilsbury, George, 1823-1919 1
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St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 1
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Taylor, George Hamilton, 1829-1907 1
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Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 1
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Van Cott, John, 1814-1883 1
Walker, Delbert Stevenson, 1903-1987 1
Waugh, George Peden, 1789-1856 1
Wood, Joseph, actice 1840 1
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