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Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2402
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joshua Adams was born in 1833 in Canada, and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He migrated to Utah in 1848 and later settled in American Fork. He was a farmer and a rancher, had a large family, and died in 1906.

Dates: 1933

Biographical sketch of William Armstrong

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3283
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of William Armstrong by Coddington. Armstrong was born in 1805 in Scotland, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, but later moved to American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1895.

Dates: approximately 1930

Biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 184
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Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. The items relate incidents in the lives of various family members. The autobiography is by Tamma Durfee Miner who writes about her conversion to the Mormon Church; experiences as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; migration to Utah; and settling in Springville, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1880-1950

Biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1592
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Photocopies of typewritten biographies of Henry Bailey Jacobs and Zina Diantha Huntington Young, along with photocopies of typed and handwritten letters. The items, which relate to family matters and marriage relationships, include a letter from the LDS Historical Department regarding the marriages of Zina to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and a letter from the U.S. Customs Court in New York denying the existence of any records relating to a divorce between Henry and Zina.

Dates: 1844-1976

Biographies and histories of Lewiston, Utah

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1577
Dates: 1881-1976

Biographies of ancestors

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 53
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of ancestors of Rawlinson which relate life in numerous Utah communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included is an excerpt from the 1857 diary of James Farmer.

Dates: approximately 1962

Biographies of Isabel Siddoway and Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1612
Scope and Contents

One book containing 15 photographs, 2 biographies of Francis Armstrong, 2 life sketches of Isabel Siddoway Armstrong, 13 genealogy sheets, and miscellaneous items. The Armstrong biographies describe the lives of Mormon pioneers.

Dates: 1929-1979

Biographies of John H. Clifton

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 566
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of John H. Clifton, Mormon pioneer, which tells of his emigration from England to Utah and settlement in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. Also includes another biographical sketch giving details about his wife Hannah.

Dates: 1942

Biographies of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 418
Scope and Contents

Three typewritten biographies written by John H. Hayes and George A. Hicks.

Dates: undated

Biographies of Utah pioneers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2685
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of Utah pioneers. The volume was compiled by Dorothy Alvey Muhlestein. It is listed as "volume 5." Most of the subjects of the biographies were Mormons who settled in Utah. Also included is a history of Camp Manavu of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

Dates: 1953

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections 485
L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives 1
 
Subject
Immigration and American Expansion 269
Pioneers 234
Mormon pioneers 203
Biographies 136
Mormon pioneers -- History 130
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Autobiographies 125
Diaries 105
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 90
Social Life and Customs 87
Letters 75
Home and Family 71
Material Types 56
Missions and Missionaries 55
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 45
American Fork (Utah) -- History 43
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 43
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 39
Photocopies 34
Mormons -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 31
Mormon women -- Biography 30
Mormons -- Utah -- History 30
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 24
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 22
Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- Biography 20
Photographs 20
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 19
Correspondence 19
Family histories 19
Genealogies 18
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) -- History 18
Mormon pioneers -- Biography 17
Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- History 17
Overland journeys to the Pacific 17
City and Town Life 16
Mormon pioneers -- Diaries 16
Politics, Government, and Law 16
Saint George (Utah) -- History 16
Histories (Literary works) 15
Mormons -- Utah -- Biography 15
Typescripts 15
Mormon pioneers -- Utah 13
Mormons -- Missouri -- History 12
Military 11
Mormon Church -- Presidents 11
Mormons -- England -- History 11
Parowan (Utah) -- History 11
Provo (Utah) -- History 11
Religion 11
Mormons -- Biography 10
Mormons -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 10
Salt Lake City (Utah) 10
Church Government 9
Manti (Utah) -- History 9
Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 9
Mormon women -- Utah -- History 9
Mormons -- Correspondence 9
Mormons -- England 9
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8
Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century 8
Mormon missionaries 8
Utah -- History 8
Certificates 7
Frontier and pioneer life 7
Mount Pleasant (Utah) -- History 7
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) 7
Transcripts 7
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 6
Immigrants 6
Minutes (Records) 6
Mormon pioneers -- United States -- Diaries 6
Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- Diaries 6
Mormons -- Illinois -- History 6
Notes 6
Ogden (Utah) -- History 6
Scrapbooks 6
Electronic books 5
Heber City (Utah) -- History 5
Lists 5
Logan (Utah) -- History 5
Mormon handcart companies 5
Mormon women -- History 5
Mormons -- Denmark -- History 5
Mormons -- Persecutions 5
Mormons -- West (U.S.) -- History 5
Nauvoo (Ill.) 5
Newsletters 5
Pioneers -- Utah 5
Spanish Fork (Utah) -- History 5
Utah -- History -- 19th century 5
Account books 4
Articles 4
Biography -- 19th century 4
Clubs and Societies 4
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History 4
Ephraim (Utah) -- History 4
Fillmore (Utah) -- History 4
Images 4
Kirtland (Ohio) -- History 4
Lehi (Utah) -- History 4
Manuscripts 4
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Language
Maori 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 58
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 34
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 22
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 18
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 15
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James G. Willie Emigrating Company 5
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 5
Utah. Militia 5
Allison, Helen Taylor 4
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 4
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 4
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 4
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 4
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 4
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 4
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 4
Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928 3
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 3
Beck, Alice Forbes Crosby 3
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 3
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 3
Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877 3
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 3
Okey, Cynthia Adams 3
Pack, John, 1809-1885 3
Peterson, James M. (James Morten), 1850-1899 3
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 3
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 3
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 3
Smith family 3
Warnick, Lurena Eldredge 3
Allred, James, 1784-1876 2
Andrus family 2
Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893 2
Armstrong family 2
Cannon, Louisa Martha Wells, 1862-1888 2
Carter, C. W. 2
Dalton, Luella Adams 2
Day, Thomas, 1814-1893 2
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 2
Farmer, James, 1825-1908 2
Hammond family 2
Hammond, Francis Asbury, 1822-1900 2
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 2
Hatch, Lorenzo Hill, 1826-1910 2
Holbrook, Joseph, 1806-1885 2
Ingersoll, Nora B. 2
Jarvis, Ann Prior, 1829-1913 2
Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941 2
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 2
Markham, Stephen, 1800-1878 2
Martindale, William Addington, 1814-1873 2
Martindale, William Clinton, 1834-1911 2
McAllister, William James Frazier 2
Miner, Tamma Durfee, 1813-1885 2
Moore, David 2
Mott, Albert S. 2
Murdock, John, 1792-1871 2
Pectol, George 2
Peterson, Sylvia Thornton 2
Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881 2
Robinson, Joseph Lee, 1811-1893 2
Salt Lake Temple 2
Scott, John, 1811-1876 2
Smith, Azariah, 1826-1912 2
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 2
Snow, William, 1806-1879 2
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 2
Tanner, George S. 2
Terry, James Parshall, 1830-1918 2
Utah. Legislature 2
Webb, Mary Spratley 2
Wells, Emmeline B. (Emmeline Blanche), 1828-1921 2
Wilhelm, Clarissa Harden, 1820-1901 2
Winkler, Hans Ulrich, 1838-1904 2
Young, Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell, 1824-1898 2
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 2
Adams, Arza, 1804-1889 1
Adams, Catherine Cunningham, 1838-1912 1
Adams, James J., 1848- 1
Adams, Joshua, 1833-1906 1
Adams, Lydia Thornton, 1830-1901 1
Adams, Mary Hoggard, 1843-1922 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Admiral (Ship) 1
Ajax, William, 1832-1899 1
Allen family 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Allen, James B., 1927- 1
Allen, James, 1806-1846 1
Allred family 1
Allred, Elizabeth, 1786-1879 1
Allred, James T. S., 1825-1905 1
Alston, Louisa Grant 1
Anderson, Ellen Hanson 1
Andrus, Hyrum L. (Hyrum Leslie), 1924-2015 1
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 1
Armstrong, Catherine Cradock, 1819-1903 1
Armstrong, Francis, 1839-1899 1
Armstrong, Isabel Siddoway, 1849-1930 1
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