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Asay town, now a ghost town, in Garfield County
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2731
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typewritten history of Asay Town, Utah. The town was founded in 1872 along Asay Creek by Mormons and was later abandoned. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Ashment journal
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2403
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a handwritten journal. Ashment was a convert to the Mormon Church from England having been baptized in 1848. He migrated to Utah in 1869 and settled in Richmond, Utah. Ashment writes about his daily activities and about his experiences. Also included are notes about his children and their activities.
Dates:
1851-1889
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Ashment journal
Item — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4064
Abstract
Journal of Thomas Ashment, an early member of the LDS church, dated 1851-1899.
Dates:
1851-1899
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brent Ashworth collection of pioneer photography
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 8157
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 24 photographs of people, mostly children taken in the Utah studios of the photographers between approximately 1890 and 1920. It also contains a photographic compilation of apostles and temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1835 to 1886.
Dates:
approximately 1870-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Associated Latter-day Media Artists records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1697
Abstract
Associated Latter-day Media Artists; 1970- ; Los Angeles, California; non-profit organization promoting awareness of Latter-day Saints in the media.
Dates:
1956-1992
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Atkin autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3097
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William Atkin "A Youth's Experience taken from the Union printed in 1896." William Atkin was born in England on 27 March 1835 and joined the Mormon Church in 1852. He migrated to the United States in 1855 and moved to Florence, Nebraska. He came to Utah in a handcart company and commented on the inexperience of the people in his group. He arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 November 1859.
Dates:
1860
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Frank Atkin papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 341
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, and a biography. The diaries relate to Atkin's missions to New Zealand from 1903 to 1906 and from 1916 to 1918. The correspondence is from family members and friends and largely relates to family matters and to Atkin's missionary activities. The biography is a history of Atkin's father, Thomas Atkin (1833-1919), who was a Mormon pioneer that was active in Tooele County politics. The biography also includes information about the Mormon response to the Utah...
Dates:
1883-1919
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Simeon Atwood letter to Brigham Young
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 191
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 Jan. 1863, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Atwood expresses the need for seed and equipment until after the harvest.
Dates:
1863 January 17
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Emma Housley Auger biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4074
Scope and Contents
Biographies of Maria Housley and George F. Housley.
Dates:
Date not identified
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiographies of Alma W. King and Lucille Olson King
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2991
Scope and Contents
Autobiography of Alma King contains memories of his childhood near Garland, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Hawaiian Islands, 1923-1926; attendance at BYU, 1926-1930 and 1933-1936, and the University of Chicago, 1939-1940; teaching LDS seminary at Bear River High School, 1930-1956; marriage; travels; and employment in the Dean of Students office at BYU, 1956-1972. Autobiography of Lucille King contains memories of her childhood in Provo, Utah; attendance at...
Dates:
1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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