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Peter Wilson Conover autobiography

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 664
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.

Dates: approximately 1860

Philip St. George Cooke letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2285
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 8 March 1886. Cooke responds to a request to give an account his part in the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, during which a federal army entered Utah. Cooke writes about the march, the wintering at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the establishing of Camp Floyd, Utah, and about his conversatins with Albert Sidney Johnston, who led the expedition.

Dates: 1886

John Crook papers

 Collection — oversize: 1
Identifier: MSS 158
Abstract

Handwritten diaries, newspaper clippings, genealogies, correspondence, and patriarchal blessings. The John Crook papers relates Crook's conversion, emigration to Utah, and major events related to his Church activities and work as a farmer and president of a coal company.

Dates: 1851-1941

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

Joseph Curtis diaries

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3245
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries. Curtis also writes about his early life. He was born in Pennsylvania and joined the Mormon Church in 1833. He lived in Missouri and told about the persecution of Mormons there. He later lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and served on two missions at that time. He came to Utah in 1848 and later settled in Utah Valley, Utah. Curtis was involved in numerous activities including defending Utah from the Utah Expedition in 1858.

Dates: 1836-1858

Duke family biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 569
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Jonathan O. Duke, prepared by Ruby Duke Stringham, which tells (mainly through excerpts from his journal) of the Mormon expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois; residence in Iowa; immigration to Utah; life in Provo, Utah; and participation in the Echo Canyon War. Also includes two unsigned handwritten sketches: One of Jonathan Duke and one of his son, Robert S. Duke.

Dates: undated

Eldredge family history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1749
Scope and Contents

Typescript history of the Eldredge family in Massachusetts and Utah written by several family members. The history describes the "miracle of the seagulls" and gives an account of "Johnston's Army" in Utah.

Dates: 1932-1938

Winslow Farr journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1420
Scope and Contents

Collection includes daily accounts of his family, his church mission to England (vol. 2), the Utah War, persecutions concerning his practice of polygamy, his subsequent prison sentence, and his life in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico. Typescripts of the journals are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1856-1910

Luke William Gallup autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2347
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Gallup writes about his early life in Connecticut, his migration to Iowa, and how he joined the Mormon Church. Gallup moved to Springville, Utah, in 1851. He writes about his life in that town, his service during the Utah Expedition of 1857-8, his relationships to his wives, his mission for the Mormon Church to Connecticut. Gallup moved to Santa Ana, California, in 1888.

Dates: 1842-1891

Luke William Gallup diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 660
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts from a handwritten diary. Gallup summarizes his activities monthly. Gallup settled in Springville, Utah, in 1851. He writes about encounters with Ute Indians, the Utah War, and the Mormon "reformation." He comments on Mormon polygamy and tells about the death of his wife. Also included are the patriarchal blessings given to Luke and to his wife, Lydia.

Dates: 1850-1864

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Immigration and American Expansion 37
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Politics, Government, and Law 18
Military 14
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 14
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Social Life and Customs 10
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Church Government 6
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6
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Ogden (Utah) -- History 5
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Mormon Church -- Presidents 3
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Arizona -- History -- To 1912 1
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 1
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Books 1
Bountiful (Utah) -- History 1
Brigham City (Utah) -- History 1
Cache County (Utah) -- History 1
Certificates 1
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Hawaii -- History -- To 1893 1
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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 10
United States. Army 4
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Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 4
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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 2
Gallup, Luke William, 1822-1891 2
Smith, Emma Hale 2
Terry, James Parshall, 1830-1918 2
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) 2
Adams, Orson B. (Orson Bennett), 1815-1901 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Anderson, Washington F., 1823-1903 1
Atkin, William Frank, 1878-1966 1
Bailey, Elizabeth Young, 1833-1918 1
Bailey, George B., 1833-1895 1
Ballard, Henry, 1832-1908 1
Bench, William, Jr. 1
Bennion, John E. 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bernhisel, John Milton, 1878-1957 1
Blackburn, Elias Hicks, 1827-1908 1
Blanchard, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1838-1915 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881 1
Britton, Agnes 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Burton, James 1
Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860 1
Cain family 1
Candland, David, 1819-1902 1
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 1
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cotton Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Loa Ward (Loa, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo 3rd Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thirty-fourth Quorum of the Seventy 1
Conover, Peter Wilson 1
Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895 1
Crook, John, 1831-1921 1
Cummings, Benjamin Franklin 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1
Deseret Horticultural Society 1
Dickson, Albert Douglas, 1840-1923 1
Duke family 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
Duke, Robert S. (Robert Stone), 1837-1923 1
Eldredge, Deon 1
Eldredge, Elnathan 1
Eldredge, Joseph Underwood 1
Eldredge, Kaye 1
Eldredge, Leah Lambert 1
Eldridge family 1
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor 1
Farr, Winslow 1
Gardner, Robert 1
Giles, Thomas Huskinson, 1821-1903 1
Green, Charles D. 1
Green, Mary Ann Radman 1
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 1
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 1
Hatch, Lorenzo Hill, 1826-1910 1
Hawkes, Joshua 1
Hendrickson, Thomas 1
Hinckley, Ira Nathaniel, 1828-1904 1
Hinkley family 1
Hunsaker, Abraham, 1812-1889 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 1
Kane (Family : Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883) 1
Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883 1
Lambert, Charles, 1816-1892 1
Langston, John 1
Larsen, Hans Peter, 1835-1928 1
Layne, Jonathan Ellis, 1835-1899 1
Lillywhite, Eva J., 1877-1956 1
Little, Edwin S. 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921 1
Maynadier, Henry E. 1
McBride, Reuben Augustus 1
Merrill, Clarance, 1841-1919 1
Montgomery, S. H. 1
Oliphant, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1825-1902 1
Osborn, Thomas Jefferson 1
Peek, Thomas (Thomas Henry), 1839-1911 1
Phelps, J. W. (John Wolcott), 1813-1885 1
Pullan, Barbara Hall 1
Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899 1
Robison, Lewis 1
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897 1
Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
Shurtliff, Luman Andros, 1807-1884 1
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 1
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