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Thomas Giles autobiography
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1812
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Thomas Giles taken from his journals and other sources. The item includes detailed accounts of the voyage to America, the campaign against Johnston's Army (1857-1858), and the weather and farming in Utah.
Dates:
1854-1903
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of Charles D. Green and his wife, Mary Ann Radman Green
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2795
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Ann Radman Green was born in 1835 in England and died in 1903 in American Fork, Utah. Charles D. Green was born in 1838 and died in 1905 in Eureka, Utah. Charles came to Utah with Johnston's Army. He later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in Alpine, Utah. Charles married Mary Ann Radman, but they had no children. They adopted Loren Fisher Green.
Dates:
1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Greenwood papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 39
Scope and Contents
Contains twelve handwritten, signed letters which concern Greenwood's conversion to Mormonism in England, his immigration to the United States, activities in Nauvoo, Illinois, and the 1847 trek to Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. Also includes a bound autobiography (plus typescript) written between 1869 and 1884.
Dates:
1847-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates:
1855-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joshua Hawkes autobiography
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 726
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript. Hawkes was born in Missouri and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a small child. He later came to Utah and lived in several places. He eventaully settled in Franklin, Idaho. He participated in the Walker War against the Ute Indians and also in the Utah War against the United States Army.
Dates:
approximately 1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ira Nathaniel Hinckley diary and family papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3206
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of a microfilm diary. Hinckley kept his diary from 5 March 1857 to 6 June 1858. He worked as a blacksmith in Salt Lake City, Utah, and then went to help immigrants along the Platte River. He visited Dakota and Crow Indians, and returned to Salt Lake City in the fall of 1857. He mentioned speeches of Mormon Church leaders relating to the religion and preparations to resist the Utah Expedition. Also included are "Some Events" in the life of Ira Hinckley. These...
Dates:
1857-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
History of John Langston
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3102
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of John Langston "in the 55 year of my Life." Langston was born in England and migrated to the United States when he was 16 years old. He worked in the iron industry in several states and joined the Mormon Church. Langston migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, and campaigned against the United States Army during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858. He was also involved in the Black Hawk War. Also included is an index...
Dates:
approximately 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 793
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Detailed account of frontier life in Canada; his family's conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s; a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, in June 1845; the trip across the plains to Utah in 1847; and life in pioneer Utah.Also includes account of the author's mission to Canada (1857-1858) and his subsequent recall because of the Utah War, along with his family's move to settle St. George, Utah. Ends with text of Gardner's patriarchal blessing, genealogical...
Dates:
1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oliver Boardman Huntington autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2219
Scope and Contents
Handwritten unsigned, autobiographical account believed to have been written by Huntington. The author writes of being called by Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells to go with an expedition to Carson Valley and tell the Mormons there to return to Utah to meet the United States army, known as "Johnston's Army" in 1857. Huntington gives and account of this expedition and mentions those who participated in it.
Dates:
approximately 1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Johnston's Army payroll safe
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3032
Scope and Contents
Leaflet describing the history of the Johnston Army Payroll Safe and how it came to Utah. The safe was stored at Brigham Young University for many years. Leaflet was created by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the safe is on display at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Museum in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1995
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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