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Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Ajax journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1488
Scope and Contents
Contains holographs, photographs, and typescripts of journals, dated July 20 to December 27, 1861, and January 1, 1862 to December 31, 1863. The journals describe Ajax's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England and Wales and include some newspaper clippings, part of which are from the Udgorn Seion, the Mormon publication in Wales. The clippings include British Mormon emigration statistics from 1841-1861. Ajax immigrated to the United States in 1862. Detailed diary entries...
Dates:
1861-1863
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alexander A. and Maria E. Allen autobiographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 549
Scope and Contents
Holograph autobiographies of Allen, an early settler and bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Weston, Idaho, and of his first wife, Maria.
Dates:
1910-1916
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Snow autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 60
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiographical materials. Snow writes about his early life in Vermont, conversion to the Mormon Church, and missionary work. Some genealogy and patriarchal blessings are included. Snow made the overland journey by ox team from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1850. He writes of numerous deaths from cholera, problems with company discipline, and travelling conditions.
Dates:
1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James I. Steel autobiography and family records
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 516
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with family records apparently also copied by Steel. James Steel converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1854. He later settled in Tooele County, Utah. Steel entered into polygamy in 1874. Also included are ordinations and patriarchal blessings of family members. Steel also writes about his visions and dreams.
Dates:
1879-1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiography of Eliza Ann McKee Chambers
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7648
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten transcript of the autobiography, transcribed by Eunice Stella Iverson Gardner. The autobiography describes Chamber's life as a Mormon pioneer and includes descriptions of her daily activities, town dances, and visits from President Brigham Young. Includes a description of her marriage Joseph Chambers and her travels with her husband and children to various western states. A note is included at the end of the notebook from M. Ray Hiatt in 2001, whose wife was a...
Dates:
1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ruth A. Aven collection
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7424
Abstract
Papers includes newspaper clippings, a photograph and a personal narrative, all concerning various ancestors of Aven. The collection dates from 1887 to 1949.
Dates:
1887-1949
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Ballard diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 998
Scope and Contents
Two typescripts of the Ballard diary. They vary in small details and in the nature of the added materials found at the back. Ballard was converted to Mormonism in England. He arrived in Utah in 1852, was active in the Utah War of 1857-8, and settled in Logan, Utah in 1859.
He was a bishop for the Mormon Church, participated in many of the activities of that faith, and was sentenced to two months in the Utah penitentiary for polygamy. He also tells about troubles with the Indians of the Cache...
Dates:
1852-1905
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Margaret McNeil Ballard autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 484
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Ballard writes about her early life in Scotland as a Mormon, her migration to the United States in 1856 and her subsequent migration to Utah in 1859, and her life as a polygamous wife in Logan, Utah. Ballard also tells about encounters with Indians while coming to Utah, and when she was living in Logan.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Stanton Barrus family history papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 8043
Scope and Contents
Contains bound history of John Rowberry Droubay and Annie Shields Droubay, Cyrus Tolman, Freeman Nickerson and Huldah Chapman, Foster and Lois Barrus, and others in the George Stanton Barrus family. All materials include pictures and biographies of the life events of these ancestors. Also includes one CD called "George and Anna Merlynn Droubay Barrus: The Missions Shall Never End," which contains a PDF file of George Stanton Barrus's personal history. Dated circa 2005-2012.
Dates:
approximately 2005-2012
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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