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Charles Shuster Zane autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 707
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copy of a typewritten autobiography. Zane writes about his early life as a student and as a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois. He tells about his personal acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln and about hearing Lincoln give formal speeches on several occasions. Zane was appointed a federal judge in 1884 for the territory of Utah and writes about presiding over a number of important cases relating to polygamy in Utah. He later practiced law in Utah.

Dates: 1899

Susan Coleman

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 249
Scope and Contents

Holograph and typescript copies of four letters about Susan Coleman Henrie, a Latter-day Saint polygamous wife living in the nineteenth century in Manti, Utah as well as a family portrait.

Dates: approximately 1970

Schuyler Colfax letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 77
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, dated 1878, and addressed to "Dear Sir." Colfax writes from South Bend, Indiana, about the political and social situation in Utah and urges that the fight against Mormons be continued.

Dates: 1878

Thomas Waters Cropper autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 654
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Some of the item is in Cropper's own hand. The rest was dictated to his daughters. Cropper was born in Texas, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1856. One fourth of the original party turned back in 1853 when they heard of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy. He describes the immigrant group killed by Mormons at Mountain Meadows in 1857. Cropper lived in Fillmore, Utah, and later moved to Deseret, Utah. ...
Dates: 1926

Ebenezer Crouch autobiography

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 614
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Crouch was born in Tumbridge Wells, Kent, England; migrated to America in 1856; and came to Utah in 1859. Crouch tells about encounters with Ute Indians, describes Orrin Porter Rockwell, and writes about being married polygamously. He lived in numerous places in Utah and had several occupations.

Dates: 1823

Israel Franklin Evans papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1762
Scope and Contents Certificates, handwritten and typewritten correspondence, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, receipts, a short biography, magazines, legal papers, a guest book, and a diary. The guest book and diary are found in the same volume. Some of the materials relate to Evans' service as president of the Eastern States Mission for the Mormon Church. The materials deal with his service to the Mormon Church, his law career, and his interest in education in Utah. Many of the items relate to...
Dates: 1918-1956

Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1678
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, record books, pension petitions, certificates, pamphlets, articles of incorporation, poems, blessings, poems, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Farnsworth's activities particulary in the Mormon Church. Included in the collection are letters from the fourth president of the Mormon Church, Willford Woodruff, patriarchal blessings, letters relating to Mormon polygamy, and a book recording the work done in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1870-1900

Biographical sketches of the life of William Grant

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 342
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary. Grant wrote his autobiography in 1882. Subsequently he kept a journal in the same volume. The diary consists mainly of monthly summaries of Grant's activities. Grant writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in England, his migration to American Fork, Utah, and his activities as a businessman and musician. Grant also comments on Mormon polygamy.

Dates: 1882-1910

Alma Greenwood diary and scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 336
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary and scrapbook. The journal was kept from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec. 1883 when Greenwood was serving as a missionary in New Zealand. He reports on his daily activities in entries that are often lengthy and detailed. The scrapbook was created by Alma's wife, Florence Greenwood. It contains newspaper clippings from the 1880s that relate to Mormons, Utah, and to national happenings.

Dates: 1882-1888

Jens Hansen diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3876
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two photocopies of Jens Hansen's diary from 1886, which includes an account of his trial and experience in the territorial penitentiary. Diary is written in parallel versions, one a narrative account and the other a series of daily entries. Also includes copies of autograph book entries written by Hansen during his stay. His entries describe conditions and activities in the prison, and his relationship with his family.

Dates: 1886

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Adams, Charles, 1843-1927 1
Adams, Thomas, 1860-1906 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Alley family 1
Alley, George, 1792-1859 1
Alley, Mary Symonds, 1796-1880 1
Alley, Stephen Webb 1
Andrus, Alma A. (Alma Archibald), 1884-1973 1
Andrus, Mary, 1890-1975 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Bennett, Wallace F. (Wallace Foster), 1898-1993 1
Blythe, John A. 1
Brigham Young University 1
Brooks, Juanita, 1898-1989 1
Brown, James S. (James Stephens), 1828-1902 1
Burton family 1
Burton, Jo 1
Burton, Robert Taylor, 1821-1907 1
Burton, Rulon T., 1926- 1
Calkin, Asa Starkweath, 1809-1873 1
Cannon, Angus M. (Angus Munn) 1
Cannon, John M. (John Mousley), 1865-1917 1
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy 1
Church of Zion 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 1
Cropper, Thomas Waters 1
Crouch, Ebenezer 1
De la Mare, Elizabeth, 1854-1953 1
Evans, Israel Franklin 1
Evans, Priscilla Livingston 1
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834- 1
Grant, William, 1838-1916 1
Greenwood, Alma 1
Greenwood, Florence 1
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
Hansen family 1
Hansen, Jens, 1837-1917 1
Harris, Martin, 1783-1875 1
Heaton, LeGrande C. 1
Henrie, Gerald 1
Henrie, Susan Coleman 1
Higgins family 1
Homer, William H. (William Harrison), 1875-1964 1
Homer, William H. (William Harrison),1845-1934 1
Hyde, William Alonzo 1
Icelandic Association of Utah 1
Isgreen family 1
Johnson, John Peter 1
Johnson, William Derby, 1850-1923 1
Jones, Elisha 1
Jones, John Pidding, 1819-1890 1
Jones, Robert Allen, 1854-1939 1
Jones, Thomas R. (Thomas Rose), 1879-1967 1
Kirby, Thomas Wright 1
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lyman, Amasa M. (Amasa Mason), 1813-1877 1
Lyman, Eliza Maria Partridge, 1820-1886 1
Maeser, Reinhard, 1855-1926 1
Maeser, Sarah Caroline Shepherd 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 1
McKinney, Clifford F. (Clifford Farrell), 1903-1996 1
Needham, John 1
Nielsen, Charles M. (Charles Magnus), 1856-1940 1
Nielson, Emma Wartstill Mecham, 1858-1920 1
Nielson, Frihoff Godfred, 1851-1935 1
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1
Peterson, Zola, 1889-1971 1
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 1
Prichard, George 1
Prichard, John 1
Primary Association (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Pulsifer family 1
Pulsipher, John, 1827-1891 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Reynolds family 1
Reynolds, George, 1842-1909 1
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 1
Smith family 1
Smith, Charles, 1819-1905 1
Smoot, Isaac A. 1
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 1
Snow, Mary Ann V., 1821-1907 1
Snow, Sarah E. W., 1840- 1
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