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Biographical sketch of Mrs. Hannah Wild
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3340
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Hannah Binns was born in 1840 in England, and her family soon migrated to the United States. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. The family first settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, but moved to American Fork in 1855. Hannah married John Singleton in 1856 and had 5 children by him. He died in 1865, and she married Joseph Wild in 1868. She also had 5 children by him. Hannah became...
Dates:
1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Clarissa Harden Wilhelm autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 546
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wilhelm writes about her youth in New York, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838, her move to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, and her subsequent migration to Utah. She also tells about her various marriages and her life in Salt Lake City, Spanish Fork, Springville, St. George, and Orderville, Utah. She also talks of living in St. Joseph, Arizona.
Dates:
1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Clarissa Harden Wilhelm diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1570
Scope and Contents
Diary of Clarissa Harden Wilhelm, an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and pioneer. The diary, although written between 1888 and 1895, chronicles her life from an early age. The first part of the diary is written as an autobiography and describes her life up to the 1880s. She describes her conversion to the Church and her subsequent travel to Utah. It also includes a 2-page business account, dated July - September 1882. The second part of the diary is a...
Dates:
1882-1895; 1971-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bradley Wilson and family
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 92
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account of Bradley Wilson and his seven sons, telling of their conversion to Mormonism; moves to Missouri, Illinois, and Utah; Henry Hardy Wilson's church activities; and Henry Hardy Wilson Jr.'s settlement of southern Utah.
Dates:
1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Byron J. Wilson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7727
Content Description
Collection contains three books written by Byron J. Wilson: The Early History of the Sylvester Wilson and the History of Wilsonville, Utah, The First Families Into Jackson Hole, and the Chronological History of Amos Davis, Jr.
Dates:
2008
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Albert Winkler research papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 6052
Abstract
Albert Winkler's research materials printed from microfilm, as well as handwritten biographies of the Paraowan Pioneers
, 1790-1909.
Dates:
1790-1909
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Leopold Wirthlin letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 694
Scope and Contents
TLS. to Kate B. Carter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers regarding a book of pioneer histories, and his praise for and desire that young people learn of Latter-day Saint pioneer history.
Dates:
1957
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter M. Wolfe collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 366
Scope and Contents
Includes detailed journals, 1900-1901; copies of numerous articles by him, 1887-1905; and biographical information. Journals were recorded during the Brigham Young Academy South American Expedition. Collection includes transcriptions of the journals. Wolfe's articles appeared in Forest and Stream, Juvenile Instructor, Young Woman's Journal, Millennial Star, and in periodicals published by Brigham Young Academy and others. Articles relate to wildlife recreation (especially in Nebraska and...
Dates:
approximately 1887-1983
John Wood family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7937
Abstract
The John Wood family papers include journals from John Wood's mission to the Southern States, as well as personal histories, photos, and other family materials, circa 1882-1940.
Dates:
1882-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lynn Stephen Wood autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1701
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography and typescript. The document talks about Wood's family, his life in the eastern U.S., his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his migration to Utah.
Dates:
1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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