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M. S. Wood family biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3126
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilm copies of typewritten biographies. Most of these materials were probably composed around the year 1950. These items were "published" in 1952. M. S. Wood compiled biographies of family members. The families originated in England, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and lived in Salt Lake City and Rockville, Utah. Wood was a compiler of family histories.

Dates: 1950

Letter to William Wooduary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4035
Abstract

Letter from "William" in Council Bluffs to Mr. William Wooduary of Connecticut, 1849.

Dates: 1849

Mary Brown Firmage Woodward papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2650
Abstract

Collection contains the research papers of Mary Brown Firmage Woodward regarding her work on her book entitled "4 Zinas: A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier," and her other personal and professional research projects.

Dates: 1842-2007

Andrew Jackson Workman autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 5902
Scope and Contents

Andrew Jackson writes about his family's conversion to Mormonism in 1839 while living in Tennessee; his settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, 1843; the exodus west; serving in the Mormon Battalion, and march to California; his work in the gold mines; his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, 1855; the return trip to California; settling in Kane County, Utah; the death of his wife, Rebecca Deck; his remarriage to Sariah A. Eager, 1866 and the organization of the United Order, 1874.

Dates: 1839-1874

Sketch of the life of Margaret Thornton Wright

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3342
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography by an unknown author. Margaret Thornton Wright was born on 4 January 1844 in Scotland. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, migrated to Utah in 1853, and later came to American Fork. She married Frekrick Wright and had 13 children. Margaret died in 1908.

Dates: 1930

Writings and history of Jonathan Ellis Layne

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 31
Scope and Contents

Typescript (carbon copy) of an autobiographical sketch written by Layne in 1898 which gives details of his early life in Nauvoo, Illinois; his trek across the Plains to Utah; his settlement in Davis, Weber and Cache Counties, Utah; his experiences with the Mormon soldiers sent to oppose Johnston's army; and his eventual move to Alberta, Canada to escape arrest as a polygamist. Also includes extracts from his journal, 1887-1891.

Dates: 1877-1898

William Yeates journals and record book

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2186
Scope and Contents

The collection containing journals and a record book has been organized chronologically into one box. There are four journals and one record book.

Dates: 1853-1861

Mary Ann Hoopes Yearsley papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 391
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers related primarily to Yearsley. Includes a holograph journal of a visit to her home state of Pennsylvania in 1872 and a printed life sketch compiled by James D. Cummings, a grandson, in 1914. Also includes her husband, David Dutton Yearsley's, missionary recommend signed by John D. Lee and Joseph Young, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1844. Dated 1844-1914.

Dates: 1844-1914

Archibald Miller Young autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2211
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account of Young's trip from Scotland to Utah. Young recounts the trip which was conducted largely by boat and by train.

Dates: 1873

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 538
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated April 12, 1867 and a newspaper clipping dated July 17, 1958. In the letter Brigham Young calls Ira Hinkley to settle Cove Creek and to build a fort there. The building is known as Cove Fort. The newspaper clipping shows a photograph of the fort.

Dates: 1867 April 12; 1958 July 17

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections 938
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Subject
Pioneers 661
Biographies 342
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 193
American Fork (Utah) -- History 185
Autobiographies 170
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Diaries 168
Letters 155
Mormon pioneers 133
Mormon women -- Biography 127
Mormons -- England 105
Immigrants 85
Photocopies 69
Mormon pioneers -- History 68
Expeditions and Adventure 61
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 61
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 59
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 59
Immigrants -- Utah 52
Overland journeys to the Pacific 51
Social Life and Customs 50
Home and Family 44
Missions and Missionaries 42
Utah -- Emigration and immigration 41
Mormon handcart companies 37
Mormons -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 37
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 32
Material Types 28
Histories (Literary works) 25
Mormons -- Utah -- History 25
Photographs 25
Family histories 23
Typescripts 23
Mormons -- Emigration and immigration 22
Parowan (Utah) -- History 22
Biography -- 19th century 19
Mormons -- Utah -- Biography 19
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 18
Correspondence 18
Mormons -- Biography 18
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 18
Mormons -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 17
Provo (Utah) -- History 17
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 15
Salt Lake City (Utah) 15
Genealogies 14
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- History 14
Utah -- History -- 19th century 14
Mormons -- Denmark 13
Scrapbooks 13
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Utah -- History 13
City and Town Life 12
Manti (Utah) -- History 12
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) -- History 12
Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 11
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Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- History 11
Mormon women -- Utah -- American Fork 11
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Notes 11
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Ute Indians -- History 11
Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century 10
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Mormons -- England -- History 10
Saint George (Utah) -- History 10
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Articles 9
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 9
Drafts (Documents) 9
Indians of North America 9
Lehi (Utah) -- History 9
Mormon pioneers -- Biography 9
Mormon pioneers -- Diaries 9
Mormons -- Correspondence 9
Mormons -- Missouri -- History 9
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century 9
Oregon National Historic Trail 9
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Names
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 71
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 37
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 35
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 28
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 20
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United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 18
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 16
Shelley, Charlotte D. 13
James G. Willie Emigrating Company 12
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 10
Tanner, George S. 8
United States. Army 7
Warnick, Lurena Eldredge 7
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 6
Clayson, Ruby Thornton Brown, 1889-1976 6
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 6
Wright, June S. 6
Buckwalter, Eliza W. 5
Okey, Cynthia Adams 5
Seastrand, Myrtle R. 5
Smith family 5
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 5
Allison, Helen Taylor 4
Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941 4
Mott, Albert S. 4
Sager, Bertha N. 4
Utah. Militia 4
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 4
Alston, Louisa Grant 3
Beck, Alice Forbes Crosby 3
Brigham Young Academy 3
Clark, William, 1770-1838 3
Durham, Thomas, 1828-1909 3
Gardner, Nathan H. 3
Holt, James, 1804-1894 3
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 3
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 3
Meeks, Priddy, 1795-1886 3
Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850) 3
Penrod, Rose 3
Peterson, James M. (James Morten), 1850-1899 3
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 3
Shrock, Thomas P. (Thomas Prather), 1816-1884 3
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 3
Wanless, Venina H. 3
Able, Mary E. S. 2
Adams, William, 1822-1901 2
Allred, James, 1784-1876 2
Andrus family 2
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 2
Aydelotte, Hannah 2
Backus, Russel Benson 2
Ballantyne, Richard, 1817-1898 2
Bradley, George Washington, 1813-1891 2
Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889 2
Brigham Young University 2
Butterfield, Jacob Kemp, 1813-1889 2
Call, Anson Vasco, 1834-1867 2
Cannon, John M. (John Mousley), 1865-1917 2
Carson, Elvira Egbert, 1821-1908 2
Cheney family 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission 2
Conger, Leonard Smith 2
Cunningham, George 2
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 2
Dalton, Luella Adams 2
Dame, William Horne, 1819-1884 2
Dansie, Charlotte Rudland, 1829-1862 2
Day, Alphonse B. 2
Deakin, Maud Householder 2
Dean, Amy Dickerson 2
Dearborn, Henry 2
Doniphan, Alexander William 2
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 2
Dunn, Simeon Adams, 1803-1883 2
Durrant, Ella E., 1893-1963 2
Durrant, Kezia Keys 2
Earl, Lizzie Conder 2
Eldredge, Elnathan 2
Emmett, James, 1803-1852 2
Evans, Laura Robinson 2
Gallup, Luke William, 1822-1891 2
Gardner, Robert 2
Graham, John C. (John Crosthwaite), 1839-1906 2
Greenwood, Jane L. R. (Jane Leah Robinson), 1882-1970 2
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 2
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 2
Hansen, Ann Chipman 2
Hansen, Mary Ann Chipman 2
Hansen, Zella 2
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 2
Henrie, Myra Mayall 2
Hunt, Jefferson, 1804-1879 2
Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878 2
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 2
Ingersoll, Nora B. 2
Jarvis, Ann Prior, 1829-1913 2
Johnson family 2
Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 2
Johnson, Joel H. (Joel Hills) 2
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