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Richard W. Jackson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3701
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of manuscript versions of religious articles produced by Jackson, including writings on the Creation, the Flood, the Crucifixion, and the Mormon pioneers. Also included is a translation of the Aalborn, Denmark History and the Writings of John Mills Wooley. Materials are dated 1976-2003.

Dates: 1976-2003

Bengt Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 917
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a holograph autobiography. Bengt Johnson Sr. was a Swedish convert to the Mormon Church and was baptized in 1854. He came to Utah in 1862 and settled in Provo. His account largely tells of his adjustment to Mormonism.

Dates: 1910

Chasta Johnson family history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8460
Scope and Contents

Contains a family history written by Chasta Johnson. It outlines her ancestors' experiences joining the Church in England, moving to America, their struggle with persecution, pioneer expedition, and missionary work. She discusses how many of her relatives were the first Mormon missionaries to circumnavigate the globe, spending much of their time in Calcutta. Materials are dated approximately 1930-1950.

Dates: Approximately 1930-1950

Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6242
Abstract

The Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton is a biography that accounts for the life of Hamilton from his birth in Scotland to his death in Utah. Henry Hamilton was an early pioneer that forged his way from Scotland to the Utah Valley.

Dates: 1980

George Washington Langley

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1074
Scope and Contents

Holograph biography of George Washington Langley (1818-1850). Mormon missionary and pioneer to Utah, bodyguard of prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877), and husband of Mary Turner and Martha McKinney Frost.

Dates: 1976; 1976

Life sketch of Josiah Henry Perry

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 571
Scope and Contents

Typescript (carbon copy). The collection contains a biographical sketch of a Latter-day Saint Church missionary and Utah pioneer, an autobiographical note written in Nauvoo, Illinois, 1845, his obituary from the Deseret News, Sept. 3, 1891, and genealogical data.

Dates: Undated

Era P. Lowe biography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 927
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 12 leaves photocopied from a typewritten newspaper article authored by Era P. Lowe, son of Thomas G. Lowe who was a Mormon pioneer; Indian scout, missionary, and colonizer. Thomas Lowe also built tabernacles and other community buildings under the direction of Brigham Young and John Taylor. Thomas was held in high regard among the Mormons, non-Mormons, and Indians alike and served in many community and Mormon Church positions.

Dates: 1977

Hans Peter Lund autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8533
Scope and Contents

Contains the autobiography of early pioneer Hans Peter Lund. Includes information on his two LDS missions to Denmark, travels with the Horace S. Eldredge wagon company, and a detailed account of Lund's personal expenses. Materials dated approximately 1870-1880.

Dates: approximately 1870-1880

Jesse Bigler Martin diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 446
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Dates: 1853-1857

John D. T. McAllister papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 565
Scope and Contents Short typewritten biography with genealogical data, typescripts of selected journal entries concerning crossing the plains, 1851, the corner stone ceremony for the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple, 1852, his mission to England, 1852-1856, and travel with a handcart company on his return. Also included are three poems he wrote, correspondence to his wife, Anne E., and to David H. Cannon, 1886-1895, covering family affairs, political views and temple business, and a description of the Washington...
Dates: 1851-1895

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Biography -- 19th century 4
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Ogden (Utah) -- History 2
Politics, Government, and Law 2
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
Salt Lake City (Utah) 2
Shorthand 2
Transcripts 2
Utah -- History -- 19th century 2
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 1
Bannock Indians 1
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Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History 1
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City and Town Life 1
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Council Bluffs (Iowa) 1
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Denmark -- History -- 19th century 1
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Essays 1
France 1
Germany -- History 1
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 1
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Language
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Danish 1
Maori 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 28
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 8
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 3
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 3
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 2
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Holt, James, 1804-1894 2
Pack, John, 1809-1885 2
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 2
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 2
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 2
Utah. Militia 2
Ajax, William, 1832-1899 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Jesse Fuller, 1879-1943 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Beard, Thomas (1836-1917) 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Boyle, Henry Green, 1824-1902 1
Brown, Dorothy P. (Dorothy Pike Putnam), 1925-2008 1
Bullock, Richard H. 1
Burton, William, 1809-1851 1
Butler, William, 1825-1905 1
Campbell, Robert Lang, 1825-1872 1
Cannon, David H., 1838-1924 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Juan Stake (Utah) 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Cook, Dorothy Toone, 1928- 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Cox, Wanda Steele, 1911-1992 1
Crosby, Caroline Barnes, 1807-1884 1
Crosby, Jonathan 1
Cummings, Benjamin Franklin 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Curtis, Millicent W. 1
Curtis, Nahum 1
Dalton family 1
Dalton, Charles, 1810-1891 1
Dalton, John Luther, 1843- 1
Davis, Elisha H., 1815- 1
Day, Thomas, 1814-1893 1
Driggs, Samuel, 1820-1854 1
Druce, John, 1818-1897 1
Duerden, Earl S. 1
Dunn, Simeon Adams, 1803-1883 1
Durham, Thomas, 1828-1909 1
Empey, William Young 1
Erickson, Einar, 1847-1931 1
Hamilton, Henry 1
Hammond family 1
Hammond, Alice Howard, 1845-1873 1
Hammond, Francis Asbury, 1822-1900 1
Hammond, Martha Jensina Marcussan, 1850-1935 1
Hammond, Mary Jane Dilworth, 1831-1877 1
Hill, Jobe 1
Hoffman family 1
Hollist, J. Taylor 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 1
Jackman, Levi, 1797-1876 1
Jackson, Richard W. 1
Johnson, Bengt, 1829-1918 1
Johnson, Chasta, 1883-1954 1
Jones, Lavon B. (Lavon Bradford), 1914-2008 1
Josiah Bradlee (Ship) 1
Kamehameha V, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1830-1872 1
Kanen, Alta L. 1
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 1
Langley, George Washington 1
Logan Temple (Utah) 1
Lowe, Era P. 1
Lowe, Thomas G., 1851-1938 1
Lund, Hans Peter, 1821-1880 1
Maiben, Henry, 1819-1883 1
Maiben, John Bray, 1826-1910 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
Martin, Jesse Bigler, 1825-1908 1
McAllister family 1
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson, 1827-1910 1
McArthur, Daniel Duncan 1
McBride, Reuben, 1803-1891 1
McKnight, Michelle Richins, 1960- 1
Moore, David 1
Nye, Ephraim H. (Ephraim Hesmer), 1845-1903 1
Pack, Ward E. (Ward Eaton), 1834-1907 1
Perry, Josiah Henry, 1818-1891 1
Pettigrew, David, 1791-1863 1
Poulsen, Johan Christian, 1841-1876 1
Reed family 1
Richards family 1
Richards, Joseph Hill, 1841-1924 1
Richards, Silas LeRoy, 1882- 1
Richardson, S. C. (Sullivan Calvin), 1861- 1
Rigby, William F. (William Frederick), 1833-1901 1
Roskelley, Samuel, 1837-1914 1
Salt Lake Temple 1
Savage, Levi, 1820-1910 1
School of the Prophets 1
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