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Nielsen family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1862
Scope and Contents

Biographies, genealogies, photocopies of photographs, correspondence, and patriarchal blessings. The materials relate to the lives of family members in Utah and in Norway.

Dates: 1919-1982

Frihoff Godfred Nielson diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 809
Dates: 1875-1935

James Adams Ollerton biography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1719
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of James Adams Ollerton, who was the first Mormon doctor on the staff at the largest hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dates: approximately 1950

Charles Ludwig Olsen autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3210
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Olsen writes about his birth in Norway, his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, and his life in Santaquin, Utah. He played dance music in many places in Utah and was tried by a Mormon court for inviting people to a public dance. He later settled in Salem, Utah, and continued to play his violin at dances. He travelled to many towns in Utah and Arizona. He later moved to Payson, Utah. Olsen served on a mission for the Mormon...
Dates: approximately 1920

Lars Peter Oveson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1628
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Lars Peter Oveson, who lived a rural, pioneer life with his family in central Utah.

Dates: 1941

John Patten, Sr. and John Patten, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 128
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers of John Patten, Sr. and his son John Patten, Jr., early converts to the Mormon Church from Indiana. Papers of John Patten, Sr. include a land deed, ordination certificate, receipt, and genealogical records. Papers of John Patten, Jr. include a patriarchal blessing by Isaac Morley, receipts, and an ordination certifcate. Dated 1827-1900.

Dates: 1827-1900

Lydia Susanna Goaslind Purnell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1796
Scope and Contents Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, histories, biographies, genealogical group sheets, patriarchal blessings, diaries, and land indentures in Idaho. The correspondence are between Purnell, her husband, and other relatives and deal largely with family matters. One of the letters is an account of the Battle of Bear River in 1863 by an observer. Purnell also writes to many persons about family history. Purnell also writes about being a polygamous wife and the various persecutions by...
Dates: 1875-1942

Remembering Horace Alma Smoot

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2687
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Horace Smoot. The item was probably composed by a family member around the year 1970. The materials include photocopies of letters, cetificates, photographs, and genealogies. Also included are two patriarchal blessings given to Smoot. He was born in Provo, Utah, married Edna Louise Stubbs in 1902, was a dairyman in Bountiful, Utah, and held various positions in the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1970

Andrew Locy Rogers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 776
Scope and Contents

Includes autobiographies; reminiscences; letters; and biographical sketches of various family members. Discusses growing up in pioneer Utah; courtship and marriage; and life in the Mormon settlements in Arizona.

Dates: 1932

Samuel Russell, Sr. letters received

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2159
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters addressed to Samuel Russell from various friends and family members. The items deal with personal matters as well as the Mormon Church, its practices including polygamy, and how it was perceived.

Dates: 1865-1891

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Adams, John Hortt, 1921- 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Allen, William C., 1843-1926 1
Allison, Helen Taylor 1
Allred family 1
Allred, Mildred Elizabeth, 1898-1980 1
Anderson, O. J. (Oluf J.), 1849-1934 1
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Bernards, LeGrand Meyer, 1921- 1
Bird, Edmund Fuller, 1809-1892 1
Bird, Henry M. 1
Black, Isaac E. 1
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Branson family 1
Brewster, Sheldon Riser, 1901- 1
Brigham Young Academy 1
Brigham Young Academy. South American Expedition (1900-1901) 1
Brigham Young University. Indian Education Department 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Brunson, Peter Lorenzo 1
Buckwalter, Sarah Schuler, 1801-1879 1
Burton, Arthur Fielding, 1873-1949 1
Byrd family 1
Cannon family 1
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 1
Cannon, George, 1794-1844 1
Cannon, Georgius Y., 1892-1987 1
Carpenter, George E. (George Eunice), 1870- 1
Carpenter, Joseph Hatten, 1861-1964 1
Carson family 1
Carson, Elvira Egbert, 1821-1908 1
Carson, Emma Partridge, 1855-1935 1
Carson, John, 1819-1895 1
Carter, Dominicus, 1806-1884 1
Clark, Leigh William, 1900-1992 1
Clark, Thomas Henry, 1805-1873 1
Cluff, Benjamin, 1830-1909 1
Cluff, Benjamin, Jr., 1858-1948 1
Cook, Lyndon W. 1
DeSpain, Henry 1
Dorcheus, John T. 1
Farnsworth family 1
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834- 1
Felt, Paul E., 1916-1999 1
Fisher, Asael Henry 1
Garret, Alice Bigler, 1866- 1
Green family 1
Harmon, Ansil Perse, 1832-1908 1
Harvey, Mildred Cluff, 1866-1947 1
Hawaii Temple (Laie, Hawaii) 1
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Hopkins, Venice 1
Hullinger, Harvey Coe, 1824-1926 1
International (Ship) 1
Isom, George, 1846-1885 1
Jarvis, Ann Prior, 1829-1913 1
Jarvis, George (George Franklin), 1823-1913 1
Jarvis, George Frederick 1
Jenkins, David Hyrum 1
Jensen, Naomi Asay Anderson 1
Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies 1
John, David, 1833-1908 1
Johnson family 1
Joseph Taylor Family Organization 1
Kartchner, Etta, 1881- 1
Kartchner, William Decatur, 1820-1892 1
Kelly family 1
Kerr, Marion Belnap, 1886-1972 1
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King, Alma W., 1902-1999 1
King, Larry R. 1
King, Lucille Olson, 1907-1992 1
King, Volney Leroy, 1847-1925 1
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Little, James A. (James Amasa), 1822-1908 1
Little, Mary Jane Lytle, 1831-1921 1
Lloyd, John Heber 1
Lloyd, Sarah Jane Jones 1
Lyon, John, 1803-1889 1
Lyon, Ted 1
Madsen Memorial Chorus 1
Martin, Edith Mae, 1891-1974 1
Moore, Eleanor 1
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 1
Nielsen family 1
Nielson, Frihoff Godfred, 1851-1935 1
Ollerton, James Adams, 1885-1927 1
Olsen, Charles Ludwig, 1856-1923 1
Oveson, Lars Peter 1
Patten family 1
Patten, John, Jr., 1825-1903 1
Patten, John, Sr., 1787-1847 1
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