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George Washington Bean diaries

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1038

Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...

Dates: 1852-1897

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Seth Millington Blair diary and autobiography

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 1316

Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Blair writes about his parents, his joining of the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah, his mission to Texas for the Mormon Church, and his life in Salt Lake City, Utah. He includes patriarchal blessings of family members. There are many gaps in the diary.

Dates: 1853-1868

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John A. Blythe journal

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 780

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Describes his trip from Salt Lake City to the site of Joseph City and daily life in the United Order in that town. The diary also discusses the author's departure on a supply trip to Salt Lake City and concludes with his arrival in St. George, Utah en route.

A one-page autobiographical sketch entitled "History of John A. Blythe, From his birth to Feb. 3rd, 1876" is also included.

Dates: 1876-1877

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Decatur Kartchner autobiography

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 904

Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Kartchner writes about his early life in Pennsylvania; joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843 and subsequently moving to Nauvoo, Illinois; and his migration to Utah in 1847. He lived in serveral places in Utah and settled in Arizona. Also included is a partriarchal blessing for Etta Kartchner.

Dates: 1884-1894

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Wright Kirby autobiography and diary

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 706

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. These materials were created when Kirby was in the territorial penitentiary of Utah for polygamy. Kirby was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852, performed missionary work in England, migrated to Utah in 1863 where he lived in several different places, took additional wives, joined the United Order, and went to prison for polygamy. His diary covers the years 1886 to 1887 when he was in the...

Dates: 1887

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ward E. Pack papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 449

Abstract Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and diary written by Ward E. Pack between 1854 and 1876. His accounts include family histories, descriptions of his trek to Utah, his activities in Summit County, Utah, and his experiences on missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii and the Eastern States. Journals also include genealogical information written by his daughter. Also included are letters from John Pack, Ward's father, telling about the migration to...

Dates: 1847-1935

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Silas LeRoy Richards diary and family histories

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 734

Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary, family histories, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, and mementos. Much of the material relates to the history and genealogies of the Richards, Rhead (Reed), Stanley, and Huffman (Hoffman) families. Silas was born in Union and later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He held several jobs and served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission from 1902 to 1905.

Dates: 1870-1964

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John L. Smith papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 680

Scope and Contents Contains seven journals of John Lyman Smith, and other autobiographical manuscripts, as wells as a bound typescript volume of an autobiography/journal. The journals include accounts of persecutions in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, pioneering in Utah, Lyman's two missions to Europe, and his service as president of the Swiss-Italian and the Swiss-Italian-German missions. There is also a contemporary account of the cricket-and-seagull episode in Salt Lake in 1848, Lyman's service as a member of...

Dates: 1792-1950; Majority of material found within 1846-1900

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Henry Standifird papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 44

Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and letters. Standifird writes about his life in Bountiful, St. George, Kanab, Panguitch, Manti, and Moab, Utah. He also lived in Taylor and Alpine, Arizona. He gives information on the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, his work on the St. George and Manti temples, his mission for the Mormon Church in Missouri, and his daily life in Utah.

Dates: 1857-1909

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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George Washington Bean diaries

Seth Millington Blair diary and autobiography

John A. Blythe journal

William Decatur Kartchner autobiography

Thomas Wright Kirby autobiography and diary

Lars Peter Oveson autobiography

Ward E. Pack papers

Silas LeRoy Richards diary and family histories

John L. Smith papers

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