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Francis Asbury Hammond papers
Collection — Box: 7
Identifier: MSS 18
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials related to Hammond dealing with the early settlement of San Juan County in southern Utah and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) business of the San Juan Stake which comprised a large portion of southern Utah as well as parts of Colorado and Arizona. The collection includes personal and family correspondence, ecclesiastical correspondence, and journals. Personal and family correspondence relates to pioneer life in southern Utah in...
Dates:
approximately 1851-1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Correspondence and poems
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 404
Scope and Contents
Four handwritten and signed letters and a book of handwritten poetry. Harmon sends one letter to his father, Jesse Pierce Harmon, and receives two letters from family members. These items describe some of the plans for the Mormon migration to Utah and the conditons of settlement there.
Handwritten letter from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church; dated 8 June 1866; and addressed to Harmon in Washington, Utah. Young responds to Harmon's inquiry concerning prices of goods. ...
Dates:
1846-1866
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Chasty Olsen Harris biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1625
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed biography of a Mormon pioneer who settled in Castle Dale, Utah with her family.
Dates:
1956
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jobe Hill autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography. Hill writes about migrating to Utah, about his life in Smithfield and Clarkston, about problems with grasshoppers, and about other difficult situations. He also talks about the death of his mother and his low opinion of his father, who started drinking. He also tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England and about his marriage.
Dates:
1904
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
History of John Langston
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3102
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of John Langston "in the 55 year of my Life." Langston was born in England and migrated to the United States when he was 16 years old. He worked in the iron industry in several states and joined the Mormon Church. Langston migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, and campaigned against the United States Army during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858. He was also involved in the Black Hawk War. Also included is an index...
Dates:
approximately 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 589
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a personal history which gives data of the Curtis family in Michigan and their exodus to the West. Dated journal entries, 1831-1881, detail Curtis' Illinois and Utah missions, including minutes of organization of a Latter-day Saint Church branch in Poteetneet (Payson), Utah and area pioneer life.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Holt autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 190
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an autobiography. Holt writes about his childhood, conversion to the Mormon Church, mission for that faith in Tennessee, and migration to Salt Lake City, Utah. He also tells about the confusion in the Mormon Church after the death of its first president, Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1881
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Housley account
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1537
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account of George Housley's experiences with the Martin handcart company. Housley tells of hunger, death due to exposure and starvation, rationing of food, and relief sent to them from Salt Lake City to enable them to continue on with their journey.
Dates:
1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Huntington Chapter collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1271
Abstract
Collection is comprised of typewritten biographies of residents of Huntington, Utah. Also included are several documents pertaining to the history of Huntington, Utah.
Dates:
1900-1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oliver Boardman Huntington papers
Collection — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS 162
Scope and Contents
Collection contains diaries, ephemera, and patriarchal blessings produced by Oliver Boardman Huntington and his son, Oliver B. Huntington. Items document the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Latter-day Saint exodus to the West, and the establishment and early development of Utah. Materials date from between 1843 and 1932.
Transcriptions of most items also available.
Dates:
1843-1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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