Collections | BYU Library - Special Collections

Erastus Fairbanks Snow letter to James McGaw

Item — Folder: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 9138

Content Description Handwritten letter sent by Erastus Snow to James McGaw. Letter is signed for Erastus Snow by James M. Brown and sent from St. Louis, Missouri. This letter discusses the passage of Latter-day Saint member James Mather and his family from Liverpool, England to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1855. Elder James M. Brown, writing for Apostle Erastus Snow, sent this receipt and order to Elder James McGaw in Atchison, Kansas Territory to supply Mather with wagons and oxen for the overland trip to Utah....

Dates: 1855 May 21

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Snow diary and biographies

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 857

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies both of typescripts of excerpts from the diary of William Snow and of typescripts of two biographies of the same man. The authors of the biographies are unknown.William Snow was a captain of a wagon train en route to Utah, was sent to colonize in St. George, Utah with his families, became the bishop of the Pine Valley Ward and later, the patriarch of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. He was also a judge in St. George, Utah. The...

Dates: 1832-1850

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Henry Solomon autobiography

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 909

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Also included are brief biographies of family members and patriarchal blessings. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Solomon writes about joining the Mormon Church, migrating to Utah, serving on a mission to the Indians of Arizona, meeting John D. Lee, and moving to Kanab, Utah.

Dates: 1900

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The songstress of Dernford Dale : the life of poetess, diarist and Latter-day Saint pioneer Hannah Tapfield King / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 8020

Scope and Contents

Contains one biography, written by Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill, and Leonard Reed in 2011, about Hannah Tapfield King. The biography contains transcriptions of her journals, her writings, and some of her autobiographical sketches. The biography describes her life in England and her journey to Utah as a pioneer. There is also some information about her ancestors, as written by Hannah Tapfield King.

Dates: 2011 May

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Spilsbury autobiography

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 117

Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography with a photocopy of the item. The volume includes handwritten copies of letters received and patriarchal blessings of family members. Spilsbury writes about travelling in southern Utah as a patriarch, gives a brief description of his mission to Wales, talks about some of the prophecies of the first president of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and describes the exodus west of Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah. Dated from 1843 to 1911.

Dates: 1843-1911

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of James Spratley, senior

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2467

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. James Spratley was born in Virginia (later West Virginia) in 1837, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork where he served as a city marshall. He died in 1925.

Dates: 1935

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elijah Spray diary

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 711

Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. There are not entries for 1874. Spray describes his life in Morley, Yorkshire, England. He migrated to Utah in 1878. Also included are letters, genealogies, and notes.

Dates: 1873-1878

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Carter Staines letter

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 108

Abstract

The folder contains a printed, undated letter. Internal evidence suggests that the item was written sometime in the 1870s. Staines gives the prices and conditions for travelling from New York City to Ogden, Utah.

Dates: 1870

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Staker family biographies

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 2682

Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of four persons with copies of each. The collection includes biographies of Elizabeth Young Staker (1837-1912), Aaron Staker (1843-1864), Cornelia Snooks Staker (1801-1884), and Alma Staker (1837-1932). The Cornelia Staker biography was originally published in the "Deseret News" in 1883. The dates of the composition of the other items are uncertain. Each of these persons were Mormon pioneers to Utah who lived in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1883-1930

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Edward J. Starkie autobiography

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 598

Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

Dates: approximately 1887

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

BYU Library - Special Collections

Showing Collections: 411 - 420 of 488

Erastus Fairbanks Snow letter to James McGaw

William Snow diary and biographies

William Henry Solomon autobiography

The songstress of Dernford Dale : the life of poetess, diarist and Latter-day Saint pioneer Hannah Tapfield King / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed

George Spilsbury autobiography

Biography of James Spratley, senior

Elijah Spray diary

William Carter Staines letter

Staker family biographies

Edward J. Starkie autobiography

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters: