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Anders Gustave Warnick biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1751
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a biography of Anders Gustave Warnick, Swedish convert to the Mormon Church, who emigrated to America and died crossing the plains to Utah, along with most of his family.
Dates:
1955
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Washburn biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2683
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies of two persons with copies. The dates of the composition of these materials are uncertain. The items are biographies of Tamer Washburn Washburn (1805-1886) and Flora Clarinda Gleason Washburn (1819- ). Each person was a Mormon pioneer to Utah. Flora lived in Manti, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William L. Watkins biographical sketches
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 60
Scope and Contents
Typescript (plus carbon copy) of an autobiography written by Watkins which gives a life history from his birth until his arrival in Utah in 1852. Also includes a typewritten biography of Watkins from 1852 to his death, written by his daughter, Aurilla Watkins Whipple. Also includes a typescript of Watkins' certificate of United States citizenship and a letter from the donor.
Dates:
1827-1911
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jack Watson journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7997
Scope and Contents
Contains accounts of Jack Watson's shepherding in Tooele County, biographical information (like date of birth, parents' names, wives' and children's names), and ledgers for his financial accounts. Includes his written reflections on life events, such as the death of his daughter Phyllis, and daily interactions. Contains financial ledgers for individuals, including P. P. Anderson, Andrew Larsen, Ed Madsen, and others and sheets tracking their purchases and his own (buying goods like leather...
Dates:
1886-1943
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Peden Waugh papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8469
Dates:
approximately 1854-1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Emmeline B. Wells diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 510
Scope and Contents
Contains Emmeline B. Wells's original diaries from 1844 to 1920. Her often daily entries spanning nearly 80 years present pragmatic descriptions of daily activities along with her own daily opinions, insights, and impressions. The accounts are often lengthy and detailed. Volume 1 begins with her departure from Massachusetts in 1844 and also includes her journey from Nauvoo, Illinois, with other Saints headed West. Other volumes provide insights into her roles with the Woman's Exponent and...
Dates:
1844-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Emmeline B. Wells diary typescripts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1407
Abstract
Includes two linear feet of unedited typed transcripts including the years 1844-1846 and 1874-1920. Her entries are daily, tell of her activities, and often present her opinions and impressions as well. The accounts are often lengthy and detailed. The 1882 diary also includes entries by Well's daughter, Louisa.
Dates:
1844-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Peter Mastin Wentz diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 802
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a diary. Wentz left Binghamton, New York, in 1853. He travelled to Dunkirk, New York, and then to Ashley, Indiana. He took steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1854 and described the buildings in Nauvoo, Illinois. He later settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855. He migrated to Utah the same year.
Dates:
1853-1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographies of John Wesley and wife, Eliza Ebbey Phillips
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2704
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten dual biography. John Wesley Phillips was born in New Jersey in 1843, migrated to Utah in 1862, and settled in American Fork. He married Eliza Ann Ebbey in 1867. She came to Utah in 1848. John died in 1899.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Nelson Wheeler Whipple diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 38
Scope and Contents
Two different typescripts of the same diary kept by Whipple: one prepared by Phyllis Clayton Pettit, the other by Anor Whipple. The diary gives genealogical data about Nelson Whipple's ancestors and tells of his early experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church, his move to Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey across the Plains to Utah and his life there.
Dates:
1863-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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