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The ancestral lineage of Elias Willis Howell, Fairview, Utah
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3062
Scope and Contents
Traces seven generations of Elias W. Howell's paternal ancestry. Includes maps, pictures, and other copied documents. Elias's parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, 1841-42. Elias crossed the plains to Utah in 1852 and settled in North Bend (subsequently named Fairview) in 1860.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ernest H. Burgess diary
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2333
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary kept by Ernest Burgess and by his wife, Donna Miles Burgess. Ernest writes about his missionary experiences in Germany and about his life in Roosevelt, Utah. Donna Burgess continues the account of life in Roosevelt until 1959. Many of the entries are long and detailed, but there are many lengthy gaps in the record.
Dates:
1905-1959
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert Lang Campbell journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 496
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains Campbell's original handwritten journal where he describes his missionary experiences in Scotland; emigration to Nauvoo, Illinois; experiences traveling to Utah as a Mormon pioneer; and duties as a Mormon Church leader. Dated 1843-1848. Campbell also added to the end of his journal handwritten transcriptions of his missionary certificate, his appointment to the Glasgow Conference, and a letter to the Church in Wales from Franklin D. Richards. Dated...
Dates:
approximately 1843-1941; Majority of material found within 1843-1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Eugene M. Cannon diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1002
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries in ink and pencil. Cannon writes about his first mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti starting in 1893 and about his activities in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are notes on the Tahitian language.
Dates:
1893-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Hatten Carpenter diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 349
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, notes, account books, correspondence, and a translation of the Book of Mormon into the Samoan language. Carpenter writes about his mission for the Mormon Church in Samoa and about his activities as a resident of Manti. Late in life, Carpenter moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a printed copy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Carpenter also writes about his early life and his travels to northern Germany and France in 1884 and 1885.
Dates:
1884-1961
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John B. Fairbanks diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 140
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with typescripts of several items. The diaries have many gaps. They principally cover the time Fairbanks served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission from 1881 to 1883 and when he served as a missionary for the same faith in South and Central America from 1900 to 1902. On the second mission, Fairbanks accompanied the "Cluff" expedition; led by Benjamin Cluff, president of the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah; to find evidence supporting...
Dates:
1877-1914
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Thomas Giles diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 994
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries and teaching notes. Giles writes about his daily activities in Provo, Utah; his two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii (1890-1897 and 1905-1907); his work at a lime kiln; his work on a railroad; and his teaching of Sunday School for the Church.
Dates:
1890-1927
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alma Greenwood diary and scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 336
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary and scrapbook. The journal was kept from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec. 1883 when Greenwood was serving as a missionary in New Zealand. He reports on his daily activities in entries that are often lengthy and detailed. The scrapbook was created by Alma's wife, Florence Greenwood. It contains newspaper clippings from the 1880s that relate to Mormons, Utah, and to national happenings.
Dates:
1882-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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:
1851-1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Claiborne Harper papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 185
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary, letters, certificates, paroles, and Mormon Church blessings. The diary was kept while Harper served on a mission to the Southern States for the Mormon Church from 1887 to 1888. Also included is an autograph book signed by Mormons in the Utah State prison for polygamy in 1889. The certificates and letters relate to Mormons in Mexico, to Harper's civic appointments in Payson, and to family matters. Two paroles were given to Harper on 10 April 1865 at Appomattox Court...
Dates:
1856-1899
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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