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Journal of crossing the plains in 1850
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 108
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account of Keith's overland journey from St. Joseph, Missouri to Weaverville, California, in 1850. Keith paid a "Mr. Platner" to guide him and seventeen others to California. After being swindled and abandoned at Fort Laramie, Keith was furnished with provisions by the fort's commanding officer. The diary describes difficult travelling conditions, lack of feed and clean water for the company's animals, and problems with Indians. Keith also passed through Salt Lake City and gives...
Dates:
1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Willard and Celia Luce collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6784
Abstract
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, and other papers relating to the works of Willard and Celia Luce. It also contains various other materials that include a Provo High yearbook, gifts from friends, etc.
Dates:
1929-2008
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jesse Bigler Martin diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 446
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Dates:
1853-1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
David Moore minutes
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1302
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed minutes dated 2 July 1849. The document is of a meeting of the "Company of Saints," and discusses company appointments.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Much esteemed friends
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 114
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and unsigned letter dated 19 May 1850. Item was written by an unidentified member of a wagon train and includes some detail about the author's preparation for the trip to California. The letter describes the overland journey from Saint Joseph, Missouri to the Platte River and ends 80 miles from Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Author mentions dining on buffalo, weather conditions, and cooking on the plains.
Dates:
1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Poe and Clarence Poe family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 655
Scope and Contents
Three volume, leather-bound diary recording Poe's overland journey from Iowa to Oregon and return in 1847-48. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with camping locations and daily mileage. Poe is a terse diarist but does include some details. He writes about seeing 70 Mormon Battalion soldiers and is critical of the Indians, "the most miserable race in the world." Volume 2 mostly describes Oregon's weather. Poe writes "home ward journey" on the first page of volume 3, but according to the...
Dates:
1847-1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John H. Purdy correspondence to James L. Purdy
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 862
Scope and Contents
Handwritten correspondence from John Purdy to his brother, James, about his overland journey by ox team from Columbus, Ohio, to California in 1849. Purdy is an intelligent and detailed writer. He describes various companies' rules and regulations and his attempts to join a suitable group traveling to California. Purdy's company encountered Native Americans and two of his party were killed. He also mentions his visit to Salt Lake City and how the company made their own road to Los Angeles,...
Dates:
1849-1851
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A record of a company of emigrants
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 42
Scope and Contents
Handwritten records dated 1858 and 1859. These records include information of a company of emigrants from Nebraska City, Nebraska to Genoa, Utah and from Camp Floyd, Utah to Carson Valley, Nevada. Included are accounts of the travels, articles of incorporation, and notes on the meetings of the company. Also included are bound photocopies of the documents.
Dates:
1858-1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
C. R. Savage diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1424
Scope and Contents
The diaries contain notes and comments on business, descriptions of many journeys around the West and commentaries on the religious and social life of the period.
Dates:
1855-1909
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Shoemaker overland diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 160
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Shoemaker describes his overland journey from Porter, Cass County, Michigan to Hangtown (later Placerville), California, in 1850. Upon arrival, he "bought a shovel & a pick the gold dust for to dig." Daily entries are moderately descriptive and mention camping locations, travelling conditions, encounters with Indians, and daily mileage. The diary's author is believed to have been a man named Shoemaker, but more information is unavailable. Apparently, he later became a...
Dates:
1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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