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Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection
Collection — Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8593
Scope and Contents
Contains letters, journals, photographs and other records related to families of James Oakey and George Warren Sirrine, founders of Paris and Dingle, Idaho, and Mesa, Arizona. Letters and journals provide great insight into life in these areas and the difficulties that arise from beginnings of settlements. Collection was compiled by Sarah Oakey Sirrine, daughter of James Oakey and daughter-in-law to George Warren Sirrine. Includes primarily originals, but also includes some transcriptions...
Dates:
1834-1974
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert H. Skelton collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1597
Abstract
Collection of papers by or about Robert Hodgson Skelton. Included in the collection is Skelton's journal from his mission to India, plus a photocopy and transcription of the same. Also includes a petition for assistance to the people of Santa Cruz, California, by Skelton and other Mormon missionaries traveling to their missions without purse or scrip.
Dates:
1852-1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Azariah Smith diary
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 554
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Smith writes of his early life until he started his diary in 1846. He tells about his experiences in the Mormon Battalion and the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Smith also writes about his coming to Utah and his life in Manti, Utah. He also relates incidents in the Black Hawk War when the whites fought the Ute Indians. There are many gaps.
Dates:
1846-1912
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Albert Smith minutes
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 722
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed minutes dated 24 June 1849. The document is of a meeting of the Company of "Saints" en-route to Salt Lake City, and discusses company appointments.
Dates:
1849 June 24
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Tour to California overland
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 164
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary by an unknown person. The item tells of the author's overland journey with the Anknin Company from St. Joseph, Missouri to Fort Kearny, Nebraska in 1849 by mule train. The author gives detailed information about the rigors of camp life, and entries in general are long and descriptive. The Anknin Company explored an abandoned Pawnee village and was also visited by a war party of 300 Dakota Indians, with whom they traded food for moccasins and buffalo robes.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Z. Walker diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 969
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary of Walker's overland journey by ox and mule team from Boston, Massachusetts to Sacramento, California in 1849. Daily entries give good description of travelling conditions. Walker describes cholera outbreaks, a variety of disagreements in the company, and attempted trade with 800 Dakota Indians. Walker also passed through Salt Lake City and describes the city and an anniversary dinner which he attended. He mentions being hired by Albert Carrington, a prominent Church...
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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