Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Lorenzo Brown diary and autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 497
Scope and Contents
Includes Lorenzo Brown's handwritten diary and autobiography. Brown's autobiography starts in 1856 when his diary begins. Describes his conversion to the Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and relationship with Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brown then describes his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada, a move to the St. George, Utah area, service on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates:
1856-1902
Correspondence—personal, 1902-1965
Series
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Includes the personsal correspondence of M. Wilford Poulson with family, BYU classmates, and others.
Dates:
1902-1965
James G. Duffin diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1696
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and bound diaries. Also included are bound photocopies of the handwritten journals. The items are for the years 1887 through 1889 when Duffin served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission. The diaries also cover the years 1901 through 1906 when Duffin was president of the Southwestern States Mission (1900-1904) and of the Central States Mission (1904-1906) also for the Mormon Church. Duffin includes handwritten copies of letters both sent and...
Dates:
1887-1906
Barzillai Frost travel journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3276
Scope and Contents
Journal kept by Barzillai Frost during his travels in the West in 1843. Includes an account of his visit to Nauvoo, Ill., and his meeting with Joseph Smith and other prominent Mormons. A photocopy and transcript of the diary are also included in the collection, as well as articles and biographical information on Frost.
Dates:
1843
Joseph Leland Heywood diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 179
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C. on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison, Kansas. The remainder of the volume discusses political troubles in Washington, D.C. In volume 2, after resolving his affairs in Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Massachusetts, Heywood returned to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri....
Dates:
1855-1856
William Huntington diary and autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 272
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary including a retrospective account of Huntington's life. Huntington writes about his early life, his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his experience as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. He also writes about the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church, service in the Nauvoo Legion militia organization, and preparations of the Mormons to migrate to the mountains. Huntington made diary entries in 1846. The item was transcribed by O. B....
Dates:
1784-1846
George Lake diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237692]
Identifier: MSS SC 720
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an account covering 1870-1879 of Lake's Latter-day Saint church mission to England and his leadership of a new Mormon settlement in Arizona. Appended is the "Last Address" by Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1870-1879
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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George Lake diary
William Law diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324508]
Identifier: MSS SC 2526
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of a diary. The journal was kept from 1 Jan. to 28 June 1844 when Law was in Nauvoo, Illinois. Law writes about his excommunication from the Mormon Church, a visit from Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), and the operation of the Nauvoo Expositor newspaper. He also and gives his opinion of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and comments on his death.
Dates:
1844
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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William Law diary
Miscellaneous Americana Acquisitions (Original), 1826-1938
Series
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence, diaries, and research materials of M. Wilford Poulson. Some of this material is regarding his work as a psychologist. Also included are many important research documents pertaining to the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which include diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings. Much of the research of the early church history pertains to Joseph Smith. The documents date from 1826-1964. Some of the materials are originals while many are...
Dates:
1826-1938
James Madison Monroe journal
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329424]
Identifier: MSS SC 2997
Scope and Contents
Includes summary of Monroe's activities from September 1841 through June 1842, including his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and activities as clerk of the Utica (New York) Conference. Then follows attendance record for a school he taught at Nauvoo, Illinois, August 1842- January 1843 and November 1843-March 1844. Last part of journal tells of his service as teacher of the children of Joseph Smith, John Taylor, and Brigham Young, April-May 1845. Typed title...
Dates:
1841-1845