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Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Pendry Welchman family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4124
Abstract

Collection comprises Arthur Pendry Welchman family papers from 1834 to 1956.

Dates: 1834-1956

Daniel H. Wells letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318682]
Identifier: MSS SC 2003
Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter to Frank Fuller, acting governor of Utah, regarding two acts of the Utah legislature. The acts were a "Memorial to Congress for semi-weekly mail service from Fillmore to San Bernadino, Cal." and a "Memorial to Congress for an Act authorizing treaties with Indians, and the extinguishment of the Indian titles." These items were forwarded to Fuller for his "action."

Dates: 1862

Western Aviation Oral History Project case files, 1992-1993

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 28 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the Western Aviation Oral History Project, 1992-1993.

Dates: 1992-1993

Western Aviation Oral History Project transcripts, 1992-1993

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 28 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Western Aviation Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1992-1993.

Dates: 1992-1993

Western Aviation Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1992-1993

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 28
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Western Aviation Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1992-1993.

Dates: 1992-1993

John Mills Whitaker diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 293
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten transcripts of a handwritten journal. The items were originally kept in Pitman shorthand. The entries are extensive and detailed. Whitaker was raised in Centerville, Utah but lived much of his adult life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whitaker details his life and activities and makes observations on Utah society, the Mormon Church, and state and national politics. He had numerous callings in the Mormon Church and served as a missionary for that faith in the...
Dates: 1883-1949

Harold J. Whiting papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 999
Scope and Contents

Bills and resolutions from the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Utah, some with handwritten annotations. The materials are arranged chronologically by year, by the Senate or House, then by the nature of the bill, and finally by numerical order.

Dates: 1965-1970

Orson F. Whitney papers

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197239116061]
Identifier: MSS 15
Scope and Contents

Materials include correspondence, blessings, missionary certificates, letters, scrapbooks, poetry, other writings, newspaper clippings, documents, travel souvenirs, and other materials owned, written by, or relating to Orson F. Whitney, his family, and his acquaintances. Dated approximately 1842-1931.

Dates: approximately 1842-1964

Elisha Whitteny letter and enclosure

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319938]
Identifier: MSS SC 2114
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copybook of a letter and an enclosure apparently signed by Elisha Whitteny and addressed to Governor Brigham Young. Both the letter and the enclosure deal with a money discrepancy which the U.S. Treasury awarded to Utah.

Dates: 1857

Elisha Whittlesey letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324243]
Identifier: MSS SC 2505
Scope and Contents

Letter-press copy of a handwritten letter. The item is dated 21 March 1857 and addressed to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Secretary of State for the United States in the Buchanan administration. Whittelsey's letter relates to a request of William H. Hooper, Secretary of the Utah Territory, regarding requisitions for 1857.

Dates: 1857 March 21