Indians of North America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Andrew Amundsen journal
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305267]
Identifier: MSS SC 786
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Author describes the trip from the Lehi, Utah, area in company with his fellow missionaries to Moencopi, Arizona, where the group farmed, lived among the Indians, learned their language, and taught them about the Mormon Church. Amundsen also records his impressions of the Indians as a people and gives a day-by-day account of the Mormons' relations with them, as well as providing descriptions of various sites the group explored for potential settlement by Mormon...
Dates:
1873
Cordell M. Andersen letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309343]
Identifier: MSS SC 1186
Scope and Contents
Typed letters dated Sept. 22, 1969 and July 9, 1975 in Guatemala. These items are addressed to "family and friends" in Provo, Utah and describe the foundation's agricultural self-help project among the rural people of Guatemala. The letters also discuss other foundation matters.
Dates:
1969-1975
Eve Ball manuscripts and photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7740
Scope and Contents
Collection contains revised manuscripts of some book chapters written by Eve Ball, and photographs that support her research of Native Americans.
Dates:
1966
John Law Blythe papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 791
Scope and Contents
File includes copies of a handwritten biographical sketch of Blythe, written by one of his granddaughters, Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell Boyce; typescripts of some of Blythe's 1874 letters to Brigham Young (1801-1877) reporting on the progress of the Arizona mission and relations with the Indians; a diary covering 1857-1874 as well as extracts from 1870 and 1878-1880.The 1857-1874 diary describes Blythe's conversion to the Mormon Church in California; emigrating to Utah; and daily...
Dates:
1870-1880
Daniel Brown biography
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230351030]
Identifier: MSS 5909
Scope and Contents
David Brown's third great grandson, Erold Clark Wiscombe, writes about Brown's family history; marriage to Elizabeth Stephens; removal to Illinois in 1831; conversion to Mormonism in 1840; removal to Florence, Nebraska; son, James, joining the Mormon Battalion; quarrel with Brigham Young leading to removal to Calhoun, Iowa; Indian difficulties in Iowa; rebaptism in Salt Lake City, in 1874; and death in Calhoun, Iowa.
Dates:
1804-1875
John Bushman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1520
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of original diaries covering 1871-1923, along with typescripts; a personal account book; receipts; temple recommend; microfilm copy of the diaries and an autobiography; photocopies of appraisal and accounts books for the chapter of the United Order in St. Joseph; minutes of United Order meetings; and typecript of correspondence. While most of the diary entries are one-liners narrating the author's daily activities in northern Arizona and occasional trips to Utah, others...
Dates:
1871-1923
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Bushman papers
Charles A. Nast portrait of Buckskin Charlie, approximately 1890-1900
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239265025], item: 3
Identifier: MSS P 337 Item 3
Dates:
approximately 1890-1900
Charles A. Nast portrait of Joseph Jesus, approximately 1890-1900
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239265025], item: 2
Identifier: MSS P 337 Item 2
Dates:
approximately 1890-1900
Charles A. Nast portrait of Native American family, approximately 1890-1900
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239265025], item: 1
Identifier: MSS P 337 Item 1
Dates:
approximately 1890-1900