Stakes (Latter Day Saint churches) -- Utah -- Provo
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David John diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 21
Scope and Contents
Materials include five volumes of handwritten diaries kept by John from 1856 until his death in 1908. Contents include an autobiographical sketch, descriptions of migration to Utah, missions served in Wales and Great Britain, arrest, trial, and imprisonment for polygamy, and experiences while serving in various religious or political capacities. Includes information pertaining to ordinations, blessings, and speeches given, letters sent or received, and dreams or visions received. Volumes 1-4...
Dates:
1856-1951; Majority of material found within 1856-1908
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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David John diaries
Edward Partridge, Jr. diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1004
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Partridge writes about his mission to Hawaii from 1854 to 1858 and from 1882 to 1885 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the latter when he served as mission president. He writes about incidents during the Utah War (1857-1858), and settling in Farmington and in Fillmore, Utah, where he served as bishop. Patridge also writes about his work as a probate judge in Millard County, as a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature in the 1870s,...
Dates:
1854-1899