Mormons -- Utah
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305424]
Identifier: MSS SC 793
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Detailed account of frontier life in Canada; his family's conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s; a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, in June 1845; the trip across the plains to Utah in 1847; and life in pioneer Utah.Also includes account of the author's mission to Canada (1857-1858) and his subsequent recall because of the Utah War, along with his family's move to settle St. George, Utah. Ends with text of Gardner's patriarchal blessing, genealogical...
Dates:
1884
Thomas L. Kane newspaper clippings on Mormons, 1858-1859
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 14
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings on the Mormons collected by Kane. Includes information on the development of Utah, the Mormon Church, and the Utah Expedition. Some articles discuss Kane's role in the settlement of the crisis. Materials date from between 1858 and 1859.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858-1859