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American Fork (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523890]
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.

Dates: 1965

Alpine Stake organized

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340785]
Identifier: MSS 2505
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten list. The item lists the name of stake officers when the Alpine Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in American Fork, Utah, was organized on 20 Jan. 1901.

Dates: 1901

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339506]
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940

American Fork Business College account record

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045946]
Identifier: MSS 1268
Scope and Contents

Handwritten records of payable and receivable bills for the period of January to February of 1897.

Dates: 1897

American Fork Oral History Project case files, 1973-1979

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 10 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 American Fork Oral History Project, 1973-1979.

Dates: 1973-1979

American Fork Oral History Project transcripts, 1973-1979

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 10 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the American Fork Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1973-1979.

Dates: 1973-1979

American Fork Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1973-1979

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 10
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the American Fork Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1973-1979.

Dates: 1973-1979

Biography of Emil Anderson and his wives

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523908]
Identifier: MSS 2843
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emil Anderson was born in Denmark in 1845. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in American Fork and died in 1906. Caroline Sophia Anderson, who had the same surname as her husband, was born in 1848 in Denmark. She died in 1897. Ella Kirstina Jensen was born in Denmark in 1869 and came to Utah in 1901. She met Emil in 1903, and they were married later.

Dates: 1948

Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339530]
Identifier: MSS 2516
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Tomlison was born in 1857 in England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. She married Joseph Armstrong in 1871 and died in 1941.

Dates: 1941

Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339514]
Identifier: MSS 2514
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. John Armstrong was born in England in 1848. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 and later settled in American Fork. He married Mary Helen Wilson. Mary Wilson was born in 1848 in Philadelphia, and she died in 1919. He died in 1940.

Dates: 1940