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Ogden (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical sketch of the life of Luman Andros Shurtliff

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233642]
Identifier: MSS SC 88
Scope and Contents

Typewritten condensation of the original journal of Shurtliff, a businessman, politial and religious leader, Mormon missionary and patriarch, which tells of his early life in Ohio, religious revivals, conversion to Mormonism, marriages, missionary work, mobs in Far West, Missouri, expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois, immigration to Utah, life in Weber County, Utah, and military preparations against Johnston's Army.

Dates: 1936

Biographical sketches of James Enoch Randall and his wife, Isabella Chadwick Randall

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320662]
Identifier: MSS SC 2242
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typescript. The item is a dual biography of a James Enoch Randall (1864-1951) and Isabella Chadwick Randall (1867-1934). They were Mormon farmers in Ogden, Utah who raised ten children.

Dates: 1963

Biographies of ancestors

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC53

Biographies of ancestors

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233170]
Identifier: MSS SC 53
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of ancestors of Rawlinson which relate life in numerous Utah communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included is an excerpt from the 1857 diary of James Farmer.

Dates: approximately 1962

Will W. Bowman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 88
Abstract

The Bowman papers include correspondence, inter-office memos, certificates, newspaper clippings, albums and scrapbooks, journalism class assignments, class lecture notes, editorial budgets, genealogy, photographs, publications, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1916-1973

James Stephens Brown diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2775
Scope and Contents

Typescript of diaries. Brown writes about his life in Ogden, Utah, and in Arizona. He also tells about his activities in the Mormon Church including his missions for that faith to England and Tahiti.

Dates: 1857-1893

James Stephens Brown diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 69
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Brown writes about his life in Ogden, Utah, and in Arizona. He also tells about his activities in the Mormon Church including his missions for that faith to England, Tahiti, and the Navajo Indians.

Dates: 1857-1893

Castle Hadlock Murphy bound research and reference files, date of production not identified

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1476 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contents include Castle Hadlock Murphy's bound research and reference files. Materials dated approximately 1905 to 1982.

Dates: date of production not identified

Castle Hadlock Murphy corespondence, 1909-1982

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1476 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contents include correspondence about Castle Hadlock Murphy's family, church service, and discussion of the publication of his autobiography. Dated 1909 to 1980.

Dates: 1909-1982

Castle Hadlock Murphy personal papers, 1909-1973

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1476 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contents include Castle Hadlock Murphy's personal papers including journals, transcripts, and other miscellaneous materials. Materials date 1909 to 1973.

Dates: 1909-1973