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Ogden (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 9 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

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

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 unbound 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 unbound research and reference files. Materials dated approximatley 1905 to 1982.

Dates: date of production not identified

Castle Hadlock Murphy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1476
Scope and Contents

Collection includes holographs, typescripts, bound volumes, printed materials (some photocopies), and microfilm. Includes correspondence, a journal (1909-1910), an oral history interview (1973), and personal writings with associated research materials relating to Murphy's activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, particularly events in Hawaii where Murphy served as a missionary and president of the Hawaiian Mission and temple.

Dates: 1905-1982

Earl Stanley Paul diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1797
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries kept in 10 volumes from 1912 to 1979. There are many gaps. Paul writes about his mission to Samoa from 1912 to 1916, his service in the United States Army from 1918 to 1919 in France, his marriage, Mormon church activities, and his second mission to Samoa. He also includes autobiographical materials with the diary entries. Also included area typewritten autobiography, a family history, a volume of miscellaneous correspondence and certificates, and drafts of his writings....
Dates: 1912-1979

William Henry Wright diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347921]
Identifier: MSS 1347
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Wright writes about his activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church serving in Wisconsin and England. The original is in possession of James W. Petty in Ogden, Utah.

Dates: 1882-1883