Skip to main content

Latter Day Saint handcart companies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

William Butler autobiographies and letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306224]
Identifier: MSS SC 863
Scope and Contents This collection consists of autobiographies and personal letters. Included are four personal histories of varying lengths. Butler described his visions, business matters, family relationships, church assignments, missions served, and recounted many colorful experiences including hunting down and killing the murderer of one of his children. The letters were written by William Butler and his first wife, Emma Harvey, to their Henry Harvey Butler in 1891-2 while Henry was serving on a mission to...
Dates: 1850-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Butler autobiographies and letters

Card family genealogical materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1787
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of genealogical records, including Charles O. Card's patriarchal blessing, land deeds, letters to his family, and miscellaneous items. Also included are letters to him from Mormon Church President John Taylor about Charles' work as superintendent of the construction of the Logan Tabernacle and Temple (1873-1884) and about a petition he wanted him to print (1886).

Dates: 1844-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Card family genealogical materials

John Van Cott diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043289]
Identifier: MSS 1035
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with typescripts. The diaries cover the years 1852 to 1856 and 1859 to 1862. Van Cott writes about his service as president of the Scandinavian mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also writes about helping organize the migration of Mormon pioneers by handcart in 1856 at Iowa City, Iowa.

Dates: 1852-1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Van Cott diaries

Thomas Waters Cropper autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490356]
Identifier: MSS 654
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Some of the item is in Cropper's own hand. The rest was dictated to his daughters. Cropper was born in Texas, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1856. One fourth of the original party turned back in 1853 when they heard of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy. He describes the immigrant group killed by Mormons at Mountain Meadows in 1857. Cropper lived in Fillmore, Utah, and later moved to Deseret, Utah. ...
Dates: 1926
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Waters Cropper autobiography

Biographical sketch of George Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327816]
Identifier: MSS SC 3288
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Loveless writes about the live of George Cunningham. Cunningham was born in 1840 in England an later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his parents. He migrated to Utah in 1856 with the James Willie handcart company. Most of the biography is Cunningham's account of the miseries of the trek in the handcart company, written when he was 30 years old. Cunningham settled in American Fork, Utah, and was a...
Dates: 1870-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of George Cunningham

Biography of Grace Mary Wrigley Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338409]
Identifier: MSS 2791
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Grace Mary Wrigley was born in England in 1842 and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1930. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, married George Cunningham in 1863, lived in American Fork, Utah, and had 13 children. James Cunningham was born in England in 1840 and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856. At one point, he helped bury 15 people in one grave...
Dates: 1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Grace Mary Wrigley Cunningham

Dudley family correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 449
Scope and Contents

21 ALS's (plus typescripts of 11) referring to family matters, exhortations to join the Mormon Church, and descriptions of Nauvoo and settlement of Utah.

Dates: 1844-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dudley family correspondence

Thomas Durham autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349190]
Identifier: MSS 517
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of an autobiography and diary. Durham wrote his autobiography in 1854 and started his diary the same year. The journal is sketchy in many places and has many gaps. Durham wrote about his youth in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his mission in England, his spiritual manifestations, blessings, and his migration to Utah. He left Florence, Nebraska, on 23 Aug. 1856 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 30 Nov. 1856. He...
Dates: 1854-1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Durham autobiography and diary

Experiences of the Josiah Rhead family in the Martin handcart company of 1856

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325802]
Identifier: MSS SC 2713
Scope and Contents

Typewritten research paper for a Religion 442 class taught by Howard H. Barron at Brigham Young University. Using family records and unpublished materials as well as secondary sources, Richards writes a history of the Martin handcart company.

Dates: 1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Experiences of the Josiah Rhead family in the Martin handcart company of 1856

Biography of Elizabeth Williams Grant

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338276]
Identifier: MSS 2796
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. This item was "narrated by her daughter, Mary Grant Marshall written by camp historian Laura Logie Timpson." Elizabeth Williams was born in Wales in 1838. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the Bunker handcart company. Elizabeth married David Grant in 1856 and became his fourth wife. She had eight children and lived in American Fork, Utah. She later married Alex...
Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Elizabeth Williams Grant

Staff Interface | Send Feedback or Report a Problem

More information about Special Collections including Hours, Services, Events, and Exhibits can be found at lib.byu.edu/special-collections.

The BYU Library aims to create descriptions of collections that are inclusive and support an “environment of belonging.” If you encounter language in finding aids, catalog records, or collection descriptions that you find offensive or believe to be harmful, we invite your feedback at librarydescription@byu.edu.