Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History
Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:
LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project transcripts, 1991-2004
Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1991-2004.
LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1991-2004
Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the LDS Polynesian American Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1991-2004.
Ann Gordge Lee autobiography
Handwritten autobiography. Ann Lee tells about her family's conversion to Mormonism in Australia, their emigration to Utah, and her life as a Mormon woman in southern Utah. She gives details of the brutal activities of Mormon leaders including those of John D. Lee, her husband. She converted to Catholicism later in her life. While the work makes references to historical events, the researcher is cautioned that most of the work seems to be pure fiction.
Ann Gordge Lee autobiography
Letter from John
Life history of Albert Douglas Dickson
Typescript of an autobiography. Dickson migrated to Utah in 1852. He first settled in American Fork but later moved to Kaysville. He participated in resisting the U.S. Army during the Utah War, mentions the Morrisite War, and moved to Richville, Utah, where he served as bishop of the Richville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included are poems dedicated to Dickson and some anecdotes on his life.
Life of Samuel Rowley
Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Rowley writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856, and his life in Parowan and San Juan County, Utah.
Life of William Wells Brady
Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography of William Wells Brady. Brady was born in Fairview, Utah and moved to a number of locations to pursue his teaching career.
Life sketch of A. Jay
Handwritten autobiography, a newsclipping about Aaron Johnson Sr. (1806-1877), a handwritten copy of the senior Johnson's biography by his daughter, Marilla Lucretia Johnson Miller, and handwritten copies of correspondence on the Johnson family genealogy. This correspondence consists of letters from Stephen Johnson, brother of Aaron Johnson Sr., and also from Frank L. Johnson and W.E. Johnson, distant cousins of Aaron Johnson Jr. All items are photocopies.
Life stories of John Alma Gilbert and wife, Geneva Frost Gilbert
Photocopies of typewritten and handwritten family histories, certificates, correspondence, and genealogical group sheets. The items relate to the families of John Alma and Geneva Frost Gilbert. Also included are histories and genealogies of the Gilbert and Frost families.