Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. Adams joined the Mormon Church in 1836 and served as missionary for that faith in Canada. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
Joseph E. Booth papers
James Lovett Bunting diaries
Asa Starkweath Calkin diary
Joseph Curtis diaries
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries. Curtis also writes about his early life. He was born in Pennsylvania and joined the Mormon Church in 1833. He lived in Missouri and told about the persecution of Mormons there. He later lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and served on two missions at that time. He came to Utah in 1848 and later settled in Utah Valley, Utah. Curtis was involved in numerous activities including defending Utah from the Utah Expedition in 1858.
F. F. Hintze papers
History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah
James B. Allen papers on the history of Salt Lake City, approximately 1983
Series contains research notes, photographs, and original manuscripts of history of Salt Lake City, Utah by James B. Allen, circa 1983.
Charles Lambert autobiography
Typescript of an autobiography. Lambert was born in England; converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844; migrated to Utah in 1849; and served on missions in England in 1870 and 1882. He also writes about the "Utah War" and about problems with swarms of crickets.