United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
William Ajax journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1488
Scope and Contents
Contains holographs, photographs, and typescripts of journals, dated July 20 to December 27, 1861, and January 1, 1862 to December 31, 1863. The journals describe Ajax's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England and Wales and include some newspaper clippings, part of which are from the Udgorn Seion, the Mormon publication in Wales. The clippings include British Mormon emigration statistics from 1841-1861. Ajax immigrated to the United States in 1862. Detailed diary entries...
Dates:
1861-1863
Biography of James Russell Ivie
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: A1977-00-061
Dates:
after 1896
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Russell Ivie biography
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239279984]
Identifier: MSS SC 994
Scope and Contents
5 pages of a typed transcript describing James Russell Ivie's family history and stories about his life. No author is identified. Stories include James working as the Prophet Joseph Smith's bodyguard, the rescue of Parley Pratt from jail, James's baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a pioneer trek to Salt Lake City, stories about James's sons, John and Jim, stories leading pioneer groups to southern Utah, Jim starting the Walker War with Native Americans, and the...
Dates:
after 1896
William Walsh promissory note
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236645]
Identifier: MSS SC 287
Scope and Contents
Holograph note signed in which Walsh promises to pay Daniel Spencer $1.40 for excess of luggage.
Dates:
1856