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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

William F. Rigby papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345537]
Identifier: MSS 2864
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Also included is correspondence.

Dates: 1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Rigby papers

Joseph Lee Robinson autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326842]
Identifier: MSS SC 2780
Scope and Contents

Typewritten condensation of an autobiography and a diary. The item was shortened by Robinson's granddaughter, Rena Robinson Cutler. Joseph Robinson writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1836, his migration to Utah in 1848, his opinions of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy, and his settling in Weber County, Utah.

Dates: 1853-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Lee Robinson autobiography and diary

Richard Rowley autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326321]
Identifier: MSS SC 2763
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Rowley writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah with the Willie handcart company, and his life in Tooele and Parowan, Utah.

Dates: 1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Rowley autobiography

Levi Savage diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 417
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. The original items are housed in two boxes while the photocopies of these materials are housed in three. There are many gaps in the entries including a sixteen-year gap from 1861 to 1877. Savage writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to "Siam" (Thailand) from 1852 to 1856. He travelled to Rangoon from Salt Lake City, Utah, by way of San Francisco and Calcutta. He returned by way of Calcutta, England, and New York City. He was...
Dates: 1852-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi Savage diaries

Edith Scott histories

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233277950]
Identifier: MSS 1721
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten genealogies, histories, biographies, and diaries. Most of the materials relate to Mormons in Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Also included are diaries by James Smithies (1807-1879) and John Scott (1811-1876). Smithies' diary covers the years from 1846 to 1847 when he migrated to Utah. Scott's diary covers the years from 1855 to 1856 when he was serving on a mission in Great Britain for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1846-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edith Scott histories

John Scott diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327055]
Identifier: MSS SC 2688
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a diary. Scott kept the first part of this diary in 1847 and in 1848 when preparing to migrate from Winter Quarters, Nebraska to Utah. He also kept his diary from 1855 to 1856 while serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ireland. Also included is a patriarchal blessing given to Scott.

Dates: 1847-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Scott diary

Charles Goulding Shill autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232685]
Identifier: MSS 720
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography dictated to Wright P. Shill. The date of the item is uncertain. Charles Shill was born in England, was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1857, participated in the Utah War, and settled in Croydon, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Goulding Shill autobiography

Ship passenger lists

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489572]
Identifier: MSS 568
Scope and Contents Photocopy of handwritten lists. One item is dated 30 June and presents the names of the passengers of the 'Horizon' that left from Liverpool, England, in 1856. The 856 entries include the names, occupations, and ages of the passangers and where they were born. Many of the passangers on the 'Horizon' were Mormon immigrants who migrated to Utah in the ill-fated Martin handcart company later that year. Also included are partial lists of passengers on the ships the 'James Wesmoth' and the...
Dates: 1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ship passenger lists

Fanny Fry Simons autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3085
Scope and Contents The first folder of the collection holds a photocopy and typescript of the original manuscript; the second holds 5 pages of the original manuscript (the first two and the last three) that were detached from the original and were in brittle condition; and the third folder holds a box containing the original manuscript, which measures 23 x 14.5 cm and has approximately 50 pages, written on both sides. The autobiography was written by Fanny Fry Simons in the latter part of her life. It details...
Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Fanny Fry Simons autobiography

Robert H. Skelton collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481561]
Identifier: MSS 1597
Abstract

Collection of papers by or about Robert Hodgson Skelton. Included in the collection is Skelton's journal from his mission to India, plus a photocopy and transcription of the same. Also includes a petition for assistance to the people of Santa Cruz, California, by Skelton and other Mormon missionaries traveling to their missions without purse or scrip.

Dates: 1852-1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert H. Skelton collection

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