Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History
Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:
Lucinda Haws Holdaway autobiography
Typewritten copy of an autbiography. The item was dictated to Etna H. Foulger in Provo, Utah, who wrote it down. Holdaway tells about her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1843, her two journeys to Utah in 1848 and in 1850, her large family, and her life in Utah County, Utah.
Jonathan Harriman Holmes diary
Photocopy of a typescript of a diary kept from 1846 to 1848. Holmes writes about enlisting in the Mormon Battalion, the march to Santa Fe and to California, being discharged from the service, and his travels to Sacramento, California, and to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is an obituary for Holmes, his account book, and biographies of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Elizabeth Holmes.
James Holt autobiography
Typescript of an autobiography. Holt writes about his childhood, conversion to the Mormon Church, mission for that faith in Tennessee, and migration to Salt Lake City, Utah. He also tells about the confusion in the Mormon Church after the death of its first president, Joseph Smith.
W. H. Hooper letter
Handwritten and signed letter written March 21, 1861 at the Kirkwood Hotel in Washington, D.C. and addressed to Col. Thomas W. Ellerbeck in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hooper writes about the possibility of sending arms to Utah and of arming immigrants coming to Utah.
George Housley account
Handwritten account of George Housley's experiences with the Martin handcart company. Housley tells of hunger, death due to exposure and starvation, rationing of food, and relief sent to them from Salt Lake City to enable them to continue on with their journey.
Huntington Chapter collection
Collection is comprised of typewritten biographies of residents of Huntington, Utah. Also included are several documents pertaining to the history of Huntington, Utah.
Hutchins family newsletters
Newletters and biographies. The materials relate to the Hutchings family of Utah. Many of their ancestors joined the Mormon Church in the nineteenth century and migrated to Utah. In the newsletters are excerpts from diaries and autobiographies.
Ardelia Narcissus George Hutchinson autobiography and genealogy
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and family genealogy. Hutchinson was born and raised in Florida, remembers seeing the veterans of the American Civil War return, talks about her married life, and writes her move to Utah and later to Idaho.
In early days : my introduction to Mormonism
Typewritten copy of an article originally published in the "Juvenile Instructor" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1896. Hammond was a sailor who met the Mormons in California. Hammond writes about joining that faith and about coming to Utah by way of California in 1848. He tells about contacts with Momons in California and talks about making shoes.