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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 525 Collections and/or Records:

Russell K. Homer certificates

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 420
Scope and Contents

Printed forms with handwritten notations dated 10 Sept. 1852 and 15 June 1855. Homer purchases land in Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1852. Homer also purchases land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in 1855. This item is signed by Franklin Pierce, president of the United States.

Dates: 1852-1855

Lewis Earl Christian papers transcript- A Dixie Pioneer in South America

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8482
Content Description

Contains a transcript, created by Karen Christian Jensen, of the journal of Lewis Earl Christian one of the first Mormon missionaries to South America. He relates his experience in the 1920's receiving his call and preparing to serve in South America, arriving in Argentina, and preaching the gospel to the people there. Also included are copies of his call and other documents important to his missionary service as well as copies of photographs taken by Christian on his mission.

Dates: 2006

Emma Carroll Seegmiller and Amy Carroll Stark Circleville, Utah, collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045706]
Identifier: MSS 1211
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten histories of Orderville, Utah, by Emma Carroll Seegmiller and Amy Carroll Stark. Also included are family histories of four Mormon families in Orderville. The items tell about life in the town and about the United Order established there.

Dates: approximately 1950

Jacques Clamorgan accounts

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288833]
Identifier: Vault MSS 342
Scope and Contents

Handwritten accounts listing many of Clamorgan's financial transactions (3 items).

Dates: 1799-1806

John Haslem Clark memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236488]
Identifier: MSS SC 227
Scope and Contents

Holograph memoirs describing his birth, growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and his various vocations. It also includes a biography of Isaac Morley written by his granddaughter, Theressa E. Clark and material copied from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia about Isaac Morley.

Dates: Undated

Lydia S. Clawson postcards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7083
Abstract

Collection contains incoming postcards to the Clawson family and outgoing postcards from the Clawson family, dated 1908 to 1918.

Dates: 1908-1918

H. H. Cole letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316074]
Identifier: MSS SC 1830
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is written to Cole's father. Cole tells about the Mormon expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois and about personal family matters.

Dates: 1846

Coleman family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305390]
Identifier: MSS SC 796
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typescripts. File contains excerpts from three documents, all originally compiled by Evans Coleman: "History of the Coleman Family;" "Saint Johns Purchase;" and "Biography of Emma Beck Coleman." These documents were originally compiled between 1938 and 1942, although all of them refer to events either in Missouri during the late 1830s or in Arizona during the 1880s.

Dates: 1942

Collection of land indentures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1779
Scope and Contents Collection includes 1,449 handwritten land indentures, mostly on parchment and some on paper. The materials relate to the sale and ownership of land in England over nearly three centuries, including deeds, leases, manorial records and mortgages. Also included are prenuptial and loan agreements, wills and probate records. Original provenance of the collection is unknown. Several documents were apparently mailed to George Minns, a Salt Lake City genealogist, but how the whole collection was...
Dates: 1405-1919

Collection of photographs of Provo and Brigham Young University

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233639183]
Identifier: MSS 8240
Scope and Contents

Contains six black-and-white photographs taken in Provo, Utah in 1935. Includes images of buildings on the Brigham Young University campus, as well as images of homes and buildings in the community.

Dates: 1935