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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Young and Seymour B. Young papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349323]
Identifier: MSS 513
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and an account of Joseph Young's death and funeral by his son, Seymour B. Young. Joseph writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and comments on various doctrines of that faith.

Dates: approximately 1881

James Lovett Bunting diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 738
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. Bunting writes about his service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1857 to 1858 and his immigration to Utah in 1858. Bunting describes his preparation for the overland journey, which began at Florence, Nebraska, and the basic geography of the route. He also mentions meeting Colonel Thomas Kane. The diaries also describe Bunting's activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, his service in the Black Hawk War in 1866, his move to Kanab, Utah,...
Dates: 1857-1920; 1857-1920

Hintze family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315902]
Identifier: MSS SC 1856
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten autobiographies and biographies of Hintze. Also with the collection are photocopies of handwritten records of the Hintze family including genealogies and Mormon patriarchal blessings. The biographies of Hintze are by Evelyn Mackay Frandsen and A. J. Hansen.

Dates: Broadcast: 1877-1962

Jesse Nathaniel Smith certificates, mementos and miscellany, 1886-1905

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: data_value_missing_494f888a5cc4de957bd1b4e8ff6feac9
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1886-1905

Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection, 1845-1970

 Series
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1845-1970

Jesse Nathaniel Smith family correspondence, 1885-1890

 Series
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1885-1890

Jesse Nathaniel Smith genealogy and blessings, 1845-1970

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1845-1970

Charles Lambert autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338193]
Identifier: MSS 927
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1883

David McKenzie papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335884]
Identifier: MSS 1240
Scope and Contents

Speech and tithing receipts. The speech is based on biblical scriptures and has the title: "Prophecies Concerning Ancient Cities."

Dates: approximately 1900

Silas LeRoy Richards diary and family histories

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484094]
Identifier: MSS 734
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary, family histories, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, and mementos. Much of the material relates to the history and genealogies of the Richards, Rhead (Reed), Stanley, and Huffman (Hoffman) families. Silas was born in Union and later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He held several jobs and served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission from 1902 to 1905.

Dates: 1870-1964