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United States -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Harrison D. Little field journal

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292892]
Identifier: Vault MSS 728
Scope and Contents

Handwritten journal describing Littlefield's travels around the world in 1873-4. He started in Boston Mass. and travelled westward across the United States. He then went across the Pacific to the Far East and returned to Boston by way of Europe and the Atlantic. The account contains detailed descriptions of the Far East and his railroad trip across the United States. He also describes his visit to Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1873-1874

Dorothy L. Lisonbee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8473
Scope and Contents

Contains papers, journals, scrapbooks, photos, newsletters, teaching materials, travel plan research and experiences, personal history collection and drafts, and other memorabilia from Lisonbee. Topics included with these materials memoirs of her mission with her husband in Guam-Micronesia and Ireland, volunteer opportunities in the AARP and the Kiwanas Club, letters and cards from friends and family, research for her autobiography, etc. Material dated approximately 1891-2014.

Dates: 1891-2014

Henry Rice Mann diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239282483]
Identifier: MSS SC 1348
Scope and Contents

Typed transcript of part of Henry Rice Mann's diary. Transcript begins June 22, 1849 and ends September 18, 1849. On the entry of August 10, 1849, Mann is 35 years old. The diary recounts his trip across the United States to become a gold panner in California. Mann describes the climate, surrounding nature, the wagon train, camping life, and the prospect of searching for gold in California.

Dates: 1849 June-September

Genevieve Johnson Pettit journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312107]
Identifier: MSS SC 1527
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a journal by Genevieve Johnson Pettit. In this journal Pettit tells of her journey from Arizona to Canada with a group of 41 travellers, her impressions of various towns she passed through, and her dates with Jim Sirrine.

Dates: 1902

Samuel Uriah Porter autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1621
Scope and Contents

11 original handwritten journals and 14 photocopies of transcribed copies of the life and travels of Samuel Uriah Porter. Porter talks about his parents, siblings, marriage, farming, assignments in the Mormon Church, family genealogy, travels, and important people in his life.

Dates: 1898-1933

Jenniev Jorgensen Poulson account

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311869]
Identifier: MSS SC 1490
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a bound typescript of an account of a trip to places of Mormon historical interest and other places in the United States. Poulson describes her trip from Utah into Wyoming, the Midwest, and the Eastern States, Florida, and then her return to Utah.

Dates: 1936

Samuel Russell, Sr. letters, 1882 November 29-1884 April 30

 File — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233277588], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 3 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains 11 letters of Samuel Russell, Sr., including items to his wives while traveling and one letter to his sister. Materials dated November 29, 1882 to April 30, 1884.

Dates: 1882 November 29-1884 April 30

Karl A. Scheid letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327626]
Identifier: MSS SC 2843
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copies of letters written by Karl A. Scheid. Scheid writes to his mother and other family members about his trip through the United States and Europe.

Dates: 1900

Stark family slides, approximately 1949-1986

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2357 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains slides collected by the Stark family. Many are photographs taken by members of the Stark family while traveling throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Many are professionally produced and were purchased as souvenirs. There are also slides taken by the Stark family while at home. Materials dated approximately 1949-1986.

Dates: approximately 1949-1986

Archibald Miller Young autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320472]
Identifier: MSS SC 2211
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account of Young's trip from Scotland to Utah. Young recounts the trip which was conducted largely by boat and by train.

Dates: 1873