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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Logan -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Moses Thatcher diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486297]
Identifier: MSS 731
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries. The materials cover the years 1866 to 1868, 1878 to 1881, and 1883 to 1884. Thatcher writes about his missionary activities in Mexico and to the Shoshoni and Crow Indians.

Dates: 1866-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Moses Thatcher diaries

Moses Thatcher diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 248
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. The materials cover the years 1866 to 1868, 1878 to 1881, and 1883 to 1884. Thatcher writes about his missionary activities Great Britain for the Mormon Church and to the Crow and Shoshoni Indians. He also tells of his life in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1866-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Moses Thatcher diaries

John Thompson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232958]
Identifier: MSS 713
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Also included are two typescripts of the item, a biographical sketch of Thompson, and family genealogy. Thompson was born in England and migrated to Utah in 1862. He settled in Logan and later in Clarkston, Utah. He mentions meeting Martin Harris, one of the witnesses to the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

Dates: approximately 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Thompson autobiography

Joseph Ellis Wilson divorce certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319011]
Identifier: MSS SC 2082
Scope and Contents

Printed certificate with handwritten entries. The document finalizes the divorce between Joseph Ellis Wilson and Barbara Young Crockett Wilson.

Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Ellis Wilson divorce certificate

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