Scotland -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Ferguson diaries and autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1055
Scope and Contents
Holograph autobiography, diary, and notebook containing speeches, council meeting minutes, and journal additions. Ferguson writes about his ancestors, early life, education, and his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1844. His diaries cover the years 1852-55 and 1879-80 while serving as a missionary in Scotland. Many entries are lengthy and detailed, but there are several gaps. Ferguson made the overland journey from Atchison, Kansas to Salt Lake City in 1855, and writes briefly of...
Dates:
1852-1880
Robert McKell autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318278]
Identifier: MSS SC 1972
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typescript. McKell tells about his life in Scotland, his conversion to the Mormon Church, his family, and his journey to Utah. McKell completed his account roughly to the year 1850. Emma Jane Brockbank added a few paragraphs telling about McKell's life after that time.
Dates:
1900
James Pollock Park diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313725]
Identifier: MSS SC 1640
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of a journal which describes Park's missionary experiences for the Mormon Church in Scotland and the return journey to Utah across the Atlantic Ocean on the "George Washington". There is a list of mostly British names and addresses at the end.
Dates:
1856-1857
Elsie Seaton postcard collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231189918]
Identifier: MSS 3985
Abstract
Collection of 400 postcards belonging to Elsie Seaton of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1905-1909.
Dates:
Other: 1905-1909