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Logan (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Ballard diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 998
Scope and Contents Two typescripts of the Ballard diary. They vary in small details and in the nature of the added materials found at the back. Ballard was converted to Mormonism in England. He arrived in Utah in 1852, was active in the Utah War of 1857-8, and settled in Logan, Utah in 1859. He was a bishop for the Mormon Church, participated in many of the activities of that faith, and was sentenced to two months in the Utah penitentiary for polygamy. He also tells about troubles with the Indians of the Cache...
Dates: 1852-1905

Margaret McNeil Ballard autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337278]
Identifier: MSS 484
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Ballard writes about her early life in Scotland as a Mormon, her migration to the United States in 1856 and her subsequent migration to Utah in 1859, and her life as a polygamous wife in Logan, Utah. Ballard also tells about encounters with Indians while coming to Utah, and when she was living in Logan.

Dates: 1910

Biography of John Pearson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489614]
Identifier: MSS 571
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of John Pearson and his wife, Mary Ann Potts Pearson. John Pearson was born in England in 1822, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in Logan, Utah, where he worked as a farmer. He died in 1914. Mary Ann Potts was born in England in 1831, married John Pearson in 1856, had eight daughters by him, and died in 1905.

Dates: approximately 1950

Charles Ora Card diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326347]
Identifier: MSS SC 2765
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries. The diaries are excerpts of a much larger work and were kept from 1871 to 1872 and for 1883. Card writes about travelling in the East United States on a "winter mission." Card also writes about the construction of the Logan Temple of the Mormon Church in 1883.

Dates: 1871-1883

Charles Ora Card papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1543
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Charles Ora Card, and includes personal journals, letters, and office journals ranging from 1871 to 1903. They cover Card's responsibilities in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints both in Logan, Utah and Southern Canada as well as construction of various canals, roads, and buildings. They also discuss his relationships in polygamy, the colonization of Alberta, Canada by Mormon pioneers including association with the Canadian...
Dates: 1871-1906

Joseph Y. Card diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1522
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Card lived in Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah and in Cardston, Alberta. He farmed and ran an insurance business. He held many positions in the Mormon Church including mission president of the Western Canadian Mission in Edmonton.

Dates: 1900-1956

Israel Justus Clark autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045789]
Identifier: MSS 1219
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a diary and an autobiography. Clark's diary covers the years from 1855 to 1857 when Clark served as a missionary to the Indians in the Salmon River Mission. Clark's autbiography tells about his life in Logan and Clarkston, Utah, and his contacts with Indians.

Dates: 1855-1878

Early recollections of Logan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306026]
Identifier: MSS SC 843
Scope and Contents This collection is a compilation of personal histories and diaries gathered by Joel Ricks. Most of these items are the result of interviews conducted by Ricks, but some are copies of journals and autobiographies. The 27 items in the collection are the stories of 26 individuals with one person responsible for two records.These materials are typescripts probably made in the 1970s. They are mainly concerned with histories of the various individuals and the early settlement of...
Dates: 1890-1920

Emil Feulner papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230230093]
Identifier: MSS 1954
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, handwritten and typed articles, newspaper clippings, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Feulner's work as a naturalist and his publications. Feulner also writes about growing up in Nuremberg, Germany.

Dates: 1939-1973

Mary Ann Burnham Freeze diaries

 Collection — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197231566826]
Identifier: MSS 993
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries, notebook, and letter of Mary Ann Burnham Freeze, a Latter-day Saint woman. Freeze writes about her life in Salt Lake City and in Logan, Utah. She served as a member of the General Board of the Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She writes about her various family and social activities, including her account of living in a polygamous household. Materials dated 1875-1899.

Dates: 1875-1899