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Cleveland (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Book of settlers of Cleveland

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334523]
Identifier: MSS 1078
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten history of Cleveland, Utah, including short autobiographies of residents of that town. The residents tell about their early lives and how they migrated to Utah.

Dates: 1925

John Eden autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334796]
Identifier: MSS 1080
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. John Eden writes about growing up in England, his migration to Utah, and the hardships he faced as an early settler of Cleveland, Utah.

Dates: 1920

Einar Erickson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231935]
Identifier: MSS 700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Erickson describes his early life in Iceland, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah, his return to Iceland as an Mormon missionary, and his life in Spanish Fork and in Cleveland, Utah. Also included is a lengthy poem in Icelandic.

Dates: approximately 1917

History and human geography of Cleveland in resume

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326537]
Identifier: MSS SC 2770
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Cleveland, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1950

Joseph J. Larson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326396]
Identifier: MSS SC 2773
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Larson writes about his life in Arizona and in Cleveland, Utah. He tells about his family, his employment, and his work in the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1930

Hyrum Otterstrom and his help to settle Cleveland

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233650917]
Identifier: MSS 8338
Scope and Contents

Contents contain two typed pages of a phonetically-spelled story about the life of Hyrum Otterstrom, with handwritten corrections. Dated approximately 1950.

Dates: approximately 1950

Lars Peter Oveson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313600]
Identifier: MSS SC 1628
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Lars Peter Oveson, who lived a rural, pioneer life with his family in central Utah.

Dates: 1941

Claude Scoville collection of biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334812]
Identifier: MSS 1086
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies and autobiographies of residents of Cleveland, Utah. Many of the materials relate to postal employees in that town. The date of the composition of the items is uncertain.

Dates: 1970