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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1066 Collections and/or Records:

Brief history of the Adams Camp of American Fork, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337856]
Identifier: MSS 2750
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history of the Adams Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Also included are photocopied photographs of members.

Dates: 1958

A brief history of the life of Mary Buys Moss

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308519]
Identifier: MSS SC 1064
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten biography of Mary Buys Moss (1836-1877). Mary came to Utah at age fourteen with the Mormon pioneers and settled with her family in Bountiful. She married Robert Moss (d. 1895) in 1853 and had twelve children.

Dates: approximately 1960s

A brief sketch of the life of Samuel Gould

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348499]
Identifier: MSS 1381
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Samuel Gould by his daughter. The date of composition is unknown. Gould was a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early pioneer in Parowan Utah. Also included is a program from the Iron County Centennial Celebration of 1951 and a brief history of the Parowan Ward of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1920-1951

A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305432]
Identifier: MSS SC 792
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Although intended to be a biographical sketch of Lois Bushman, manuscript includes a great deal of information about her husband, John, and the author as well. Covers the conversion of Lois's family to the Mormon Church in 1844; their trek across the plains to Utah; their subsequent move to establish Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona in 1876; and life on the Utah and Arizona frontier.

Dates: 1937

William Augustus Bringhurst diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225532925]
Identifier: MSS 3143
Scope and Contents One missionary diary of William Augustus Bringhurst, volume two, from 25 October 1897-24 June 1898, while he was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California. Also includes typed and electronic transcripts of his personal journal with approximately 25 short entries from 1886-1908; the first volume of his missionary diary, kept January 1897-25 October 1897; and the second volume of his missionary diary, kept 25 October 1897-24 June 1898. Includes a...
Dates: 1897-1898

Britannia passenger list

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233282851]
Identifier: Vault MSS 35
Scope and Contents

Photographs of a list of passengers arriving on board the ship Britannia from Liverpool, England, dated 20 July 1840, and affirmed by Enoch Cook, "Master" of the ship.

Dates: 1840 July 20

Richard Britton autobiography and temple record copies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332527]
Identifier: MSS SC 3143
Scope and Contents

General autobiography of Richard Britton, tells of his journey from England to Utah in the mid-1850s. Also various temple records.

Dates: approximately 1880

John Brown autobiography and four letters received

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 945
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Brown's autobiography. Also includes four original letters, one from Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Pres. Grant; and a Relief Society Financial Report for 1892.

Dates: 1892-1913

William Dearborn Brown journal

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7819
Scope and Contents

Journal by Brown writing about his ancestors, family history, and his own personal history. Materials also include a digital record of the journals. Entries date from around 1860.

Dates: approximately 1860

Biographical sketch of William T. Brown

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327634]
Identifier: MSS SC 3287
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Shelley writes about William Thomas Brown. Brown was born in England in 1843 and migrated to Utah in 1852. During the journey, cholera killed both of Brown's parents. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later settled in Alpine, Utah.

Dates: 1925