Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1066 Collections and/or Records:
Brief history of the Adams Camp of American Fork, Utah
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.
A brief history of the life of Mary Buys Moss
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.
A brief sketch of the life of Samuel Gould
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.
A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman
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.
William Augustus Bringhurst diary
Britannia passenger list
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.
Richard Britton autobiography and temple record copies
General autobiography of Richard Britton, tells of his journey from England to Utah in the mid-1850s. Also various temple records.
John Brown autobiography and four letters received
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.
William Dearborn Brown journal
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.
Biographical sketch of William T. Brown
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.