Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1067 Collections and/or Records:
Elvira Egbert Carson autobiography
Photocopy of a typescript of an autbiography "as given to H. Carson Healy, a grandson, during the summer of 1901 at Provo Bench (Orem), Utah." Carson tells Healy about joining the Mormon Church in Kentucky, facing persecutions in Missouri, migrating to Utah, and her life in Fairfield, Utah.
E. V. Carter papers
Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company legal records
Legal documents regarding the Central Overland and Pikes Peak Express Company during the year 1861.
Biography of John Chadwick
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. The first page of the item is dark and very difficult to read. John Chadwick was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah, and settled in American Fork. He died in 1914.
Biography of Thomas Chadwick and Christine Jensen
Solomon Chamberlain autobiography
Photocopy of a typed copy of Solomon Chamberlain's autobiography. He describes spiritual experiences before his conversion and talks about prospecting for gold in California.
David Chamberlin autobiography
One handwritten autobiography by Chamberlin, one handwritten history of the early discoveries and settlement of California condensed from various authors, and miscellaneous items. Chamberlin talks about his youth, his various travels, and his encounters with Native Americans.
John Gorham Chandler letter and news article
ALS to his mother in which Chandler tells of troop plans to set out for California during the wars with the Pacific Coast Indians. He describes his clothing, bedding, and tentative itinerary of the journey. The newspaper article announces the departure of the Third Regiment of Artillery for California.
Eliza Ann Beebe Cheney letter
Typewritten copy of a letter written in January 1848 and addressed to "Dear Parents, Brothers & Sisters." The item was written in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Cheney writes about the persecutions suffered by the Mormons and other aspects of the Mormon faith.
Cheney family papers
Typewritten autobiographical and biographical sketches and copies of correspondence. Describes conversion to Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, immigration to Utah and pioneering in Utah and the West. Also includes a letter from the donor.