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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

John S. Higbee diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336072]
Identifier: MSS 1055
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typewritten excerpts from a diary. The diary covers the time from 9 April to 1 July 1847. Higbee migrated with Brigham Young's company as far as the "upper" Platte River.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Adeline Henry Hinckley biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331164]
Identifier: MSS SC 3207
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Hinckley writes biographies of her two parents, Robert Henry and Elizabeth Bacon Henry. Elizabeth was born in 1844 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in1857. She came to the United States in 1864. She lived in Fillmore, Utah, where she married Robert Henry in 1865. Robert was born in Ireland and came to Utah. His first wife died, and he settled in Fillmore. Also included are brief biographical sketches of members...
Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ira Nathaniel Hinckley diary and family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331172]
Identifier: MSS SC 3206
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a typescript of a microfilm diary. Hinckley kept his diary from 5 March 1857 to 6 June 1858. He worked as a blacksmith in Salt Lake City, Utah, and then went to help immigrants along the Platte River. He visited Dakota and Crow Indians, and returned to Salt Lake City in the fall of 1857. He mentioned speeches of Mormon Church leaders relating to the religion and preparations to resist the Utah Expedition. Also included are "Some Events" in the life of Ira Hinckley. These...
Dates: 1857-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lyman Hinman letter to "Brother and Sister Taylor"

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241462]
Identifier: MSS SC 464
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter which tells of his experiences with the Emmett Company of Mormon immigrants.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Historical data on the Talbot family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 845
Scope and Contents

Typed historical data on the Talbot family. The item includes transcripts of correspondence, family histories, historical notes, reminiscences, genealogies, travel descriptions, and miscellaneous items. In particular, the collection describes various wars, uprisings, and social conditions in nineteenth century South Africa. The collection also includes a history of the Morrisites, the Morrisite War, and other information relating to Utah and Mormonism.

Dates: 1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Historical sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323070]
Identifier: MSS SC 2409
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Drusilla married James Hendricks (1808-1870) in 1827. They joined the Mormon Church in 1835 and lived with the Mormons in Clay County, Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois. They migrated to Utah in 1847 where they lived in Salt Lake City, Springville, and Richmond.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Emma McDowell Jacobsen histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349067]
Identifier: MSS 520
Scope and Contents

Typewritten records. Jacobsen, working for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, compiled a list of the names of early pioneers who were buried in the Provo City cemetery in Provo, Utah, from 1849 to 1859. Also included is a history of the first deaths and burials in Provo, Utah. The old city cemetery was first located on the hill where Brigham Young University was later built.

Dates: 1949-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History filed no. 2 of Adams Camp, Utah County company Daughters of Utah Pioneers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339480]
Identifier: MSS SC 3346
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilmed copies of typewritten lists. The collection includes a list of the "officers" of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in American Fork, Utah, and "Minutes of Meeting Held July 19, 1933."

Dates: 1931-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Bradford White Elliott

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241843]
Identifier: MSS SC 498
Scope and Contents

Typescript of information concerning Elliott's family, his call to be a Latter-day Saint Church apostle and his death.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Edmund Buckley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244607]
Identifier: MSS SC 563
Scope and Contents

Typescript. The collection includes a biographical sketch of Edmund Buckley, an early Mormon convert and Utah pioneer.

Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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