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Immigration and American Expansion

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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

History of Hans Christian Hansen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524294]
Identifier: MSS 2976
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography. Hans Christian Hansen was born in Denmark in 1848. He later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. He settled in the Pine Canyon farming area near Tooele, Utah, and died in 1924.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Henry Bawden

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241728]
Identifier: MSS SC 487
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Bawden, a Latter-day Saint Church missionary, pioneer and early Utah blacksmith.

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

History of John Langston

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329705]
Identifier: MSS SC 3102
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of John Langston "in the 55 year of my Life." Langston was born in England and migrated to the United States when he was 16 years old. He worked in the iron industry in several states and joined the Mormon Church. Langston migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, and campaigned against the United States Army during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858. He was also involved in the Black Hawk War. Also included is an index...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Jonathan Steggell

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340470]
Identifier: MSS 2470
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Steggell was born in England in 1833, served in as a cabin boy on many sea voyages, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He married Elizabeth Jane Bennett in 1856. Once Steggell was shipwrecked and nearly starved. He came to Utah in 1861. He returned to England from 1866 to 1868 to serve as a missionary for his faith. Jonathan married Mary Ann Smith in 1868 and also married Isabelle Dvins in 1869. He...
Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244813]
Identifier: MSS SC 589
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a personal history which gives data of the Curtis family in Michigan and their exodus to the West. Dated journal entries, 1831-1881, detail Curtis' Illinois and Utah missions, including minutes of organization of a Latter-day Saint Church branch in Poteetneet (Payson), Utah and area pioneer life.

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

History of Mary Adeline Ensign Roberts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240654]
Identifier: MSS SC 404
Scope and Contents

Typewritten life sketch of Roberts which describes homesteading in Idaho and Canada and family incidents.

Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305424]
Identifier: MSS SC 793
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Detailed account of frontier life in Canada; his family's conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s; a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, in June 1845; the trip across the plains to Utah in 1847; and life in pioneer Utah.Also includes account of the author's mission to Canada (1857-1858) and his subsequent recall because of the Utah War, along with his family's move to settle St. George, Utah. Ends with text of Gardner's patriarchal blessing, genealogical...
Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the building of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306992]
Identifier: MSS SC 935
Scope and Contents

Photocopied portions of Flanigan's diary pertaining to the decision to build and the actual construction of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill. Describes how the use of the cable saved ten day's from a wagon journey to haul goods around Zion's Canyon, and how the saw mill served the people of the area.

Dates: 1901-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Berrill Covington

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338987]
Identifier: MSS 2415
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography of Berrill Covington. Berrill Covington was born in 1794 in England. He married Elizabeth Hodges (1793-1881), joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, and died in Missouri.

Dates: circa 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Priscilla Covington Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340439]
Identifier: MSS 2474
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Priscilla Covington was born in England in 1839. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. She moved to American Fork, Utah, and married Thomas Ephraim Thornton in 1856. The had 11 children, and she died in 1916.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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