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Immigration and American Expansion

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1068 Collections and/or Records:

History of the life of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310663]
Identifier: MSS SC 1297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Stephen Markham by Julina Markham Crow. The item gives an account of Stephen Markham's personal life as well as his involvement in the early history of Mormonism. This includes his close association with the Mormon Prophets, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), his participation with the initial Mormon pioneer company of 1847, and his involvement in the settlement of Utah.

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

History of the life of Thomas Ephraim Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340447]
Identifier: MSS 2473
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Ephraim Thornton was born in Canada in 1835. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and married Priscilla Covington in 1856. They had 11 children. He resided in American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1918.

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

History of Urban Van Stewart

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240449]
Identifier: MSS SC 412
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Stewart, an early Mormon convert and Utah pioneer. Also included is a typescript letter from Marva Cowley containing biographical information about Stewart, 1976.

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

History of William Adams written by himself January 1894 age 72 years

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329838]
Identifier: MSS SC 3089
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a 26 page autobiography of William Adams. Adams describes how was born in Ireland on January 8, 1822. He was raised a Protestant but joined the Mormon Church in 1842. He migrated to the United States up the Mississippi River. He settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked as a stone mason on the Nauvoo Temple. Adams was present at a meeting after the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. "I heard a voice...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of William and Myra Henrie - Pioneers of 1847-1848

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236330]
Identifier: MSS SC 233
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Henrie, who converted to the Mormon faith in 1842, who was one of the early pioneers of Utah of Scotch-Irish descent, and who settled in Bountiful, Utah.

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

Joseph Holbrook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 486
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which contains genealogical data, patriarchal blessings of relatives, details of Mormon difficulties in Missouri, temporary pioneer settlements, crossing the plains and life in Utah, 1848-1871. Also includes receipts, certificates of religious, political and military offices, rules for the Utah constitutional convention, a divorce certificate and memos.

Dates: 1806-1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nelson Stoyle Hollingshead and his wives

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329861]
Identifier: MSS SC 3044
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Nelson Stoyle (Stoyell?) Hollingshead who was a Mormon pioneer that lived in Parowan and Panguitch, Utah.

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

J. Taylor Hollist collection on Wilford C. Wood

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6760
Scope and Contents Collection includes research done by J. Taylor Hollist on Wilford C. Wood. It includes photocopies and typed summaries of information he collected from the Wilford Wood Museum in Bountiful, Utah, and the LDS Church Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah. The information describes how the Church came to own many of its associated historical sites. The collection also includes a typewritten biography of Wilford C. Wood written by A. James Faulkner in 2014, and an index and endnotes to this book...
Dates: 1800-2015
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Holt autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235910]
Identifier: MSS SC 190
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Holt writes about his childhood, conversion to the Mormon Church, mission for that faith in Tennessee, and migration to Salt Lake City, Utah. He also tells about the confusion in the Mormon Church after the death of its first president, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Holt autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312776]
Identifier: MSS SC 1451
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of an autobiography by James Holt (1804-1894). Holt talks about his early years, conversion to the Mormon Church, faith promoting experiences while preaching Mormon doctrine, hardships endured due to persecution, and traveling west to the Rocky Mountains.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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