Overland Journeys to the Western United States
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7599
Scope and Contents
Manuscript autobiography, labeled by the author as a biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Latter-day Saintn history including the violence in Missouri, his...
Dates:
approximately 1852-1881
Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS7599
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Norma Elliott collection of Jefferson Hunt materials
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232585312]
Identifier: MSS 8665
Content Description
The collection contains biographical sketches of Hunt, along with the research materials that lead to them; genealogy research notes, and Mormon Battallion research and stories. Materials dated approximately 1950 - approximately 1985.
Dates:
Approximately 1950-1985
The experiences of a western pioneer
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234780]
Identifier: MSS SC 127
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten accounts written by an unidentified grandchild of Albert Smith. The first story concerns an acquaintance of the family who, while traveling east from California in 1852, rescued his wagon train's horses from the Indians. The second account concerns Albert Smith and Azariah Smith, their journey with the Mormon Battalion to California, their return to Utah, and their settlement of Manti, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1800s