Pioneers
Found in 769 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Grant Stevenson collection of Sanford Porter Sr. journal
Contains electronic copies of photographs of the journal of Sanford Porter Sr. Includes descriptions of Porter's experiences as an early convert to the LDS church and his journey with his family across the western United States. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Henry Martin Tanner letters
Two handwritten letters to Ammon Tenney describing the condition of the crops that season, availability of water, and the general health of the community of Joseph City. Tanner also offers Tenney words of consolation and comfort as Tenney is passing through a period of great difficulty in his life.
Joseph Smith Tanner autobiography
Photocopy of a typescript as "given by Joseph S. Tanner to N. H. Tanner ... at Payson ... Utah." Tanner tells about his early life as a Mormon and about his experiences in Payson, Utah.
Louetta Brown Tanner scrapbook
Scrapbook. Louetta Brown Tanner called it a "diary" which was kept from 13 to 20 March 1950 while she was with the "Sons of Utah Pioneers Mormon Battalion Trek." The scrapbook contains a typewritten account of the trip, poems, post cards, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings relating to those who followed the route of the Mormon Battalion in 1950.
Nathan Tanner autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Tanner writes about joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1831; participating in Zion's Camp in 1834; life in Kirtland, Ohio; his mission to the Eastern States for the Church; and his life in Far West, Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois. He also tells about his interaction with early leaders of the Church and about troubles with mobs in Missouri and Illinois.
John Tate : early Utah pioneer
Photocopies of a typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item is a history of John Tate who converted to the Mormon Church in England and migrated to Utah. Tate lived in Salt Lake City, Utah as a famer until 1861 when he move to Tooele, Utah. This biography was written as a student paper for a history class at Brigham Young University.
Charlotte Elizabeth Liggett Taylor biography
Photocopy of a typed biography of Charlotte Elizabeth Liggett Taylor, a child convert to the Mormon Church in Ohio who settled in Utah and became disenchanted with polygamy.
Maria D. Taylor diaries
Handwritten diaries. Taylor writes about going on a camping trip in 1894 and accompanying her husband, Arthur Nicholls Taylor, on a mission for the Mormon Church in England in 1902.
Moses Whitaker Taylor papers
Includes original diaries, 1884-1909. Other papers include patriarchal, father's and missionary blessings; copies of reports to the First Presidency of the Church concerning problems in Coalville, Utah; newspaper clippings; and a Latter-day Saint stake president's certificate for Taylor's son, Moses C. Taylor.
William Whitehead Taylor autobiography
Photocopy of typed extracts from the diary of William Whitehead Taylor, including an account of a short mission to Indians, along with photocopies of miscellaneous writings, photographs, genealogies and biographical notes.