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Manti (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2083
Scope and Contents Compiled by James A. May about his mother, Jean Fossum May, drawing heavily on her letters, journals, and notes. Gives detailed information about her life in Baker, Oregon, 1906-1959; service as a missionary in the California Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1927-1928; marriage to Andrew May, 1930; family life (as a widow after 1933); service as head resident of Stover Hall (men's housing) on the campus of Brigham Young University, 1959-1969; and efforts to...
Dates: 1990-1998

John Haslem Clark life histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332162]
Identifier: MSS SC 3198
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection describes the events of John Haslem Clark's life in his own words. He recalls his experience of traveling across the plains and settling in early Salt Lake City and Manti, and includes stories of encounters with Indians and the challenges of creating a life in newly-settled Utah. Also includes the genealogy of relatives and descendants of John Haslem Clark, Senior, John Haslem Clark's father.

Dates: 1920-1933

Death of faithful veteran : sketch of the life of Elder Daniel Allen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329747]
Identifier: MSS SC 3082
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Daniel Allen. He was born on 9 December 1804 in Whitestown, New York, and moved to Chataugua County, New York, in 1807. Daniel Allen married Mary Anne Morris on 6 October 1828. They were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1832. In 1836, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and he later went to the Far West, Missouri, area. He faced the Missouri persecution of Mormons, and he...
Dates: approximately 1920

Albert Alonzo Haws journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331578]
Identifier: MSS SC 2935
Scope and Contents Journal detailing Haws' travels and work for the LDS church in St. Paul, Minnesota, including the cities of Minneapolis, MN; Albert Lea, MN; Wabasha, MN; Winona, MN; St. Paul, MN; Lake City, MN; Preston, MN; Glencoe, MN; Caledonia, MN; LaCrosse, WI; Manti, UT; Provo, UT; and Vernal, UT. Includes three patriarchal blessings at the end of the volume, one for Haws and two for his children. The first given by Zebridee Cotrin in Provo, Utah in 1884; the second blessing was given by Nelson...
Dates: 1899-1900

John Patten, Sr. and John Patten, Jr. papers

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC128
Dates: 1827-1900

Manti [Utah], circa 1888

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961193]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 108
Scope and Contents

A photograph taken in Manti, Utah of Chester Station with men outside the building, railroad tracks, some railroad cars and a horse and carriage.

Dates: circa 1888

John Patten, Sr. and John Patten, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 128
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers of John Patten, Sr. and his son John Patten, Jr., early converts to the Mormon Church from Indiana. Papers of John Patten, Sr. include a land deed, ordination certificate, receipt, and genealogical records. Papers of John Patten, Jr. include a patriarchal blessing by Isaac Morley, receipts, and an ordination certifcate. Dated 1827-1900.

Dates: 1827-1900

Pictures of my life

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328673]
Identifier: MSS SC 2929
Scope and Contents Author shares family experiences in Springville, Provo, and Manti, Utah. She also recounts experiences at Brigham Young High School and Academy in Provo. In the 1920s she and her family lived in Long Beach and Berkeley, California and were active in the LDS Church there. Upon returning to Utah, Bullock worked as a sales clerk at Auerbach's in Salt Lake City and during World War II she worked at Fort Douglas. She gives insight into women in the work place during the war. She also gives...
Dates: 1997

Azariah Smith diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 554
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Smith writes of his early life until he started his diary in 1846. He tells about his experiences in the Mormon Battalion and the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Smith also writes about his coming to Utah and his life in Manti, Utah. He also relates incidents in the Black Hawk War when the whites fought the Ute Indians. There are many gaps.

Dates: 1846-1912

John L. and Lucile McAllister Weenig photographs and other materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7715
Scope and Contents

Contains an album from the BYU 24th Ward along with three ward directories from 1969 to 1972 when John Weenig was the bishop. Also, pictures of the graduating classes in 1913 and 1914 from Manti High School highlighting John Wells McAllister (1913) and Mary Myrl Alder McAllister (1914).

Dates: 1913-1972