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Mormons -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Alice M. Edwards Lindsay journal, 1932-1933

 Series
Identifier: MSS 5951 Series 2
Scope and Contents note One (1) journal, 1932 January 21-1933 January 16, documenting Alice Lindsay’s experiences visiting family members and caring for her children and husband. Also included separately in acid-free paper: Two (2) valentines to Emogene from Alice Tame, One (1) individual ward Roll Card belonging to Robert S. Lindsay, dated 1934, One (1) Visiting Teachers' Efficiency Report, belonging to Alice M. Lindsay, One (1) newspaper clipping concerning the death of Sarah A. M. Lindsay, One (1) newspaper...
Dates: Other: 1932-1933

Henry William Bigler diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329697]
Identifier: MSS SC 3095
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is "extracts from missionary experiences. Copied from original diary owned by Delbert Bigler, Provo, Utah." The extracts start in 1853 when Bigler was on a mission for the Mormon Church in Hawaii. He writes about a smallpox epidemic and missionary experiences. He returned to Utah in 1855. He married Cynthia Jane Whipple in November of 1855. He went on another mission to Hawaii in 1857 and returned in 1858. He talks about his...
Dates: 1853-1899

Brigham Young correspondence with Thomas L. Kane, 1846-1875

 Sub-Series — Box 15: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550779]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane. Letters deal with Mormon political concerns, as well as religion and family matters. Materials date between 1846 and 1875.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846-1875

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

Julian William Cummings family history papers, 1905-1997

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8098 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains papers related to the ancestry of Julian William Cummings. Includes journals from his father and grandfather from missions of other experiences, as well as bound booklets on other ancestors in his family. Dated 1905-1997.

Dates: 1905-1997

Life history of Joseph Alonzo Martindale

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227641963]
Identifier: MSS 4230
Abstract

An autobiography of Joseph Alonzo Martindale, completed in 1962.

Dates: 1962

Robert Stacy and Alice M. Edwards Lindsay papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5951
Abstract

The Robert Stacy Lindsay and Alice M. Edwards Lindsay journals and family papers consist of the journals, ledgers, papers and photographs of Robert S. Lindsay from 1890 to 1948 and one journal from Alice M. Lindsay from 1932 to 1933.

Dates: 1890-1948

Miscellaneous items : letter and poems

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335231]
Identifier: MSS SC 3118
Scope and Contents The collection contains: (1) a letter to Oswald Johnson from a fraternity brother named Bill, serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kolberg [Kolobrzeg, Poland], dated 26 September 1929. Four pages. (2) A poem, "Two Elders in S.C.", composed by Robert A. Paxton of Kanosh, Millard Co., Utah, who died while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grover, North Carolina according to a note at the end of the poem written by...
Dates: 1894-1929

Robert Stacey Lindsay papers, 1890-1948

 Series
Identifier: MSS 5951 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes Robert Lindsay’s personal journals. Journals document his work life, his family life, his activity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his involvement in the Midvale, Utah community. Found in each journal were ephemeral materials, poetry; religious and political talks, eulogies, and speeches; business and meeting agendas; advertisements; and financial calculations. 1890-1948.

Dates: Other: 1890-1948

Thomas L. Kane account of visit to Utah, 1877, 1877 August-1877 September

 Sub-Series — Box 17: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550795]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains a written account by Kane of his travel and visit in Utah in 1877. Includes information on prominent Mormons he visited with, as well as the development of transportation and settlements in the West.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1877 August-1877 September