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Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah -- 19th century -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1439
Abstract The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies (circa 1940-1974) is a collection of biographical sketches of Utah pioneers submitted to the Phillips Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in Kaysville, Utah. Click here to view the digitized collection.
Dates: circa 1940-1974

Louisa Thalmann Hasler autobiography [photocopy]

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Identifier: MS 0018
Abstract The Louisa Thalmann Hasler autobiography [typescript] (1843-1897) discusses her life as an early convert from Switzerland to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who settled in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
Dates: 1843-1897

Martha Spence Heywood diary [typescript]

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Identifier: MS 0160
Abstract The Martha Spence Heywood diary [typescript] (1850-1856) details Heywood's (1812-1873) personal and family life in Utah.
Dates: 1850-1856

Eliza Maria Partridge Smith Lyman diary [photocopy]

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Identifier: MS 0026
Abstract The Eliza Maria Partridge Smith Lyman diary [photocopy and typescript] (after 1889) consist of a record of a woman's day-to-day hardship and heartbreak while crossing the United States as a young wife and mother. Communities such as Salt Lake City, Oak City, Fillmore, and the San Juan country play important roles in the journal as family members moved and settled down.
Dates: after 1889

Madeline R. McQuown papers

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Identifier: MS 0143
Abstract The Madeline R. McQuown papers (1803-1976) contain some of McQuown's research and works. While the collection does contain some of McQuown's more personal works, such as some of her poetry, the collection deals mainly with her research. Her research was focused on Brigham Young and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church).
Dates: 1803-1976

Jean Rio Pearce diary [typescript]

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Identifier: MS 0066
Abstract The Jean Rio Pearce diary (1851-1880) typescript describes her emigration from Liverpool, England, to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates: undated