Latter Day Saint pioneers -- 19th century -- Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Sarah Maria Mousley Cannon diary [typescript]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0302
Abstract
The Sarah Maria Mousley Cannon diary [typescript] (circa 1857) consist of an overland diary relating a journey from Philadelphia to Salt Lake City via Iowa.
Dates:
circa 1857
Martha Spence Heywood diary [typescript]
Collection
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]
Collection
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
Emmeline B. Wells diaries [photocopies]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1520
Abstract
The Emmeline B. Wells diaries (1844-1920) consist of Wells' personal journals that contain daily accounts of her life and activities. Wells (1828-1921) was an early Mormon pioneer who left her home in Massachusetts for Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844. In 1846 she moved on to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was very involved in the LDS Church and various social organizations, including the National Women's Suffrage Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was appointed the 5th...
Dates:
1844-1920