Latter Day Saints -- Diaries
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Smith Scofield diary [photocopy and typescript]
The Joseph Smith Scofield diary [photocopy and typescript] (1846-1847) consist of a brief description of his journey to the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of Mormon pioneers. A nine-page typed copy is included with a photocopy of the original diary.
John Scott papers
The John Scott papers (1855-1856) consist of a photocopy and typescript of Scott's diary. A biography and some miscellaneous paper are also included.
William H. Smart diaries
The William H. Smart diaries (1886-1937 and 1979-1981) describe William activities as a Mormon missionary in Europe and as president of the Eastern States mission (1899-1900). They also describe his business activities in southeastern Idaho and eastern Utah as well as his town settlement and LDS Church activities. Included with the diaries are articles and clippings about his life.
Alma Lamoni Smith diary
The Alma Lamoni Smith diary (1857-1858) details his mission for the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Included in the collection is an access copy and a transcript. The original journal is located in Reserve.
James Smithies family papers
The James Smithies family papers (1846-1859) consist of biographical and genealogical materials concerning James Smithies and his family. These materials are in the form of photocopied and transcribed diary entries and family group sheets that focus on the journey Smithies undertook with the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley from 1846 to 1848. Some diary entries are recorded up and through the year 1859.
Abraham Owen Smoot papers
Erastus and Artimesia Snow papers [typescripts]
The Erastus and Artimesia Snow papers [typescripts] (1818-1880) consists of one volume compilation of letters written by Artimesia to her husband, Erastus and eight journals of Erastus arranged into one volume. Erastus Snow was a Mormon apostle and missionary, an associate of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and a Mormon pioneer in Utah. Artimesia Snow was the first of his several wives.
Zerubbabel Snow diary [photocopies]
The Zerubbabel Snow diary (1856-1857) consist of a photocopy of Snow's original diary describing his LDS Church mission to Tahiti.
George B. Spencer diaries [photocopies]
This collection (1864-1867) consists of a bound photocopy of the original mission diaries of George B. Spencer. The diaries detail his experiences serving a mission in Europe for the Mormon church.
James Starley journal
The James Starley journal (1870-1886) was kept by Starley in which he describes his day-to-day life in Fillmore, Utah.
Enos and Jemima Child Stookey family biography
The Enos and Jemima Child Stookey family biography consists of a bound biography of Enos Stookey (1829-1889) and Jemima Child Stookey (1827-1914) and their children that has been compiled by Gwenevere A. Stookey and Corrine S. Dods. Enos and Jemima Child Stookey were LDS pioneers who moved from Belleville, Illinois, in 1855 to Salt Lake City, Utah, by wagon. After their arrival they moved to Rush Valley, Utah, and were some of the first established settlers in this area.
George W. Taggart papers [typescripts]
The George W. Taggart papers (1846-1847, 1978) consist of a typescript of Taggart's journals and letters to his wife, and a brief postscript to the story written by his grandson, Spencer L. Taggart. The originals are located in the LDS Church Historian's Office.
George S. Tanner papers
The George S. Tanner papers (1912-1992) contain personal and family materials related to George Tanner, a teacher and historian. Included are correspondence, arranged chronologically and alphabetically; biographies and autobiographies; journals and family histories; financial and medical records; writings and speeches; newsletters and news clippings; programs and brochures; and materials relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Fern Smoot Taylor family papers
The Fern Smoot Taylor family papers (1854-1856, 1901) consist of a glossary and account book, by Isaac Bullock. Included in the collection are letters written to LDS missionary Abraham Owen Smoot III as a serially numbered round-robin letter from family members.
George H. Taylor autobiography and diary
The George H. Taylor autobiography and diary (1886) consist of a transcript of an autobiography of George H. Taylor, an LDS bishop, written while serving a prison term in 1886 for polygamy; transcript of a diary recounting his prison experiences, 1886. Taylor was an LDS bishop imprisoned for practicing polygamy.
Jane Ballantyne Taylor diary
The Jane Ballantyne Taylor diary (1846-1872) begins with an entry on 16 February 1846 describing her departure from "the city of Joseph." The book contains both dated diary entries and descriptions of events written many years later. There are also financial entries for the 1850s and notations of birth and death dates written in 1872.
Joseph Edward Taylor diary [typescript]
The Joseph Edward Taylor diary [typescript] (1849-1877) consists of brief entires that cover certain events in Taylor's, and his family's, life. The diary covers events in Taylor's life such as converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints (LDS), in England, his trip aboard a steamer to New Orleans, his travels from Council Bluffs across the plains to Salt Lake City, and the "Utah War" and the impact of the army at Fort Bridger and Camp Floyd.
George Teasdale papers
The George Teasdale papers (1770-1984) contain information regarding George Teasdale, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Included in the collection are diaries, patriarchal blessings, correspondence, certificates, agreements, tax and financial documents, property deeds, notes, genealogy charts, and memorabilia. The collection is divided into three sections: personal, family, and religious materials.
George W. Teasdale diaries and correspondence
The George W. Teasdale diaries and correspondence (1909-1936) consist mainly of correspondence between George W. Teasdale and his step-mother from 1910 to 1911. Teasdale was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during these two years. Two diaries resulting from his service are also in the collection.
Thatcher family papers
The Thatcher family papers (1881-1904) consist of the missionary journals and letters of Roy Davis Thatcher and Diana Bean Thatcher.