Pioneers
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0468
Abstract
The Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies] (1877-1984) consist of individual, family, and miscellaneous histories collected for a centennial history of the Uintah Basin titled Builders of Uintah (1947). The Uintah County chapter was organized in August 1928.
Dates:
1877-1984
Hiram D. Upham letters [photocopies]
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042305716]
Identifier: ACCN 0397
Abstract
This collection consists of photocopies of two letters written by Upham commenting on conditions near Fort Benton, Montana Territory, while traveling on the Missouri River, June 18 and August 1, 1865.
Dates:
1865
Utah pioneer costume research project
Collection
Identifier: MS 0124
Abstract
The purpose of the Utah pioneer costume research project was to photograph, record and annotate historic dress and define the relation of Utah pioneer dress to the general development of costume in the United States. It attempts to find similarities between Utah pioneer dress and the characteristics of the fashion of 1977, to find in what ways Utah pioneer dress differed from these, and to find what...
Dates:
1944-1947
W. P. Armstrong general merchandise account book
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0874
Abstract
The account book of W. P. Armstrong, Virginia City, Montana Territory contains orders and payment for boots, slippers, leggings gaiters and Brogans, and for shoe and boot repair. There are orders to the states for leather.
Dates:
1867-1868
James Whitmore papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2280
Abstract
The James Whitmore papers consist of an original story, written by James Whitmore, titled "Miner's Cramps," based on the reminiscences of Alexander Brand, a pioneer resident of Granite.
Dates:
circa 1960s
Thomas Widdop autobiography
Collection
Identifier: MS 0476
Abstract
The Thomas Widdop autobiography contain an undated photocopy of Widdop's life remiscences titled "Reflections of the Past in Wyoming and Colorado." It describes his life of cattle ranching in Greeley, Colorado, and southwestern Wyoming during the 1880s and 1890s. Widdop was born in 1866 and lived to see the development of the wild West.
Dates:
undated
Charles Willden family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0325
Abstract
The Charles Willden family papers (1949-1963) consist of materials primarily relating to Charles (1806-1883) and Elliott Willden, Charles' son. Included is a biography of Charles Willden, an early settler of southern Utah, compiled by his great granddaughter, Jennie Jensen Hancock. The biography includes diary extracts from an LDS mission to England in 1847 and family group sheets. Also included is a biography of his son, Elliott Willden, by Manila May Willden Hardy.
Dates:
1949-1963
Thomas S. Williams chronology compiled and edited by James W. Moss
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042140691]
Identifier: ACCN 2957
Abstract
The Thomas S. Williams chronology (2013) was compiled and edited by James W. Moss and is entitled, "Walking Tall in Utah Territory: The Chronology of Thomas S. Williams and His Father, Alexander with Alexander Williams' Genealogy Addendum." Included are research materials collected by Moss while compiling the history.
Dates:
2013