Pioneers
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
John Pack record book
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2410
Abstract
The John Pack record book (1840s) is entitled "Record of the Third Hundred or Grand Division of the first Company, Organized November 18th, 1845." Contains a listing of individuals including the names of Jedediah M. Grant, the Captain of the third Division, and David Candland, the General Clerk. Also included in the ledger are minutes of four meetings of the third Division, along with other accounts such as a listing of information regarding pioneer groups.
Dates:
1840s
Jean Rio Pearce diary [typescript]
Collection
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
John Pulsipher diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114041929912]
Identifier: MS 0092
Abstract
The John Pulsipher diaries (1827-1891) consist of two volumes of diary entries by Pulsipher. Pulsipher and his family were early Mormon converts who traveled with other LDS members from Kirtland, Ohio, to Nauvoo, Illinois, and then to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1827-1891
Henry Rampton diary [typescript]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0987
Abstract
This collection consists of an exact copy of Henry Rampton's own diary which he wrote during the years 1853 to 1881. Provides retrospective remembrances of life in England and Utah by a Mormon convert who emigrated to Salt Lake City in 1856.
Dates:
1853-1881
Record of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Harmony Branch and Ward
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0325
Abstract
This report (1861-1870) consists of typescript minutes of the LDS Ward in Harmony, Utah, describing events in the church and social activities in the town.
Dates:
1861-1870
John Reese biography
Collection
Identifier: MS 0475
Abstract
The John Reese biography consist of an undated typescript biography of John Reese (b. 1808), a Nevada settler who played a prominent role in the government of that state. The biography describes Reese's adventures in settling the West and gives information about Nevada history in general.
Dates:
undated
Harriet L. Reid memoir [photocopy]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0274
Abstract
The Harriet L. Reid memoir consist of five typewritten pages containing a brief description of Reid's life in Utah and Arizona in the late 1800s.
Dates:
[between 1880-1941?]
William Fletcher Reynolds biography [photocopy]
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042321697]
Identifier: MS 0357
Abstract
The William Fletcher Reynolds biography [photocopy] consist of a sketch of the life of William Fletcher Reynolds, Utah pioneer of 1852, dictated and prepared by his eldest daughter, Ellis Reynolds Shipp.
Dates:
undated
Mary Haskin Parker Richards diary [typescript]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0051
Abstract
This collection consists of a bound transcript of an 1840s diary kept by Mary Haskin Parker Richards (1823-1860), a LDS Church pioneer woman camped at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Dates:
1846-1848
Emma Peterson Riddle autobiography [photocopy]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0276
Abstract
The Emma Peterson Riddle autobiography details the life of Emma Riddle (b. 1867), a convert to the LDS Church who emigrated from Sweden to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1918-1957