Latter Day Saint pioneers -- 19th century -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Samantha Tryphena Brimhall Foley autobiography [photocopy]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0591
Abstract
The Samantha Tryphena Brimhall Foley autobiography (ca. 1930) is entitled "Why I Studied Spanish," by Foley. It begins around 1878 when Foley (1858-1948) left the Salt Lake area with her husband and young child in an oxen-train headed for Arizona. It ends around 1930 when Foley, then settled in southern California, was active in church work connected with the Mexican Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The manuscript provides a personal account of the activities of the...
Dates:
1930s
Louisa Thalmann Hasler autobiography [photocopy]
Collection
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
Ann Prior Jarvis autobiography
Collection
Identifier: MS 0052
Abstract
This collection consists of a copy of a typewritten copy of the original autobiography penned by Ann Prior Jarvis (1829-1913). This twenty-four typescript was prepared by Floyd L. Eisenhour, of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in Ogden, Utah, in May 1937.
Dates:
1885
Edith Leroy Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0366
Abstract
The Edith Leroy Richardson papers (1883-1971) is comprised of two scrapbooks, nursing certificates, and other documents pertaining to and/or collected by Richardson (1881-1977), a professional nurse who was also a granddaughter of Chief Tintic of the Uintah Utes.
Dates:
1883-1971
Julia Josephine Spencer Snow biography
Collection
Identifier: MS 0087
Abstract
The Julia Josephine Spencer Snow biography contain an undated biography of Julia Snow (1837-1909), written by her granddaughter, Beatrice Snow Winsor. The biography records information about her family's move to St. Louis and her mother's move to Nauvoo at the time the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were driven out of that city. Also recorded is information on Julia's life in St. George, Utah, and her decendants.
Dates:
1910-1973
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