James H. Buck papers
Contains a journal from Buck's mission to England, some books regarding his mission, postcards, photographs, a booklet of newspaper clippings, and documents stating ordination and draft registration. Materials date from between 1886 and 1962.
Thomas Durham autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 517
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of an autobiography and diary. Durham wrote his autobiography in 1854 and started his diary the same year. The journal is sketchy in many places and has many gaps. Durham wrote about his youth in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his mission in England, his spiritual manifestations, blessings, and his migration to Utah. He left Florence, Nebraska, on 23 Aug. 1856 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 30 Nov. 1856. He...
Albert Jones diaries
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, an autobiography, and correspondence. Jones wrote his autobiography in 1881. Jones served in the Utah Militia during the Black Hawk War and had numerous occupations and positions in the Mormon Church. His diaries start in 1884 when he was called to serve on a mission for the Mormon Church in England. Many entries are lengthy and detailed. Jones addresses numerous topics including the polygamy question in Utah. Also included are correspondence, patriarchal blessings, and...
Jesse Bigler Martin diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Ephraim H. Nye autobiography and journal
Collection — Folder: 1
One bound volume by Ephraim Nye discussing his own life and those of his family's, dated 1882-1896.
Samuel Roskelley papers
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of handwritten diaries and temple records. Roskelley was born in Davonport, England, in 1837 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1851. He migrated to Utah in 1853 and served on a mission for his faith in England from 1856 to 1858. He served on other missions for the church to England, and he lived in Cache Valley, Utah. Also included are temple records for work done in the Logan Temple in Logan, Utah.
John Steele and Mahonri Moriancumer Steele diaries
Item — Folder: 1
Collection contains the mission diaries of John and Mahonri M. Steele. Included in the diaries of John are day to day descriptions of his time serving as a Mormon missionary, and serving in the Mormon Battalion. He also gives some family history and autobiographical information about his life prior to the journal. The journals written by Mahonri M. Steele tell about his time as a Mormon missionary to England and Scotland.
Subject: Immigration and American Expansion X
Subject: Mormon missionaries -- England X
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 6
Missions and Missionaries 6
Mormon missionaries -- England 3
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 2
Mormon Church -- Missions -- England 2
Mormon missionaries -- England -- Diaries 2
Mormon missionaries -- England -- History 2
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History 1
Home and Family 1
Kanab (Utah) 1
Microfilms 1
Mormon Church -- Missions -- England -- History 1
Mormon converts -- England -- Diaries 1
Mormon handcart companies 1
Mormon missionaries -- Scotland -- Diaries 1
Mormon pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries 1
Mormons -- California -- History 1
Mormons -- England -- History 1
Mormons -- Utah -- Diaries 1
Mormons -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
Ogden (Utah) 1
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) -- History 1
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 1
Provo (Utah) -- History 1
Social Life and Customs 1
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- Sources 1
Buck, James H. (James Henry), 1885-1953 1
Buck, William F. (William Foulds), 1856-1921 1
Cox, Wanda Steele, 1911-1992 1
Durham, Thomas, 1828-1909 1
Jones, Albert, 1839-1925 1
Logan Temple (Utah) 1
Martin, Jesse Bigler, 1825-1908 1
Nye, Ephraim H. (Ephraim Hesmer), 1845-1903 1
Roskelley, Samuel, 1837-1914 1
Steele, John, 1821-1903 1
Steele, Mahonri M. (Mahonri Moriancumer), 1849-1923 1
Thompson, Emily Lydia Snyder, 1846-1928 1
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 1