Archive: "Parowan" Tag
September 26, 2022 by Ryan K. Lee •
Arizona,
Lehi,
Mexico,
Mormon Battalion,
Parowan,
polygamy,
Salt Lake City,
Samuel Hollister Rogers,
Snowflake,
Utah
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a newly digitized collection: Samuel Hollister Rogers diaries (MSS 1134). This collection includes two volumes of original handwritten reminiscences and diaries of Samuel Hollister Rogers from 1841 to 1886. Rogers writes about his life as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. He …
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May 4, 2020 by Ryan K. Lee •
Alvin Benson,
British Mission,
California Mission,
England,
Family history,
journals,
letters,
Parowan,
Phoebe Benson,
Richard Benson,
Utah
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Lorraine Rowley Thompson collection on Benson family (MSS 8555). This collection contains journals and correspondence related to the Richard and Phoebe Benson family. Includes journals kept by Richard during his Mormon missions to England, and letters he wrote to …
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February 19, 2018 by Ryan K. Lee •
British Mission,
correspondence,
diaries,
England,
Hopi Indians,
John Steele,
Las Vegas,
missionary diaries,
Mormon Battalion,
Nevada,
Paiute Indians,
Parowan,
Toquerville,
Utah
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: John Steele papers (Vault MSS 528). This collection contains three boxes full of diaries, notes, correspondence, dictionaries, surveys, bonds, certificates, horoscopes, and military orders related to a prominent pioneer of southern Utah and Nevada. The correspondence was to and from John …
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Priddy Meeks correspondence (MSS SC 2171). This collection contains forty-two documents, including handwritten correspondence and patriarchal blessings of family members. Most of the items were written in Parowan and in Orderville, Utah and relate to family matters. Priddy Meeks …
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August 5, 2016 by Ryan K. Lee •
autobiography,
diaries,
doctor,
Harrisburg,
Iron County,
Kane County,
Orderville,
Parowan,
Priddy Meeks,
revelations,
Utah,
Washington County
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Priddy Meeks journal (Vault MSS 58). This volume is a handwritten record by Meeks on a wide range of topics including his reflections on his life, his various activities, and his revelations. He also records various faith-promoting stories he hears. An unedited …
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