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    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910; Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1901--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Peace officers--Utah--Diaries; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861; Mormons--Utah--Salt...

    • Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C., on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison,...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Hart, William Henry vol 2

    • Hart, William Henry vol 2

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888; Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Walker, William, 1824-1860; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Slat Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel; California--History--19th...

    • Handwritten diaries with typescripts in four volumes. Volume 1 concerns Hart's overland journey by ox team from Quincy, Illinois, to the Humboldt Valley, Nevada, in 1852. Hart is an insightful and descriptive diarist. He writes about cooking and...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Purdy, John H. Letters

    • Purdy, John H. Letters

    • Purdy, John H.; Purdy, James H.--Correspondence; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Correspondence; Gold miners--California--Correspondence; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel; Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and...

    • Handwritten correspondence from John Purdy to his brother, James, about his overland journey by ox team from Columbus, Ohio, to California in 1849. Purdy is an intelligent and detailed writer. He describes various companies' rules and regulations...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899 vol 2

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899 vol 2

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899; Ajax, William, 1832-1899--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901; Salt Lake City (Utah); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Great...

    • Holographs, photographs, and typescripts of journals, 20 July - 27 December 1861; 1 January 1862 - 31 December 1863. The journals describe Ajax's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England and Wales and include some newspaper...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Nauvoo Temple Sunstone

    • Nauvoo Temple Sunstone

    • Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850); Smithsonian Institution; Nauvoo (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.;

    • This sunstone is one of two that have survived from the original Nauvoo Temple. It is owned by and located in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
    • Religious Education
    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 1

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 1

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910; Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Peace officers--Utah--Diaries; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861; Mormons--Utah--Salt...

    • Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C., on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison,...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Bunting, James Lovett

    • Bunting, James Lovett

    • Bunting, James Lovett, 1832-1923; Bunting, James Lovett, 1832-1923--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; England--Emigration and immigration--History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Great...

    • Handwritten diaries. Bunting writes about his service as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1857 to 1858 and his emigration to Utah in 1858. Bunting describes his preparation for the overland journey, which began at Florence, Nebraska, and...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Kirkham, Francis W. vol. 09, 1898

    • Kirkham, Francis W. vol. 09, 1898

    • Kirkham, Francis W., 1877-1972--Diaries; Mormon Church--Missions--New Zealand--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Missions--New Zealand--History--Sources; Mormons--New Zealand--History--Sources; Maori (New Zealand people)--History--Sources; New...

    • 147 p. ; vol. 9 of 12 v. available electronically (vol. 10 of 14 original diaries)
    • Mormon Missionary Diaries
    • Hart, William Henry vol 1

    • Hart, William Henry vol 1

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888; Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Walker, William, 1824-1860; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel;

    • Handwritten diaries with typescripts in four volumes. Volume 1 concerns Hart's overland journey by ox team from Quincy, Illinois, to the Humboldt Valley, Nevada, in 1852. Hart is an insightful and descriptive diarist. He writes about cooking and...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Colfax, Schuyler

    • Colfax, Schuyler

    • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Diaries; Journalists--United States--Diaries; Legislators--United States--Diaries; Colfax, Schuyler,--1823-1885--Journeys--California; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Journeys--Utah--Salt Lake...

    • In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Smith, Job

    • Smith, Job

    • Smith, Job, 1828-1913; Smith, Job, 1828-1913--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--United States--Diaries; Mormon missionaries--Great Britain--Diaries; Basket makers--Utah--Salt Lake City--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten diary and autobiography. Smith writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in England, his emigration to the United States in 1843, and life at Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, and Winter Quarters. The account is retrospective until 1849...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897; Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century; Tooele (Utah); Nauvoo (Ill.); Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Salt...

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Smithsonian Sunstone

    • Smithsonian Sunstone

    • Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850); Mormon temples--Illinois; Smithsonian Institution;

    • This Nauvoo temple sunstone is located on the first floor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. It was purchased from Quincy, Illinois for $100,000 in 1989.
    • Religious Education
    • Greenwood, Alma vol. 1, 1883

    • Greenwood, Alma vol. 1, 1883

    • Greenwood, Alma, 1854-1929--Diaries; Educators--Utah--History--Sources; Mormons--New Zealand--History--Sources; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--New Zealand--History--Sources; Mormon missionaries--New Zealand--Diaries;...

    • 278 p. ; vol. 1 of 2 v.
    • Mormon Missionary Diaries
    • An acquaintance with darkness [book review]

    • An acquaintance with darkness [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Juvenile fiction; Body snatching--Juvenile fiction; Physicians--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Children and death--Juvenile fiction; Medicine--Research--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Rinaldi, Ann. An Acquaintance with Darkness. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201294-X. $16.00. 294 pp.” 7+ FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Set in Washington, D.C., during Civil War times, An Acquaintance with Darkness is told from the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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