Manuscripts

Genealogical data on Aram family by Sarah Mahala Aram Cool

Description: The collection contains letters and manuscripts related to Joseph Aram and his family. Subjects covered are: mining; pioneering in California before and after the gold rush; and the Methodist Episcopal Church in California. There is also a journal by Peter Y. Cool about mining and Methodism in Amador County, 1851-1852, and a scrapbook by Sarah Mahala Aram Cool containing material about her family, California pioneers, and the Methodist Church. The photographs are of Aram and Cool family members.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1850-approximately 1912
Call number: AR 31
Creator: Aram, Joseph (1810-1898)(Opens in new tab)
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Aram family papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters and manuscripts related to Joseph Aram and his family. Subjects covered are: mining; pioneering in California before and after the gold rush; and the Methodist Episcopal Church in California. There is also a journal by Peter Y. Cool about mining and Methodism in Amador County, 1851-1852, and a scrapbook by Sarah Mahala Aram Cool containing material about her family, California pioneers, and the Methodist Church. The photographs are of Aram and Cool family members.

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Aram family papers

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Fuller family genealogy

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The collection consists of correspondence, essays, bibliographical notes, bound volumes, and ephemera either pertaining to or collected by Joseph C. Loughran. The majority of the items relate to Utah history from the 1860s to the 1940s and focus on Weber County, particularly the Ogden area. Items of note include genealogy records for the Fuller, Jacobs-Huntington, Hansen, and Young families; extensive bibliographical records related to Mormon history; a book of poetry and essays by Reba B. Pratt (1880); a book of annotated newspaper clippings by Mormon dissenter Lamoni Call; shopkeeper's day books and account books kept in Ogden from the 1860s-1880s and which feature entries for Lorin Farr, Edwin Smout, George Lake, Seth M. Blair, R.D. Sprague, H.B. Scovill, and others; a wage and account book for Ogden gravedigger Joseph Compton (1880-1883); a record of temple work in Ogden (c.1921-1922); record books of the Primary Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 11th Ward, Logan Stake, Utah (1931-1934); and a record book from the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Hall Fidelity Lodge No.3 of Ogden (1894-1900).

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Young family genealogical record

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Microfilm: Gregory family genealogical data by George Craghead Gregory

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The collection consists of letters, manuscripts and documents related to William Newton Meeks, his wife, Abigail, and their children. There are also materials related to his brother, Robert Smelt Meeks, and to the Meeks and Davis families (including genealogical notes and charts). Additional persons represented in the collection include: Charles Sylvanus Davis (brother of Abigail), Mary E. Meeks Haydock, Constance Adelia Meeks, Edward Meeks, and Susan Molineux Meeks. The collection includes descriptions of and life in Bolivia, 1837 to 1861, Chile, 1849 to 1861, France, and San Francisco, California, including the earthquake of 1906.

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Genealogical data on Aram family by Sarah Mahala Aram Cool

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