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Biographical sketch of Kezia Giles Carroll :
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Biographical sketch of Charles Negus Carroll :
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This typescript is a copy made by Juanita Brooks in 1938 from a typewritten copy loaned to M. Wilford Poulson of Brigham Young University. Written by Emma Seegmiller Higbee, the daughter of Charles Negus Carroll, it covers the entirety of his life; his conversion to Mormonism in New Hampshire in 1853, his family's difficult journey to Utah, frontier and pioneer life in Utah, and life in Heber City and Orderville.
mssHM 66384
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Indian Legends
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This typescript copy was made for the Harold B. Lee Library "from a typewritten copy loaned to Prof. M. Wilford Poulson of Brigham Young University by Mrs. William Brooks of St. George, Utah. September, 1938." It was originally copied from the handwritten manuscripts by Tony Tillohash which were owned by Ambrose M. Cannon of the Shivwit Indian Reservation in Washington County, Utah. It was loaned by him to the copyist for the Utah State Historical Records Survey Project of the Works Progress Administration of Saint George, Utah. Additional portions of the typescript were obtained by Foster Charles Toab, who also resided on the reservation.
mssHM 66669
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Biographical sketch of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner
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This is a typescript copy of a biographical sketch of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner written by her granddaughter Elsie E. Barrett. Barrett covers her grandmother's life from her early childhood to her settlement in Minersville, Utah in 1863. It describes Lightner's early conversion to Mormonism, which in 1830 came at an early stage in the development of the religion. The subjects covered include persecutions, frontier and pioneer life, and the Haun's Mill Massacre (Mo.), 1838. People discussed in the typescript include Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868)
mssHM 66419
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Poulson, Norris
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60+ items: LAT news stories and editorials, following the political career of Norris Poulson from the 1940s to 1960. Notable items: LAT editorial copy, 10/31/1944, "Reps. Poulson and Hinshaw deserve re-election" ; 2-pp. memo to "Mayor Poulson" from George Herbert (an aide?) on "the concession matter" involving a "Mr. Semenenko" and the Airports Commission and a possible investigation by The Examiner or other Hearst newspaper ; LAT article copy, 5/4/1960, "Poulson won't seek re-election" ; LAT tear sheet, 5/28/1973, "Norris Poulson...alive, well..."
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Thomas Day reminiscences
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This is a typescript collected by Juanita Broooks from a manuscript loaned by Fannie Stott. It describes Thomas Day's early childhood in England working at various factories to suppport his family; his conversion to Mormonism; his work as a missionary in England; the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean; his life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and in Utah at Kanarraville, Circleville, Saint George, Salt Lake City, and Spanish Fork; and his contact with Native Americans while a missionary and in traveling.
mssHM 66576
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Biographical sketch of Hans Hansen
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Brief biographical sketch of Hans Hansen (1862-1953) by his daughter, Gertrude Hansen Standage. Traces significant events in Hansen's life, including the early death of his mother and his upbringing by his grandmother, with whom he sold vegetables to make a living; his 1879 move to Arizona with his father; his 1885 marriage to Loretta Ellsworth in St. Geroge, Utah; and his 1902-1904 Mormon mission to Denmark. Also includes an account of Hansen avoiding hostile Indians to deliver a letter to Fort Apache and a brief description of Standage's grandparents, the Ellsworths (parents of Loretta Ellsworth).
mssHM 72843