Manuscripts
Lorin Farr biography
Image not available
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Milo Andrus autobiography
Manuscripts
A carbon copy, created in 1938, of a typescript transcription of the autobiography of Milo Andrus. The 14-page, bound manuscript covers the period from 1779 to 1875, touching on Andrus' early life, his conversion to Mormonism, his work in Florence, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois, his marriages, his various positions of leadership in the Mormon Church, and his travels as a missionary and pioneer. Andrus also mentions his father's opposition to his participation in Mormonism, incidences of cholera among early Mormons, and the assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
mssHM 69948
Image not available
Life sketch of Margaret Miller DeWitt
Manuscripts
This typescript covers in brief the life of Margaret Miller DeWitt. It describes her mother and sister's disapproval of her conversion to Mormonism, her emigration to the United States to join her sister Jane, and her activities as a Mormon woman.
mssHM 66577
Image not available
Autobiography of Edward Peay [microform]: 1849
Manuscripts
Microfilm of a partial autobiography by Edward Peay. It describes his early life in England, his conversion to Mormonism, and a part of his voyage to the United States in 1849.
MSS MFilm 00159
Image not available
David Osborne autobiography
Manuscripts
Typescript of an autobiography begun by David Osborne (also spelled Osborn) in February 1860. Osbourne recounts his childhood in Virginia, his conversion to Mormonism, persecutions against the Mormons, the Osbournes' travels throughout Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, the deaths of his wife and several of their children, and his life in Utah. The autobiography covers the years from 1807 to 1870. A note written by David A. Osborne records the death of his father in 1893.
mssHM 27971
Image not available
Biographical sketch of Charles Negus Carroll :
Manuscripts
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
Image not available
Thomas Day reminiscences
Manuscripts
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