Manuscripts

N.E. Wretman autobiography

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Description: Brief autobiography of N.E. Wretman's life, including references to his work in California and his law practice. Concludes with a statement on public school education in Illinois in the 1880s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: after 1945.
Call number: mssHM 73743
Creator: Wretman, N. E(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Patterson, January 1965.
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The history and journal of Jesse W. Crosby, along with a complete copy of Masonry and Mormonism by James C. Bilderback

Manuscripts

Bound typescript containing a portion of Jesse W. Crosby's autobiography. The autobiography begins with Crosby's childhood and introduction to Mormonism, and focuses on his mission work in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Quebec, and Maine. It concludes with Crosby's call to join a British mission in 1850 (HM 27975). The rest of the volume contains a complete copy of James C. Bilderback's Masonry and Mormonism: Nauvoo, Illinois, 1841-1847, published in 1937 (HM 72976).

mssHM 27975-27976

Autobiography of Harvey Coe Hullinger [microform]: after 1923

Manuscripts

Microfilm of Harvey Coe Hullinger's autobiography and family record, kept sometime after 1923. Hullinger provides brief accounts of his family history, childhood, travels to Utah, and Civil War service. He specifically writes about his work on the Salt Lake Temple and his medical practice during the 1917-1918 influenza crisis. Typed pages in the back of the volume focus on the animosity between him and members of the Mormon Church, and included is a statement by Hullinger that he never had "one word of encouragement" in his medical practice from Church Presidents Bannion, Smart, or Coulton (1923); a typed list of church buildings he helped construct and record of his other works in the Church (1909); a typed account of his temporary excommunication from the Mormon Church over issues regarding a woman he had allowed to stay with his family (1909); and a prayer for his 90th birthday (1913).

MSS MFilm 00156

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David Osborne autobiography

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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

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Wandle Mace autobiography

Manuscripts

Carbon copy typescript of a greatly abridged version of Wandle Mace's autobiography, covering events from his childhood until his death in 1890. The majority of the autobiographical excerpts included focus on Mace's family life and his travels with the Mormons through Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Utah.

mssHM 27984

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Hosea Stout autobiography

Manuscripts

This is a typescript of the autobiography written by Hosea Stout in 1845 for the Eleventh Quorum of Seventies in Nauvoo, Illinois. In it he describes the early period of his life from his childhood to his service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He includes his move from Illinois to Missouri to join the Mormons in Caldwell County as well as providing details about his participation in the Battle of Crooked Creek, covering the attack, the death of David Wyman Patten (ca. 1800-1838), and the escape of the Mormons into Iowa

mssHM 66521

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Diary and autobiography of William Huntington

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Typescript of William Huntington's autobiography and diary. The autobiography focuses on his conversion to Mormonism in the 1830s, and also traces his family's movements through Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. The diary entries commence around May 1841, although they may have been written after that time as part of the autobiography, and conclude on June 1, 1845. Some topics mentioned by Huntington include the Nauvoo Legion, the arrival of Sidney Rigdon in Nauvoo, the departure of troops from Nauvoo to "arrest the murder[er]s of Joseph and Hyrum Smith," his work on the Nauvoo Temple, and family news.

mssHM 27969

N.E. Wretman autobiography

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