Autobiography and diary of Thomas Sirls Terry [microform]: 1856-1859

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  Diary of Thomas S. Terry [microform] : 1857-1860

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  Microfilm of a typescript of Thomas S. Terry's diary, kept from 1857-1860 while he was leading a company of Mormons across the plains to Utah following his eastern states mission (it is identified as "Book 4." Terry writes of the death of Parley P. Pratt, of his company's progression across the plains, of meeting Jesse B. Martin's company, of moving the Springville upon his return to Utah, and of the family's move back to Cottonwood in July 1858. The rest of the diary describes Terry's daily life in Utah.

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  Autobiography and diary of William McIntosh [microform]: c.1857-1889

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  Microfilm of the autobiography and diary of William McIntosh. The early part of the volume focuses on McIntosh's early years in the United States and his emigration to Utah. Many of the entries focus on his involvement in preparations for the Utah War from 1857-1858. He also describes the presence of soldiers in Rush Valley and seeing Indians in army uniforms while traveling around Pond Town (now Salem, Utah) in 1858. The early diary entries end in 1866, and the latter part of the volume resumes with entries from 1884-1898. McIntosh includes anecdotes about his family, his life in Mt. Pleasant and surrounding areas, his work on ditches and other forms of irrigation, water rights in southern Utah, and being advised by a bishop not to vote against Utah statehood. Toward the end of the volume is the transcribed text of "A Fatal Accident at St. Johns," which recalls the death of John McIntosh (probably William McIntosh's son) after he was crushed by wagon wheels in 1889.

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  Autobiography of George Thomas Rogers [microform]: 1950

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  Microfilm of a typescript autobiography by George Thomas Rogers, written at Joseph City, Arizona, in 1950. Rogers recalls his birth in Utah and childhood in Arizona, including at St. Joseph, Show Low (where he was rescued after falling in a well), Lot Smith's United Order, and Flagstaff. He describes goings on at a log saloon in New Town, Arizona (including a tale of how Flagstaff got its name), living on the San Francisco Mountains in Arizona, spending winters in Utah, working for the Babbitts Brothers grocers in Flagstaff, and being whipped by other children in school for being a Mormon. He later recalls his marriages and the births of his children, as well as mentioning his work on the Hopi Indian mission.

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  Autobiography, diaries, and sketches of Frederick William Hurst [microform] : 1858-1885

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  Microfilm of an autobiography, diaries, and sketches by Frederick William Hurst and spanning the years from approximately 1858-1885. The first volume consists of an autobiography Hurst wrote in Utah in 1858, and which also contains a few diary entries from 1864 and notes labeled Camp Deseret, 1858. The second volume was kept from 1855-1856 while Hurst was serving as a missionary in Hawaii; the third volume, dated 1857-1858, was begun at San Francisco and describes his missionary work in California and travels to Utah; the fourth, dated 1875-1877, opens in Utah and goes on to describes sailing to Auckland and Hurst's mission work in New Zealand; and the final volume is identified as Memorandum of Missionary Labors Commencing January 12, 1879, and appears to have been kept in Millville and Hyde Park, Utah. Portions of all of the volumes are very faint and partially illegible. The reel also contains fifty sketches done by Hurst between 1855-1885, and which include scenic and structural drawings from California (including San Francisco), Utah, New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii; sketches of ships, portraits mainly showing women in various forms of historical dress; and a variety of drawings of plants and animals.

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  Autobiography and diary of John Clark Dowdle, [microform] : c.1852-1894

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  Microfilm of the diary and autobiography of John Clark Dowdle. The volume recounts his childhood and conversion to Mormonism, gives a detailed account of his journey across the plains to Utah in 1852-1853, and recounts his daily life in Utah. Some specific events he writes about include finding the body of Bailey Lake, who had apparently been killed by Bannock Indians, in 1858; his 1862 trip to St. George; his journey to Las Vegas in the mid-1860s; his involvement in Utah schools; and spending 1873 looking for work before settling in Willard City. The last entries were made in about 1894. The first few pages of the volume include a summary of each chapter.

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  Autobiography of Solomon Chamberlain [microform]: 1858

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  Microfilm of a typescript of Solomon Chamberlain's brief autobiography, written in 1858. It covers his childhood in Connecticut, his living of a "very wicked life" following his father's death, his search for redemption in religion and joining of the Methodist Order around 1815, a long account of his conversion to Mormonism in 1830, his travels attempting to sell the Book of Mormon and his belief that he could convince the "Reformed Methodists" of its "truth," his move to Missouri in 1831 and departure following mob violence, his life in Nauvoo to 1847, his travels to and from Utah and Council Bluffs, his gold mining trip to Sacramento, and many references to his ill health.

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