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Jarvis family life histories [microform]: c.1943

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Description: Microfilm of typescript and handwritten biographies and autobiographies, primarily related to the Jarvis family. Included are a biography of Heber Jarvis (1860-1953) by his daughter Pearl Jarvis Farr written in 1943 (and which also includes biographical notes on her grandparents George Jarvis and Ann Prior Jarvis), a biography of Janet Mauretta Johnson Smith (1848-1933) by Farr, a biography of Joel H. Johnson (1850-1902), a biography of George Jarvis by his daughter Victoria Josephine Jarvis Miles, a portion of Ann Prior Jarvis' autobiography (see also MSS MFILM 137), a biography of Lorin Farr (1820-1909), and a biography of Margaret Jarvis (1857-1934) by her daughter Stella Jarvis Peterson.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1943
Call number: MSS MFilm 00148
Creator: Farr, Pearl Jarvis

Autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis, pioneer of 1861 [microform]: c.1890-1895

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Microfilm of the autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis, written from approximately 1890-1895. The account contains reminiscences of Ann's childhood, her conversion to Mormonism, a cholera outbreak, her family's decision to travel to the United States, their shipboard experiences, their life in Boston, their overland travels to Utah, their often impoverished life in Dixie, and the death of Ann's son after being struck by lightening on the Tabernacle steps in 1881. The volume also includes much detail on Ann's family life and the lives of her children. Some notes were made by her daughter Victoria Josephine Jarvis Miles, who also wrote a biography of her father George Jarvis (1823-1913), which includes references to his worldwide travels as a ship's apprentice and his ill-fated time in the West Indies after joining the Royal Navy.

MSS MFilm 00137

Biographical sketches and diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight [microform]: 1850-1943

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Microfilm of typed biographies on and diary entries made by Isaac Chauncey Haight. Opens with a biography of Haight by William R. Palmer entitled "Men You Should Know: Isaac C. Haight" (typescript of a radio talk given by Palmer over K.S.U.B. in Cedar City, Utah, on July 18, 1943); "The Old Virgin Ditch," a poem by Mable Jarvis; and a brief account entitled "Thales Haskell describes the Tragedy of death of George A. Smith fall 1860." The majority of the reel is the Biographical Sketch and Diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight, 1813-1862, a typescript copied by Brigham Young University in 1940. It includes a brief biography of Haight as well as his diary entries for his 1850-1853 mission to England (including accounts of his overland travel to and from Utah) and some various diary entries made in Utah from 1853-1862. Also includes an index of names and family photographs.

MSS MFilm 00367 item 02

Correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts related to the Rich family [microform] : 1854-1908

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Microfilm of photographs, letters, and typed manuscripts primarily related to Joseph Coulson Rich and Ann Eliza Hunter Rich. The first 48 frames of the microfilm include various photographs of Rich family members. The correspondence, consisting of 90 pieces, includes a letter from Charles C. Rich to his sons (1854); 19 letters from Edward Hunter to Joseph and Ann Eliza Rich dated 1872-1883; 5 letters from Sarah D. Pea Rich to Joseph C. Rich and James Brown dated 1859-1861; 6 letters from Ann Hunter to dear sister (1851), Hannah Pauley (1854), Annabell Cowperthuik (1857), and Edward Hunter (1848); 50 letters from Joseph C. Rich to his sister Sarah Jane Rich (1855-1868), mother Sarah D. Pea Rich (1855-1887), father Charles Coulson Rich (1861-1870), grandfather Joseph Rich (1862), the President of the Derby Conference 1862), wife Ann Eliza Rich (1868-1885), father-in-law Edward Hunter (1869-1872), daughter Susanna L. Rich (1884-1893), and son Eddie C. Rich (1884); and one letter from Edmund Hood to Joseph C. Rich (1872). The correspondence was written in Utah, San Bernardino, Kentucky, New York, Illinois, Idaho (including while Rich was working at the Crawford and Rich law firm), and during Joseph Rich's mission to England. The rest of the film consists of various typescripts, including Paris, Idaho, by Standley H. Rich; Joe Rich's Account of Launching His Steamer on the Bear Lake; Pioneer Joseph Rich, 1786-1866 by Zule R. Cole (1948); Copy of a Record Written by Edward Hunter; Early Days in Bear Lake Valley by S.H. Rich; Will of Charles Coulson Rich; Health Report of the Charles Coulson Rich Family by Dr.Edward I. Rich; Joseph C. Rich citizenship certificate; and Funeral Services Held Over the Remains of the Hon.Joseph C. Rich (1908).

MSS MFilm 00342

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A sketch of Silas Harris's life, as written by himself [microform]: c.1880

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Microfilm of a typescript of Silas Harris' autobiography, written in about 1880 and completed by his daughter Sarah F. Cutler sometime after Silas' death in 1897. In the autobiography Silas writes very briefly of his childhood and conversion to Mormonism, his experiences in the Mormon Battalion, his overland travels back to Council Bluffs from California, his return to Utah, his mission work, and notes on his children. The final few paragraphs were written by his daughter Sarah, and contain reminiscences of her father.

MSS MFilm 00132

Taylor family histories [microform] : 1933

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Microfilm of various biographies, genealogical charts, and photographs, primarily relating to the Taylor family. The film opens with copies of several photographs, including a stagecoach in front of Carter's Photograph Gallery, the Temple in 1865, and the unloading of goods for Walker Brothers dated 1868. There is a front page identified as "A Family Record of Oliver Wendell Holmes" that features several quotes but not other information, and a sheet of "Words Spoken by Moroni to the Prophet Joseph" with various Biblical quotes. The majority of the microfilm consists of biographies of Elizabeth Patrick Taylor (1793-1880), William Taylor (1787-1839), Levi James Taylor (1851-1935), and Pleasant Green Taylor (1827-1917), written by Lella Marler Hoggan in 1933. These essays are accompanied by photographs of Elizabeth Patrick Taylor and her children, Alfred G. Taylor and Charlotte Johnson Taylor and family, Alfred William Taylor and Ada Hix Taylor and family, and Clara Lake Taylor and Pleasant Green Taylor and family, along with historical and genealogical notes on Taylor ancestors by Alfred G. Taylor and some genealogical charts.

MSS MFilm 00088 item 01

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Family reminiscences of Asahel Woodruff Burk [microform]:

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Microfilm of a family history and biography by Asahel Woodruff Burk, primarily focusing on his father Hubert Roselle Burk (1845-1933). The volume consists chiefly of reminiscences and family anecdotes centering on traveling to Utah, life in the southern settlements, and colonizing Arizona.

MSS MFilm 00153

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