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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Autobiography and diary excerpts of William D. Johnson [microform]: approximately 1872-1886
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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Microfilm of the diary and autobiography of George Lake, beginning with diary entries of his mission trip to England from October 1870 to August 1871. Lake appears to have been living at Workington in Cumberland, although he frequently traveled to Newcastle and surrounding areas. The mission entries focus on Lake's attendance of Church conferences and his interactions with local Mormons, including notes on births, marriages, and deaths. The remainder of the volume is a mixture of autobiography and diary entries, and recalls Lake's move to Oxford in Round Valley, Utah, following his return from England in 1871; his flight to avoid polygamy charges in 1874; his being placed in charge of the northern division of Arizona missionaries in 1876, including a list of names of fellow missionaries; and his involvement in creating the United Order at Yavapai, Arizona, in 1877. The volume includes the text of the "last address by Gen. Joseph Smith the Prophet to the Nauvoo Legion in June 1844," followed by a brief summary of Lake's life in 1879. The final pages, in another hand, include a family record with genealogy up through about 1938 and the texts of patriarchal blessings on the Lake family in 1913.
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![Autobiography and diary entries of Perrigrine Sessions [microform] : approximately 1839-1876](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN45JQOHT%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Microfilm of a typescript of an autobiography and diary entries made by Perrigrine Sessions. The autobiography and diaries include a detailed family history, an account of his conversion to Mormonism, an account of his travels to Far West, an account of mob violence against Mormons, and account of his move to Nauvoo, a partial diary kept during a mission to Maine in 1839-1840 and again in about 1844, an account of leaving Illinois and traveling overland to Utah in 1847, and account of traveling back overland to Iowa in 1850, diary entries of his British mission in 1852-1854, diary entries made in Utah in 1855, diary entries of a mission in Maine in 1873, and diary entries made in Utah in 1876.
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![Autobiography of William Decatur Kartchner [microform]: approximately 1881](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN45SWE4N%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Microfilm of the autobiography of William Decatur Kartchner through about 1881. It covers his early life and family history, conversion to Mormonism, living in Nauvoo, traveling overland to Utah, living in Snowflake, various family illnesses, a biographical sketch of Father Henry Gale, and a detailed genealogical account.
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![Autobiography and diary of William McIntosh [microform]: c.1857-1889](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN45BRV6O%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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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![Diary and autobiography of Barry Wride [microform] : 1860-1901](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DHGEM3%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Microfilm of a diary, biography, and autobiography of Barry Wride. The microfilm opens with a diary Wride kept while presiding over the Cardiff Conference from 1860-1861, and traces his missionary activities in Wales. It is followed by a brief biography of Wride by his son George Thomas Wride (1874-1952). The remainder of the reel consists of an autobiography and diary of Wride written in Mexico in 1901. It covers his childhood and education, conversion to Mormonism, experiences as a missionary in Wales (portions appear to have been copied directly from his earlier diary), traveling to the United States, and life in Utah from 1861-1903. Also includes some genealogy. The microfilm reel also contains a prayer card from Wride's funeral and a photograph of him with one of his wives.
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![Autobiography and diary of William Athol McMaster [microform]: 1854-1887](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DH29TC%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Microfilm of an autobiography and diary by William Athol McMaster. The autobiography recounts McMaster's life through 1854, including his early years in Scotland, conversion to Mormonism, proselytizing work in Scotland, voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, and his overland travels to Utah. McMaster describes facing hardships during the journey, and while traveling to Utah endured illnesses, supply issues, and the death of one of his sons. The autobiography is followed by some miscellaneous notes dated 1855-1857, as well as a diary volume describing McMaster's life in Utah from 1882-1886. The diary volume also contains excerpts from "Brigham Young's Important Discourse on Priesthood," dated 1877.
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