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Overland journeys to the West (U.S.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John Henry Humphrey Barker papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 025
Abstract

Mostly letters of John H. Barker to his sister Jenny (1871-1890); also passenger tickets, genealogical information, and diary (1859-1863).

Dates: 1862-1890; Majority of material found within 1871-1890

Bishop and Peterson Professional Engineers papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 045
Abstract

Mainly correspondence and project specifications from the engineering firm of Bishop and Peterson. Projects include wells and sewer systems for towns in Cache County, Utah, including Hyrum and Logan. Also includes materials on water rights in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1948-1972; Majority of material found within 1961-1964

Mormon diaries

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 018
Abstract This collection contains three types of material: first person accounts (diaries, journals, and autobiographies); second person accounts (biographies, life sketches, and local histories); and transcripts of interviews with pioneer Utahns. Includes material dealing with early Mormon history in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; Mormon migration west; the march of the Mormon Battalion and its activities in California; Mormon pioneering in and travel to California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming,...
Dates: 1820-1940