Abstract The Anders Gustaf Johnson papers (2002) consist of a bound and edited collection of his autobiography and journals. The diary chronicles his life among the Scandinavian population in northern Utah in the late nineteenth century, recounting his struggle for employment and sustenance, his mission to Sweden, and events in the politics of Grantsville, Utah. Johnson was born in Sweden in 1943. His grandfather and parents converted to the LDS Church when he was eleven, and they emigrated to Utah.