Abstract The James A. and Mary Jane Lyttle Little autobiographical sketches (1808-1892) are fairly short accounts of events and memories of their lives. The sketch of James Little indicates his role in recording Utah's history: he was editor of the Millennial Star. The account of Mary Jane Lyttle records her father's involvement in destroying a printing press in Nauvoo. The press was declared a nuisance by Joseph Smith, and John Little and Jessie P. Harmon were...