Scope and Contents Doctor who treated John Taylor after shooting at Carthage Jail. In letters to his daughter, Barnes relates the history of the Mormons in Illinois as he remembers it. He writes from the non-Mormon point of view and is somewhat negative toward the Mormons in his assessment of certain incidents. He relates the events leading up to the muder of Joseph Smith at Carthage Jail, the murder itself, the reaction of the Mormons and townspeople and the subsequent departure of the Mormons from Nauvoo.

Scope and Contents History of the Bullock family in Canada and Utah. Contains religious writings of Clara Bullock, autobiographical accounts, reminiscences of her children, and biographical sketches of her ancestors. Included in biographies is some history of the early Latter-day Saints Church.

Scope and Contents Notes taken from the personal journal of Abraham Cannon for 1889, 1890, and 1895. Also biographical sketch.

Scope and Contents Journal to 1853. Autobiographical account of his early life in England, his family's emigration to America, the years spent in Nauvoo, and his early years in Salt Lake City until his mission to Europe in 1853. Journal gives a good account of activities and conflicts between the Mormons and non-Mormons in Nauvoo and Warsaw, Illinois in the early 1840s.

Scope and Contents Biographical sketches of Philip De La Mare and his three wives, Mary Ann Pevis Parkins, Mary (Marie) Chevalier, and Jennette. De La Mare's biography also gives a short sketch of the Sugar Industry in Utah.

Scope and Contents Hartshorn, Leon R. Philip De La Mare: Industrialist for the Saints. Brigham Young University, 1959. Thesis on the life of De La Mare and his contributions to the development of industry in Utah, particularly the sugar beet industry. Other subjects given specific attention include his involvement in church activity, his associations with John Taylor, the founding of the Desert Manufacturing Company, his part in the Utah War, his contribution to the growth of...

Scope and Contents Autobiographical account of Hancock's childhood and youth in the east and his conversion to Mormonism in Ohio in 1830. His journal continues through 1936 and covers his activities and experiences as he traveled through Ohio preaching the Mormon faith. Also included are excerpts from the journal of Hancock's son, Mosiah Lyman Hancock as they pertain to his father, to the persecutions in Missouri and Illinois, the journey to the Salt Lake Valley, and the first years in Utah.

Scope and Contents Autobiography to 1865. Journal gives account of his youth in Kirtland and Nauvoo and of the persecutions suffered by the Mormons there. Hancock writes of the journey to Utah and his life there, particularly pertaining to his relations with the Indians and his mission to California. Also included are excerpts from the journal of Martha M. Hancock, his third wife which gives descriptions of life in a plural marriage and persuctions from the federal authorities in the 1880s.

Scope and Contents Biography of pioneer woman and member of family who was among the first to settle Provo. Written by Maria D. Taylor.

Scope and Contents Biographies of husband and wife. Liston and his plural families were instrumental in settling Southern Utah. His biographies relate several incidents of trouble with the Indians during the 1850s.