Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jean Rio Pearce diary (1851-1880) describes her emigration from Liverpool, England, to Salt Lake City, Utah. Pearce's diary entries provide descriptive accounts of sea passage and steamboat and wagon travel. She also includes descriptions of various cities, camps, encounters with Indians, and later, her travels to and from San Francisco to visit her sons. 8 May 1880, her seventieth birthday, marks the last entry in her diary.