Abstract The Ola Nilsson Liljenquist papers (1948-1989) contain an article and a biography. Liljenquist was born in Ignaberga, Christianstaad, Sweden, where he was converted to the LDS Church. He settled in Hyrum, Utah and served as an LDS bishop and served ten terms as mayor. He created a "cooperative city" and implemented the construction of the road through Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

Abstract The biography of David Osborn, Sr. (1879) consists of a forty-six page typescript of an autobiographical sketch written by Osborn between 1860 and 1879. A postscript has been added by his son, David Osborn Jr. The biography details persecutions of Mormons in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; stories of his association with and death of Joseph Smith, Jr.; and his life in Cache Valley after emigrating to Utah in 1852.