The Emma Josephine Young Gilliland letter [typescript] was sent to her mother in 1850 July 23. This letter was written during a stop in Salt Lake City describing a trip from Indiana. Tells of the trip through Emigration Canyon, general trail conditions, food and conditions in Salt Lake City; tells of plan to move on to California in the spring. Typescript incomplete; last page of original letter missing.

This collection contains a draft of Gilmore's thesis on the Rogue River pioneer period, 1850-1862, completed by the author in 1952.

The James Holt biographical sketch (1881) is entitled "Life of James Holt: Early Pioneer." This is not a journal account, but rather Holt's recollection of life events written in 1881 when he was 77 years of age. James Holt (1804-1894) was an early member of the LDS Church who settled in southern Utah.

The collection consists of an unpublished manuscript written by Elizabeth Mehaffy Howe (b. 1860), author of Frontiersmen, published in 1931. The manuscript concerns the nineteenth-century American Indian Wars. Of particular interest are chapters on Latter-day Saints and Women in the West.

The Alonzo Huckins diary and genealogy consist of a journal kept by Huckins (b. 1837), primarily of his travels from Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley to Camp Floyd and Fort Kearney in the 1860s, along with some genealogical materials regarding the Huckins family.

The H.W. Isaacson letter (1862) discusses his experience working in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This collection consists of a carbon copy of typescript titled, "Biography of the Jensen-Lauritzen families who emigrated to Utah in the years of 1862 and 1864."

The Zadok Knapp Judd autobiography (1902) and biography (2017) details the life of Judd and his wife Mary Minerva Dart, both early converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane diary consists of a photocopy from microfilm of the original. The diary documents Elizabeth Kane's travels from Salt Lake City to St. George, Utah and back. Material in the diary was later used by Kane in the writing of her book entitled, Twelve Mormon homes visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona.

The Thomas Leiper Kane papers (1831-1880) consist of correspondence between family members, with some additional letters, papers, and notes.

The Thomas Leiper Kane photograph collection consists of one portrait.

The Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers (1900-2005) contain family genealogies, photocopies of images and family histories of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families, newspaper clippings, and a photographic history of Hachiro Endo. These families have close ties to one another due to intermarriages.

The Hans S. Larsen papers (1912-1920) contain an autobiography of Hans Larsen and also a copy of his funeral services. The autobiography explains in brief detail the immigration of Hans's family to the United States and their further movement west to Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Lynn Larsen photograph collection consists of slides of Hole-in-the-Rock area in Glen Canyon.

The William Lee diary (1858-1859) consists of a photocopy of the notes taken by Lee while on a journey across the plains.

The letter regarding travel from Chicago to Albuquerque (1928) was written by an individual named Julius to Louis and Edith. The letter describes travels in the Western United States and includes a map of the route taken from Chicago to Albuquerque.

The John Loveless autobiography (1807-1859) details his life in the LDS Church, the Church's expulsion from Missouri, his departure from Nauvoo, his trek west, and arrival in Salt Lake City.

The Eliza Maria Partridge Smith Lyman diary [photocopy and typescript] (after 1889) consist of a record of a woman's day-to-day hardship and heartbreak while crossing the United States as a young wife and mother. Communities such as Salt Lake City, Oak City, Fillmore, and the San Juan country play important roles in the journal as family members moved and settled down.

The Wandle Mace papers (circa 1800s) contain typescripts of an autobiography and journal of Wandle Mace (1809-1890).