1873

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Photograph

Title: Recollection of a trip to America

Album of 67 photographs of the West, including San Francisco, Native Americans, Yosemite and Sequoia forests, Mormons, Salt Lake City (Mormon Tabernacle under construction), Brigham Young portrait, Colorado, and parts of Western Canada. There are also photographs of the railroad tracks and locomotive while stopped in a mountain pass. Some of the images may date from 1864.

GLC03030

29 June 1854

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas L. Kane

Young writes to Colonel Kane, an abolitionist and friend. Praises his acquaintance with Kane, and Kane's knowledge of the Mormon people. Thanks Kane for his assistance in a legal case, the "May case," noting "...it is no remedy at all, to put a man to death unjustly, and then punish his executioners, but actually makes matters worse." Remarks that President Franklin Pierce has not acted regarding the case, but Young doesn't think the prisoner will be hanged. Thinks Congress should spend more time developing the railroad than deliberating the slavery question: "Whether the principle [of…

GLC03888

1848

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

Pamphlet

Title: General epistle from the Council of the Twelve Apostles, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints abroad, dispersed throughout the earth.

Signed in type by President Young and Clerk Willard Richards. A letter narrating Mormon history from their expulsion from Illinois in 1846 until their settlement in Utah and their founding of Salt Lake City. Invites like-minded people in the British Isles and throughout the world to join them on the east side of the Missouri River to trek together to Utah. According to records at Brigham Young University this pamphlet was printed in St. Louis, Missouri, before the middle of January 1848.

GLC04149

1855

Linforth, James, 1927-1899

Book

Title: Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley : illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy.

Title continues: "together with a geographical and historical description of Utah, and a map of the overland routes to that territory from the Missouri River : also an authentic history of the Latter-Day Saints' emigration from Europe from the commencement up to the close of 1855, with statistics." Edited by Linforth. Published as a monument to Mormon emigration and as a means of attracting further emigrants.

GLC04155

1857-1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Header Record

Title: John Moore Collection [Decimalized .01-.42]

Contains a map, a general order, 39 letters, and a memoir, pertaining to the Utah Expedition of 1857-1861.

GLC04194

circa 1868

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph album

Title: Views of the American West

One photograph album entitled, "Views of the American West," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Consists of 30 albumen prints, each with a typed caption below each photograph. Photographs capture scenes of the developing American West and emphasize the expansion of infrastructural technologies into the natural landscape. Views of railroads, bridges, factories, and towns predominate, many of which are framed by surrounding mountains, cliffs, rivers, canyons, and other natural elements. Many photos prominently feature Mormon settlements in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, with particular attention…

GLC04349

1860

Photograph album

Title: Album with 31 CDVs of prominent Mormons, including Brigham Young; Indians

Album includes Brigham Young, Indians, Salt Lake City buildings. Most with Salt Lake City imprints of Savage & Ottinger and Carter's Lake View Emporium.

GLC04264

27 May 1858

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Assistant Adjutant General

A report for the general commanding. Describes the numbers, condition and discipline of the troops preparing to march towards Utah. Docket reads: "marched on the 28th. [illegible]." Signed as Lieutenant Colonel and Acting Inspector General.

GLC04685

January 23, 1882

Young, Ann Eliza, 1844-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written to the chairman of an anti-Mormonism meeting to be held in Farwell Hall, Chicago. The former wife of Brigham Young denounces Mormonism as a "Political, social and religious monstrosity." Young left Mormonism eight years earlier and welcomes the public sentiment against it. She criticizes the Mormon hierarchy and the bigotry of Mormon men toward the women of Utah. She decries polygamy and its effects on women, and believes that if given the chance, Mormon women will rebel against the system that they have been innocently born into. The meeting Young refers to occurred on 22…

GLC04893

25 October 1856

Miller, Daniel L., fl. 1856

Broadside

Title: ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Let every Voter Examine and Judge for Himself!

Election broadside focusing on the extension of slavery. Compares the Presidential platforms of James Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge and John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton. Buchanan/Breckinridge attest that "Congress has no Constitutional right to prohibit slavery in the territories, and that such prohibition would be inexpedient." Fremont/Dayton argue that "Congress has the Constitutional right, and that it is expedient, to prohibit both slavery and polygamy in the territories belonging to the people of the whole Union." Contains quotes from former United States leaders, including Thomas…

GLC06275

1862

Whiting, William, 1813-1873

Pamphlet

Title: The war powers of the President and the legislative powers of Congress in relation to rebellion, treason, and slavery.

Printed by John L. Shorey. Signed on front cover by Francis W. Goddard. In conclusion, Whiting states "Rising above the political platforms, the claims and disclaimers of Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, and all other parties, and looking upon the constitution as designed to give the government made by the people, for the people, the powers necessary to its own preservation, and to the enforcement of its laws, it is not possible justly to deny the right of government to interfere with slavery, Mormonism, or any other institution, condition, or social status into which the…

GLC06215

1844

Newspaper

Newspaper

Title: [The Times and seasons; Vol. 5, nos. 1-24].

Title continues: "containing a compendium of intelligence pertaining to the upbuilding of the Kingdom of God, and the signs of the times, together with a great variety of useful information, in regard to the doctrines, history, principles, persecutions, murder of the prophets, at Carthage, and the onward progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." One of six volumes of the official Mormon newspaper published in Illinois from 1839 to 1846. This volume contains detailed information about the early history of the Church, troubles in Illinois and Missouri, the murders of Joseph…

GLC06045

1886

Pamphlet

Pamphlet

Title: "Mormon" women's protest.

Title continues: "an appeal for freedom, justice and equal rights. The ladies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protest against the tyranny and indecency of federal officials in Utah, and against their own disfranchisement without cause. Full account of proceedings at the great mass meeting held in the Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, March 6, 1886." This is a record of the protest held when it was apparent that the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887 would withdraw the right of suffrage from Utah women. Printed in Salt Lake City by the Deseret News. Flake, C.J. Mormon bib…

GLC06609

6 April 1858

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Document

Title: A Proclamation...concerning the Utah War and its necessity.

Printed declaration by President Buchanan proclaiming that a state of rebellion exists in the Territory of Utah, and offering a pardon to all citizens who submit to the authority of the United States government. The present proclamation mentions Mormon resistance as well as part of Buchanan's plan for peace.

GLC05708

9 November 1845

Edwards, Cabel G., fl. 1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Edwards

Reports that their father is dead and describes his last weeks. Includes the surrender of his father's estate to his brother. Discusses his financial and legal troubles. Invites his brother and family in Ohio to go west to California, where they can escape the oppressive, violent government of the established United States. Mentions Mormonism and the saints moving west en masse.

GLC05691

1878-1899

Header Record

Title: Mormon Church archive of 72 letters & documents re: church court proceedings [decimalized]

156 letters and documents plus 14 bound notebooks containing minutes of the high council meetings of Weber Stake, North Ogden, Utah. Regarding Mormons tried for apostasy, attending a house of ill fame; criticizing Brigham Young and Joseph Smith and tithing; quarrels with a bishop, etc. [14 notebooks separated 11/97 for conservation as .02] Bound manuscript housed in Primary: Range 3A, Shelf 1-7.

GLC05756

1855

Belisle, Orvilla, fl. 1855

Book

Title: The Prophets; or, Mormonism unveiled.

Signed on the front endpaper by Ephraim Clark, Oakland, Ohio, 25 February 1857. An attack on BrighamYoung and the Mormon Church. Printed by William White Smith, and illustrated with woodcuts. Includes a loose print, "Death of Joseph Smith." Howes B 321.

GLC05211

1851-1855

Newspaper

Newspaper

Title: [Deseret news; Vols. 2, 3, 4].

Official publishing organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), and the only newspaper in the Utah Territory until after the Civil War. Contents include official announcements and information on the Church. Published in Great Salt Lake City, Utah, except 5 May-1 September 1858, when it was published in Fillmore City, Utah. Lacks the extra issue on polygamy.

GLC05233

24 March 1855-February 1860

Newspaper

Newspaper

Title: [Deseret News; Vols. 5-9].

Official publishing organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The 5 May 1858 through 1 September 1858 issues of volume 8 were printed in Fillmore City, Utah. Volume 8 lacks nos. 4 and 27.

GLC05234

1900-1910

Horsfall, Charles G., fl. 1900-1910

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall [decimalized .01-.53]. [various places]

Writes to his children and wife about Klondike gold fields, mining, life in Alaska, Mormons, and the 1906 election. Horsfall was a Mormon.

GLC05245

circa 1870

Beadle, J.H., 1840-1897

Broadside

Title: Life in Utah or the mysteries and crimes of Mormonism; being an expose of their secret rites and ceremonies.

Title continues: "WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECT, FOR ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME." Illustrated advertisement for a book with this title. Broadside at foot reads: "PLEASE POST THIS UP IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE."

GLC05154

1862-1893

Russell, Samuel, 1835-1896

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 8 documents related to Mormonism is Utah. Decimalized.]

GLC05493

May 13, 1892

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Truman O. Angell, convicted of bigamy.

Convicted of bigamy. Pardoned since he had forswore and avoided bigamy from April 1, 1885 and promised to uphold the laws of the U.S. against the unlawful practices of the Mormon Church. (c/s James G. Blaine)

GLC00045.35

14 May 1888

Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909

Pamphlet

Title: [Claims of the state of Nevada]

Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the money was spent on troops to protect the route between Salt Lake City and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Indian raids and the suspect loyalty of the Mormons necessitated the mustering of the militia. Consists of various correspondence pertaining to the claims as well as various charts and tabulations of money spent in the 1860s. Dated from the date the…

GLC00267.242

1862-1864

Photograph

Title: Photo album with 39 carte de visite Civil War photos, including Brigham Young

With fore-edge painting. Includes views of Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, Ute and Shoshone Indians. Album presented "By the Boys" [troops] at Camp Douglas, to their commanding officer, Capt. E.B. Grimes, Q.M. Includes a few Washington DC scenes at end. Written at Camp Douglas.

GLC01261