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UTAH PIONEER SESQUICENTENNIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

A List of Sources in the Collections of the Utah State Historical Society, compiled and edited for Utah's sesquincentennial celebration, 1997

UTAH IN 1847 | THE PIONEER TREK | PIONEER LIFE | FOUNDING OF GREAT SALT LAKE CITY | PIONEER DAY CELEBRATIONS | MORMON BATTALION

UTAH IN 1847

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Miller, David E. "The Great Salt Lake", Utah Historical Quarterly 27 (April 1959): pp. 297-311.

917.95
R 91h 1965

Russell, Osborne, Journal of a Trapper. Portland, OR: Champoeg Press, 1955.

979.2
R 19e 1985

Rawley, Edwin V. Early Records of Wildlife in Utah. Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Department of Natural Resources, 1985. Pub. No. 86-2.
  Contains accounts of wildlife in Utah from prehistoric inhabitants to the expedition of James H. Simpson in 1859.

THE PIONEER TREK

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"The Salt Lake City Cutoff and the California Trail." Utah History Blazer, Dec 1996.

REF

Murphy, Miriam B. ed., "The Spirit of Pioneering." Beehive History 22 (1996).

016
B29m 1988

Bashore, Melvin L. and Linda L. Haslam. Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains (1847-1868): Guide to Sources in the Historical Department and Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Historical Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1988.
A finding aid to assist users who are seeking information about a particular emigrant company. Arranged by year and pioneer company. 2 volumes.

917.8
H 74t
1996

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Their Faces Toward Zion: Voices and Images of the Trek West. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996.

917.8
K 56h
1988

Kimball, Stanley B. Historic Sites and Markers Along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

917.8
K 56h
1991

Kimball, Stanley B. Historic Resource Study: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. United States Department of the Interior/ National Park Service, (May 1991).

917.8
K 74
1997

Knight, Hal and Stanley B. Kimball. 111 Days to Zion. Salt Lake City: Big Moon Traders, 1997.
A day-by-day account of the first pioneer company.

917.8
L 17 p

Lambourne, Alfred. The Pioneer Trail.

917.8
M 26i
1994

Madsen, Susan Arrington. I Walked to Zion. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1994.
Stories of children and teenagers who made the westward journey.

921
M 48g

Gregerson, Edna J. James Mellor: English Convert and Handcart Pioneer. Logan, UT: Utah State University, 1961.

921
ST 7b
v. 1

Stout, Hosea. On The Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout. Edited by Jaunita Brooks. Salt Lake City, UT.: The University of Utah Press, 1964.

978.02
P 65
1985

Worcester, Don, ed. Pioneer Trails West. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1985.

979.2
C 24h

Carter, Kate B. "They Came in '47." Heart Throbs of the West 8 (1947) 401-448.

979.2
C 46s 1976

Challis, Arthur. "Handbook of Utah First Facts, 1540-1896." Thesis, University of Utah, 1959.

979.2
C 46s
1976

Clark, Christian Lewis. "A Study of the Mormon Westward Migration Between February 1846 and July 1847 With Emphasis on and Evaluation of the Factors That Led to the Mormons' Choice of Salt Lake Valley as the Site of Their Initial Colony." Dissertation, Brigham Young University, 1976.

PAM 1772

Miller, David E. "The Donner Road through the Great Salt Lake Desert."Pacific Historical Review 28 (February 1958): 39-44.

PAM
2087
5048

Smart, William B. Exploring the Pioneer Trail. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1958.

PAM 2559

Webb, Henry J. "The Long Drive of the Hastings Cut-off." California Historical Quarterly 36 (March 1957): 57-62.

PAM 15626

Salt Lake Tribune. "Fifty Years Ago Today". Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Tribune, 1897.

PAM 20723

[Pratt, Stephen]. Pioneer Handcarts, 1856-1860. American Fork, Utah: by the author, 1989.

PAM 21412

Kimball, Stanley B. and Violet T. Mormon Trail, Voyage of Discovery: The Story Behind the Scenery. Las Vegas, NV: K. C. Publications, Inc., 1995.

MIC A-598

Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, The Book of the Pioneers. [1897] microfilm.
"A Record of those who arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake during the year 1847; including the Names, Ages, Autographs and Places of Residence of all known Survivors on July24, 1897."

MSS A-327

"Excerpts from Thomas Bullock diary, June 19,1847 -- Sept. 21, 1847," Typescript Copy.

MSS A-1765

Sessions, Patty. "Journal, January 1846 - 1880," Typescript Copy.

MSS A-5053

Mormon Trails Assoc., "Historic Trail Development Plan," 1992-1993.

Map 91

Jefferson, T.H. Map of the Emigrant Road from Independence, Mo. to San Francisco, California.

Map 154

Morgan, Nicholas G. Map of Great Salt Lake City...Showing the Route Taken by the First Group of Emigrant Pioneer Wagons.

Map 24

Map of Utah Showing Early Pioneer Trails.

Map 95

Richards, F.D. Utah and the Overland Routes to it from the Missouri river, 1855. Liverpool.

Map 633

Millroy and Hayes, Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.
Illustrated map showing location of pioneer campsites.

Classified Photos

382

Wagons--Brigham Young's p.1, 2

382

Carriages p. 2

745.5

Roadometer p.1, 2

750

Jackson, W.H.

917.81

Mormon Trail p. 1-25

917.81

Overland Journeys p. 1-18

PIONEER LIFE

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"Pioneers Worked and Played Together," Utah History Blazer, Nov. 1996.

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P 24p

Parr, Lucy. Pioneer and Indian Stories. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, Inc., 1969.

PAM 18550

Damron, Paul Edwards. The Pioneer Home of Charles C. Rich (1850-1867). Pioneer Trail State Park, UT: Utah State Division of Parks & Recreation. (September 1979).

PAM 20108

Kaufman, William I. The Mormon Pioneer Songbook. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1980.

PAM 21000

Kirkpatrick, Elaine P., chair., Pioneer Museum. Salt Lake City: National Society of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1983.
Brochure of the Pioneer Memorial Museum. Contains photographs of pioneer memorabilia and excerpts from pioneer journals.

979.2
C 24h

Carter, Kate B., comp. "Pioneer Fashions." Heart Throbs of the West 8 (1947): 1-44.

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C 24h

Carter, Kate B., comp. "Pioneer Men's and Children's Clothing." Heart Throbs of the West 8 (1947): 45-76.

FOUNDING OF GREAT SALT LAKE CITY

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Sch 8s

Schuster, Stephen William, IV. "The Evolution Mormon City Planning and Salt Lake City, Utah, 1833-1877." Thesis, University of Utah, 1967. (see pp. 49-64)

979.2
W 12s

Wahlquist, Wayne. "Settlement Processes in the Mormon Core Area, 1847 - 1890." Dissertation, University of Nebraska: Lincoln, 1974.

979.22
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Boyce, Ronald R. "An Historical Geography of Greater Salt Lake City, Utah." Thesis, University of Utah, 1957.

PAM
15217
16236

Morgan, Nicholas G. The Old Pioneer Fort. privately published.
Contains illustrations, maps, and brief accounts of life in the Old Pioneer Fort.

MSS A-4181

Dixon, Randall "Salt Lake City, 1847-1851: The Formative Years". Typescript.

MSS A-4197

Hooker, Wm. Seth. History of the Old Fort. Privately Published.

Map 119

Burr, David H. Map of Salt Lake City.

Map 156

Morgan, Nicholas G. The Old Fort.
A reconstructed perspective drawing of the Pioneer Fort.

Map 162

Morgan, Nicholas G. City Wall Around Great Salt Lake City.
A map showing the location of the City Wall, as well as background information about the wall.

Map 169

Morgan, Nicholas G. Pioneer Map...of the Big Field Survey.
Map based on an 1850s original showing first property owners from present-day 9th South to 13th South and from 5th West to 15th East.

Map 214

Morgan, Nicholas G. Pioneer Map of Great Salt Lake City.
Map based on the original city survey of 1847 showing original property owners.

PIONEER DAY CELEBRATIONS

PAM 98

Deseret Sunday School Union. July Twenty-Fourth Celebration of Pioneer Day..., 1888.

PAM
141
142

Ashton, Wendell J. Souvenir Program and Guide for the Utah Centennial Trek Following along the old Mormon Pioneer Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. The Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Inc., 1947.

PAM
1132 
1133

Diamond Jubilee Committee. The Diamond Jubilee of the Coming of the Utah Pioneers. Salt Lake City, UT: The Committees, 1923.
Limited edition souvenir brochure of the diamond jubilee celebration of the Mormon Pioneers' entrance into the Salt Lake Valley. Contains photographs of surviving pioneers in 1922.

PAM 1300

Carter, Kate B. comp. Pioneer Celebrations. Historical Pamphlet, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, December 1939.
Contains descriptions of the pioneer celebrations of Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day, and Independence Day.

PAM 4169

Salt Lake Tribune. "Pioneer Historical Sampler." 1947.
Cross-stitch pattern depicting scenes from Pioneer history, produced by the Salt Lake Tribune in 1947.

PAM
4620
6075
6076
6158
7162
8015
8016
9781
9981
12633
12634
14412

"Pioneer Days-Ogden, Utah," 1935-1970.
Pamphlets for Pioneer Day Celebrations in Ogden. The majority of the brochures are from the 1960's and are about Ogden's official annual rodeo.

PAM 18510

Perry, Roland and Helen Perry. 17th Annual Production of All Faces West. Salt Lake City, 1967.

MSS
C-242

1947 Pioneer Centennial Celebration Photograph Collection.

Classified Photos

 

394

Pioneer Centennial (1947) p. 1-29

394

Pioneer Day Celebration

394

Pioneer Semi-Centennial (1897) p. 1-83

745.5

Pioneer Jubilee Badge (1897) p. 1, 2

920

Group Biography (Pioneers of 1847) p. 29, 29-A

917.18

Mormon Trek--Re-enacted p. 1-9

MORMON BATTALION

REF
See also MIC A-264

Alter, J. Cecil, ed. " The Journal of Robert S. Bliss, With the Mormon Battalion." Utah Historical Quarterly, 4 (July 1931): 67-96.
Day-by-day journal written by a member of the Mormon Battalion.

917.8 K 56m 1996

Kimball, Stanley B. The Mormon Battalion on the Santa Fe Trail in 1846. U.S. Santa Fe, NM: Long Distance Trails Group Office, National Park Service, March, 1996, Department of the Interior.

917.9
T 14h
1992

Talbot, Dan. A Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail. Tuscon, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1992.

979.2
C 24h

Carter, Kate B., com., "They Came in '47." Heart Throbs of the West 8 (1947): 413-415.
Short account and list of members of the Mormon Battalion.

973.62
C 24m

Carter, Kate B. The Mormon Battalion. Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1956.
Concise history of the Mormon Battalion. Includes lists of battalion members according to Company as well as short biographies of key members.

973.62
T 97
1969

Tyler, Daniel. A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War 1846-1848. Glorieta, NM: The Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1969.
Reprint of a history by an author who had actually participated in the Mormon Battalion.

PAM 3435

Cooke, Phillip St. George "Report from the Secretary of War." Washington D.C., U.S. Congress 3rd Special Session , Senate Document 2., 1849.

A copy of the official journal of Lieutenant Colonel Phillip St. George Cooke from Santa Fe to San Diego during the Mexican-American War.

PAM 11114
See also PAM 290.

Carter, Kate B., com. "The Mormon Battalion," chap. In Our Pioneer Heritage. Salt Lake City, UT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1968.
Contains biographical information on women who accompanied the Mormon Battalion.

PAM 14842

Utah Centennial Commission and Chamber of Commerce of Salt Lake City. "Mormon Colonization of the West..." 1947.
Map showing the routes of the Mormon Trail and of the Mormon Battalion. Includes highlights along the way.

PAM 16160

Peterson, Charles S., John F. Yurtinus, David E. Atkinson, and A. Kent Powell. Mormon Battalion Trail Guide. Western Trail Travel Guide Series, no. 1. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1972.

PAM 21328

Larson, Carl V., ed. "Women of the Mormon Battalion." U.S. Mormon Battalion Inc. 1989.

Additional historical sources on the Utah pioneers and other aspects of Utah history are available at the
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Utah State Historical Society
300 Rio Grande
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 533-3535
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