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UTAH IN 1847
REF |
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
REF |
"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 |
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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 |
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PIONEER LIFE
REF |
"Pioneers Worked and Played Together," Utah History Blazer, Nov. 1996. |
813.5
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. |
979.2
C 24h |
Carter, Kate B., comp. "Pioneer Men's and Children's Clothing." Heart Throbs of the West 8 (1947): 45-76. |
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FOUNDING OF GREAT SALT LAKE CITY
301.36
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
SA
3boy |
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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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