Thursday, November 12, 2009

Historical Sources in Logan Regional Library

Periodicals

Nauvoo Journal; US , Illinois, Hancock, Nauvoo, B2nj Dedicated to Church History and Biography 1830 — 1857;
Volumes 1-9 with a Name Index for volumes 1-9 and an Itemized Topic Listing.
vol. 1. Articles relating to the history of Early Member of the church include:
—Early Mormon Sources;
—Utah Marriage Index, 1847-1905;
—Nauvoo School Records;
—Members of the Church . . . Baptized before Sept. 1830, includes biographical sketches, and sources;
—1843 Petitions to US Congress, gives names of petioners and the Nauvoo ward;
vol 2. —Commission Records, Illinois State Militia, 1835-1844;
— The Mormon Battalion;
— 1842 Hancock County Tax Records;
— Nauvoo School Rcords: 1843, names of school teachers and lists of students.
vol 3.—Early Branches of the Church, incluldes names of members for many of the branches.
vol 4. —Biographical Sketch of Seymour Brunson, sr.
— Partial List of Members Living in Nauvoo, from 1842 Census, with biographical notes;
vol 5.1 —1842 Census of Nauvoo, Indentification of Members, Civil Ward One, w bio. notes.
vol 5.2 —LDS baptisms, Erie Co. Penn. 1831-1844;
—Erie County Converts;
—Biographical Sketches of Erie Co. Converts.
vol 6.1 —Kanesville, Iowa Revealed in pages of Frontier Guardian, edited by Orson Hyde.
—Indiantown: the Mormon Settlement in Cass Co. Iowa.
vol 6.2 —The Settlement at Garden Grove, Iowa, with lists of resident families.
— Church Emigration of 1851, The Garden Grove Company
— Manti: [Iowa] The Life of a Shell-bark, Hickory Grove. Alpeus Cutler settement.
vol 7.1 —Helen Mar Whitney Reminiscences.,
—A Journey in the Wilderness: the life of Mary Haskin Parker Richards at Missouri River.
— By no Means Men of Weak Minds ...; tells of numerous early saints.
vol 7.2 —Thomas L. Kanes visit to Nauvoo, with a Kane bibliography;
—Women's Letters from Nauvoo;
—Helen Mar Whitney Reminiscences, continued.
—Latter-day Saints at Iowaville, Iowa: 1746-1851;
—Three case Studies of Clan and Chrisma in the early church; Hulet, Graybill & Litz;
—William Butler history and notes, Washington Monument stone
vol 8.1 —Helen Mar Whitney Reminiscences, continued;
—John Needham's Nauvoo Letter, 1843;
—The Martin harris Festival, 1875-1996;
vol 8.2 —Isaac Galland: Both sides of the River, with notes;
—The Mormon settlement at Nashville, Lee, Iowa; with list of members living there;
—Thomas and Elizabeth Higgs: 1856 Mormon Pioneers from Iowa;
—William Huntington: the Iowa Experience;
—Mormon Women on the 1846 Iowa Trail, with biographical notes;
—Orson Hyde and the Frontier Guardian,
First Mormon Tabernacle is Rebuilt in Kanesville, Iowa;
vol 9.1 —No Small Miracle: Movement of Domestic Animals across the plains, with notes;
—Crossroads in the west: Intersections of Donner Party and the Mormons, with notes:.
—Ziba Peterson;
—1845 Diary of Claudius Victor Spencer;
—Lucy Harris:
vol 9.2 —Political Intrgue at Tucson: Mexican Garrison and Mormon Baltalion, with notes.
—The Art of George Simons;
—Philo Dibble, and Panorama, and notes;
—Cutler's Camp, at Big Grove on Silver Creek; Mormon settlement in Iowa, with notes.
—Mountain Fever in 1847 Mormon Pioneer Companies; with camp lists.
The Nauvoo Journal Name Index for volumes 1-9; Each volume also has an index.


Mormon Historical Studies; US, B2mhs The successor of the Nauvoo Journal. A semi-annual Journal the Mormon Sites Foundation. Contains articles relevant to History of Latter-Day-Saints, high scholarly Standards. Issued two times a year Spring and Fall
Volume 1, No. 1 Spring 2000
—The Restoration of Mormonism to Erie County, Pennsylvania; Erie County, Pennsylvania Converts
—"A Gathering Place for the Scandinavian People", In Norway Illinois (1842-1849)
— Howard Egan, The Elkhorn Skirmish, and Mormon Trail Emigration in 1848"
— Ute Perkins' Stewardship to Look aftter Mormon Batallion Families —Appendix List of names of 89 Bishops appointed 17 July 1846 to take charge of families left by Mormon Battalion.
—Norfolk, Virginia, and "Mormon" Immigration through Old Dominion (1887-1890)
— Mormon Missionary Travel in the Middle East (1884-1929)
— Letter from David Whitmer concerning King Follet Property in Caldwell Co, Misssouri
—Mormon Manuscript Material in Utah State Univ. Library Special Collections and Archives
—Ramus/Macedonia (Illinois) Markers Dedicated
Volume 1, No. 2 Fall 2000
— Louis A Bertrand and the French Mission.
— The Mormon Mission in the Kingdom of Sardinia
— Allen Taylor and Early Mormon Emigration
—Names of Persons indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1850-1877; the Maurine Ward Index.