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Mormon biographies.

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About 400 biographical sketches of Utah pioneers prepared by the Historical Records Survey and Federal Writer's Projects Administration, 1935- 1939, deposited in the Library of Congress. Chiefly typed transcripts of original Mss. (autobiographies, journals, and reminiscences) in private possession; biographical sketches based on interviews and questionnaires; and related material. The Bancroft Library has separate copies (which in some instances are the originals) of a small part of the Mss., the gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, a former Survey editor and supervisor; q.v. Utah Biographies (BANC MSS P-F 314) and Utah Questionnaires (BANC MSS P-F 312 and BANC MSS P-F 313). A few historical sketches of Utah counties and communities, and some miscellaneous items, 15 in all, are included. Relating to early Mormon history in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; Mormon migration west, including a number of overland diaries; the march of the Mormon Battalion and its activities in California; Mormon pioneering in and travel to California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico; and old Mexico; missionary activities in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, as well as in North America; Indians and Indian warfare, etc. The pioneer period described extends into the 1890's in some parts of Utah and the West.

13 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 606:4-16) and positive.Key to microfilm collection : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 550:4) and positive.

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Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Federal Writers' Project. Utah.

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O'Neil, Hugh F.

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Hugh F. O'Neil (b. 1901) was a writer, political activist, and a long-time resident of Ogden, Utah. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and ran several campaigns in Weber County for Utah governor J. Bracken Lee. In 1937-1940, he edited the Ogdenite, and between 1936-1942 he was an editor for the Historical Records Survey of the United States Work Progress Administration for Utah. From the description of Papers of Hugh F. O'Neil, 1828-1938, bulk (1850-1938). (Huntington Libra...

Historical Records Survey (Utah)

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