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Biography and diary of Andrew Jackson Allen, 1818-1884. Also includes a list of donations or tithes to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Allen describes his conversion to Mormonism, travelling to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 and building a new settlement in the arid region. Title page reads: 'Andrew Jackson Allen (1818-1884) Diary, 1848-1884 A typewritten transcription from the original proofread, Volume I of the Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions, The Library of the Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.' The provenance page states that diary of Andrew Jackson Allen is 'in possession of A.C.Pearson.'

Diary of Christian Jacobsen. Jacobsen's diary details a day to day accounting of his life from 1871-1881 and again in 1899. He describes studying and teaching, going door-to-door to sell the Bible in Cache Valley, First title page reads: 'Proofreading finished the 2nd of December 1954. Born November 30, 1846 in Copenhagen, Denmark.' Second title page reads 'Christian Jacobsen, (1846-), Diary 1871-1881, and 1899. A typewritten transcription from the Original. Proofread. Volume VI Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions. The Library of the Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.

Autobiographical account of Goudy E. Hogan, from 1837 to 1880. Included in this account is the immigration of the Hogan family from Norway to America, their conversion to Mormonism while in America, the death of Joseph Smith, settling the Utah territory,frontier life in Cache Valley and southern Utah, experience with the Gold Rush in California, polygamous marriages, experimenting with the United Order in Orderville, service in the Mormon church hierarchy, and mission accounts in Norway. At the end of this account are two biographical sketches of Knud Chrestensen Nelson and Karen Margrette Chrestensen. A copy of this account as well as the Knud Chrestensen Nelson and Karen Margrette Chrestensen accounts are also available individually in this collection. This copy is in volume 3 of the Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions.

The journal of John Clark Dowdle (Dec. 16, 1836, to [blank]) Covering the period 1844 to June 29, 1894. A typwritten transcription from the original. Original in the possession of the Dowdle Family. Volume VIII Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions. The Library of the Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1945. Includes accounts of Dowdle's parents and family traveling form Mississippi to the Salt Lake Valley and settling in Provo and Willard (known then as Willow Creek), as well as in College Ward (Cache Valley) - then called West Millville.

Journal of John Clark Dowdle, 1844-1908. A typewritten transcription from the original. Original is in the possession of the Dowdle Family. Transcript includes Book I (1844 to Nov. 27, 1896), Book II (Jan. 27, 1897 to Feb. 11, 1907), and Book III (Feb. 12. 1907 to June 18, 1908).