Walker, William Holmes 1820-1908 creator mixed material monographic eng 10 2 0.6 Memoir, diary, notebook, and scrapbook reflecting the history of the Mormon Church and Walker's life as an early Mormon convert and patriarch of the Mormon Church. In his memoir, Walker describes his years in Joseph Smith's household in the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Ill.; Walker's journey to South Africa and his missionary service there; the Mormon emigration from Nauvoo, Ill., to Salt Lake City, Utah following Smith's death in 1844; Walker's service in the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion in Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado; pioneer life, agriculture, and sawmills in Salt Lake City; evasion of federal authorities prosecuting Mormon polygamists during the 1880s; and Walker's life as a business and property owner and head of families in Utah and Idaho. In his diary, Walker documents his three years as a missionary in South Africa. The notebook, containing correspondence, copies of orders, and lists of officers, concerns the military preparedness of Salt Lake City and possible arrival of the U.S. military in 1857. Walker's son-in-law, Lewis E. Lauritzen, compiled the Walker family scrapbook. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Mormon convert and missionary. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007031 Jr Smith, Joseph 1805-1844 Lauritzen, Lewis E 1878-1975 Walker family United States. Army. Mormon Battalion. Agriculture Utah Salt Lake City Business enterprises Idaho Business enterprises Utah Frontier and pioneer life Utah Salt Lake City Frontier and pioneer life Illinois Nauvoo Missionaries South Africa Mormon Church Mormons Idaho Mormons Illinois Nauvoo Mormons South Africa Mormons Utah Salt Lake City Overland journeys to the Pacific Polygamy United States Real property Idaho Real property Utah Sawmills Utah Salt Lake City Colorado Description and travel Illinois History 1778-1865 Idaho Description and travel Idaho Social life and customs Iowa Description and travel Kansas Description and travel Nauvoo (Ill.) Expulsion of the Mormons Nauvoo (Ill.) History New Mexico Description and travel South Africa Description and travel Utah Description and travel Utah History Utah Social life and customs Missionaries mm2002084945 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007031 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007031.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007031 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007031.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 021122 20260227111729.0 mm2002084945