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| Title | Summary |
| Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah | This pioneer classic includes biogrphaical sketches and nearly 5,000 portraits of many male pioneers who immigrated to utah prior to 1868. |
Latter-Day Saint Biographical EncylopediaVol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, and Vol. 4 |
Andrew Jenson compiled this four volume reference which includes over 5,000 biographical sketches and over 2,000 photographs of Mormon pioneers. |
| Portrait, Genealogical, and Biographical Record of the State of Utah | Includes just over 400 biographical sketches of prominent Utahns of the 19th century. |
| Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities (1884) | Besides including business and residential directories for Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake, this compilation includes a general description of Utah in 1884 covering geography, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, railroads, commerce, and a chronology. It contains overview of each county. Also covers Utah attractions, churches, benevolent societies, government officials, educational institutions, immigration statistics, and production & property statistics for 1883. |
| Brigham Young University: A House of Faith | A history of Brigham Young Univeristy from its beginnings to the early 1980s. |
| Establishing Zion: The Mormon Church in the American West, 1847-1869 | Covers many aspects of Mormon colonization and life in the West up to the arrival of the transcontinental railroad. |
| A Schoolmarm All My Life: Personal Narratives from Frontier Utah | Twenty-four personal narratives of frontier schoolteachers edited to focus on the education of the women, including entries that illuminate how their personal lives varied from traditional western teachers. |
| The Internet Archive | A digital library database, this website contains millions of books and other media including thousands of scanned historical resources about Provo and other local locations. |
| Title | Author & Holdings | Call Number |
| One Hundred Years of Journalism in Provo, Utah: A History of the Daily Herald and its Predecessors from 1872-1972 |
Southern Illinois University, 1980. 438 p. Raymond E. Beckham |
Special Collections 070 B388o |
| Out of the Ashes: From Tabernacle to Temple: Based on a True Story |
American Fork: Covenant Communications, 2015. 32 p. Judy Fetcher Davis |
Special Collections 246.958 D27o |
| Provo's Two Temples |
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2015. 364 p. Richard O. Cowan |
246.9589 COW 2015 |
| Provo LDS Seminary |
Provo: [S.n.], 1976. Lynn Banks |
Special Collections 268.433 P979 |
| Provo's Two Tabernacles and the People Who Built Them |
Provo: Provo Utah East Stake, 1983. 192 p. N. La Verl Christensen |
Special Collections 277.9224 C462p |
| Protestant and Catholic Churches of Provo |
Provo: BYU Center of Family and Community History. 1986. 233 p. David M. Walden |
Special Collections 280.0979 W144p LPB |
| Salt of the Earth: The History of the Catholic Church in Utah, 1776-2007 |
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2008. 391 p. Bernice Mather Mooney |
Special Collections 282.792 M779s 2008 |
| The Revised Ordinances of Provo City | Provo: Published by Authority of the Board of Commissioners, 1877-1985 | Special Collections 348.74792 REV |
| History of the Utah State Hospital, Provo: A study of the Evolution of Public Care for the Mentally Ill |
Salt Lake City: University of Utah 1948. 172 p. Charles Robert McKell |
Special Collections 362.2109 M195h 1948 |
| Utah State Hospital, Provo, Utah |
Provo: Utah State Hospital, 1976. 157 p. Paul I. Thorpe |
Special Collections 362.2109 UT1 1976 |
| Provo Police Remembered |
Provo: Provo Police Retired, 2001 Kenneth Forshee & Gary Miner |
Special Collections 363.2097 P949 2001 Vol. 1 |
| History of the Provo City Fire Department |
[Provo: The Department}, 1959. 43 p. Ephraim H. Davis |
Special Collections 363.37 D292 1959 |
| A Century of Public Education in Provo, Utah |
Provo: [S.n.] 1944. 194 p. John C. Moffitt |
Special Collections 372 M72c |
| Dixonian |
Provo: Dixon Middle School, 1931-. Holdings: 1947, 1971 |
Special Collections 373.1897 D647 1947 |
| Banyan |
Provo: Brigham Young University, 19-. Holdings: 1910-1931, 1933-1985 |
Special Collections 378.7922 BAN |
| Wildcat |
Provo: Brigham Young University High School, 19-. Holdings: 1934, 1945-1946, 1948-1950, 1956-1968 |
Special Collections 373.7922 B768w |
| Wildcat '67 |
Provo: Brigham Young University High School, 1967. 1 computer disk |
Special Collections 373.7922 B768w 1967 |
| Elente |
Provo: Farrer Middle School. 1966. |
Special Collections 373.1897 F248e 1966 |
| The Echo |
Provo: Farrer Middle School, 1969- Holdings: 1970-1978, 1980-1984 |
Special Collections 373.1897 F248e |
| Farrer Middle School |
Provo: Farrer Middle School, 1985- Holdings: 1985-1988, 1990-1998, 2000-2003, 2005 |
Special Collections 373.1897 F248f |
| Junior Life |
Provo: Provo Junior High School, 1926 |
Special Collections 373.1897 P949j 1926 |
| Talon: Timpview High School Yearbook |
Provo: Timpview High School, 1977-. Holdings: 1978-1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004-2011, 2013- 2020 |
Special Collections 373.1897 T489t |
| Talon: Timpview High School Yearbook |
Provo: Timpview High School, 2016. Holdings: 1978-2015; 10 computer discs |
Special Collections 373.1897 T489t |
| Provost: Provo High School Yearbook |
Provo: Provo High School, 1918-. Holdings: 1920, 1925, 1931, 1933-1939, 1941-1942, 1945- 1946, 1948, 1950-1953, 1958, 1961-1967, 1972, 1975- 1976, 1978-1986, 1991, 1993, 2005-2008, 2011-2018 |
Special Collections 373.7922 P949p |
| Provo High School Yearbooks: 1920-2015 |
Provo: Provo High School, 2016. Holdings: 1920-2015 22 computer discs |
Special Collections 373.7922 P949p |
| Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years |
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1975-1976. Four Volumes Ernest L. Wilkinson |
378.7922 BRI |
| History of Buildings and Ground, Development and Maintenance of Brigham Young University: Brigham Young Academy 1875-1903, Brigham Young University 1903-1947, Including Brief Sketches and Additions of Physical Plant Maintenance 1947-1973 |
Provo, [S.n. 1989?]. 365 p. Karl A. Miller |
378.7922 MIL 1989 |
| Brigham Young University: 1,000 views of 100 years |
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. 354 p. Edwin Butterworth |
Special Collections 378.7922 B982b 1975 |
| A History of Commercial Fishing on Utah Lake |
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969. 142 p. D. Robert Carter |
Special Collections 639.2 C245h |
Tabernacle to Temple: The Past, Present & Future of Provo's City Center |
Provo: Daily Herald, 2013. 19 p. |
Special Collections 726.5097 T113 2013 |
| Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities |
Salt Lake City: Printed for Sloan & Dunbar, by the Herald Printing & Publishing Company. 1884. 634 p. Robert W. Sloan |
Special Collections 917.92 Ut1 1884 |
| Polk's Provo City and Utah County Directory |
Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Co., 1900?- Holdings: 1917-1918, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1930-1931, 1935-1936, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1955- 1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1980, 1982-1984, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000-2002, 2004-Present |
Special Collections 917.9224 P759 |
| Historic Provo: A Self-Guided Tour of Historic Architecture in Provo, Utah |
Provo: Provo City, 1999.020 p. Provo Landmarks Commission |
Special Collections 917.9224 P949h |
| Biographical Sketches of Former Mayors of Provo, Utah: A Report to the Provo Municipal Government |
1990. 143 p. David M. Walden |
Special Collections 920.0792 WAL |
| Brief History of Provo City Cemetery |
Provo: 1997. 11 p. Cathy Jackson |
Special Collections 929.5979 BRI 1997 |
| Provo |
Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., c2011. 127 p. Marilyn McMeen Miller Brown and Valerie Holladay |
979.224 B8121p 2011 |
| Tales from Utah Valley: Spellbinding and Somtimes Strange Selections from the Daily Herald's History Page |
[Provo]: Daily Herald, 2005-2007. 2 volumes. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2005 & 979.224 CAR 2007 |
| Utah Lake: Legacy |
[Provo]: June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, [2002?]. 165 p. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2002 |
| A History of Utah County |
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1999. 434 p. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel |
979.224 HOL 1999 |
| Memories that Live: Utah County Centennial History |
Springville: Art City Publishing, 1947. 488 p. Emma N. Huff |
979.224 MEM 1947 |
| Provo & Orem: A Very Eligible Place: An Illustrated History |
Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1987. 128 p. Kenneth L. Cannon |
979.224 CAN 1987 |
| Founding Fort Utah: Provo's Native Inhabitants, Early Explorers, and First Year of Settlement |
[Provo]: Provo City, 2003. 263 p. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2003 |
| From Fort to Village: Provo, Utah 1850-1854 |
Provo: Provo City, 2008. 262 p. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2008 |
| Troubled Times: Provo, Utah 1855-1856 |
Provo: Provo City, 2015. 252 p. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2015 |
| Conflict and Change: Provo, Utah 1857-1859 |
Provo: Provo City, 2017. 345 p. D. Robert Carter |
979.224 CAR 2017 |
| A Historical Study of the Explorations of Utah Valley and the Story of Fort Utah |
Brigham Young University, M.A. Thesis, 1946. Ray E. Colton |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO C722h 1946 |
| History of Provo City |
[Provo, Utah?: s.n., n.d]. 15 leaves. Jane B. Evans |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO Ev15 |
| A Look at Provo, Utah: Spring 1972 |
Unpublished paper, Brigham Young University, 1978. 72 leaves. Merwin G. Fairbanks, ed. |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO F1531 1978 |
| Pleasant Views: A History of the Early Pleasant View Area of Northeast Provo, Utah |
S.I.: S.n., [1974?]. 288 p. Merle S. Foote |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO F739p |
| History of Provo, Utah |
Provo: Published by the Author, 1924. 414 p. J. Marinus Jensen |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO J453h 1924 |
| Provo: A Story of People in Motion |
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1974. 106 p. Marilyn M. Miller and John C. Moffitt |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO M612i 1974 |
| The Story of Provo, Utah |
Provo: John C. Moffitt, 1975. 301 p. John C. Moffitt |
979.224 STO 1975 |
| Provo: Pioneer Mormon City |
Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1942. 223 p. Compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Utah |
979.224 PRO 1942 |
| Pictorial Provo: An Illustrated Industrial Review of Provo, the Garden City of Utah |
[Provo: by the author], 1910. 88 p. William M. Wilson |
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO W699p 1910 |
| Carter Pioneers of Provo, Utah: A Biographical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the Dominicus and Other Carter Families |
Provo: J.G. Stevenson, 1966. 504 p. Arthur D. Coleman |
Special Collections B Carter |
