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Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
This pioneer classic includes biographical sketches and nearly 5,000 portraits of many male pioneers who immigrated to Utah prior to 1868.

Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
vol. 1
vol. 2
vol. 3
vol. 4
Andrew Jenson compiled this 4 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 Utahans 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 City, this compilation include a general description of Utah in 1884 including geography, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, railroads, commerce, and a chronology. Overview of each of the counties. Also cover 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 University 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.

Print Materials Available at Provo City Library

One Hundred Years of Journalism in Provo, Utah : A History of the Daily Herald and its Predecessors from 1872 to 1972.
Raymond E. Beckham
Special Collections 070 B388o

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 for Family and Community History, 1986. 233 p.
David M. Walden
Special Collections 280.09792 W14p LPB

The Revised Ordinances of Provo City
Provo: Published by Authority of the Board of Commissioners, 1877-
Holdings: 1877, 1903, 1930, 1937, 1949, 1985 (we also have Provo City Ordinances 1988- )
Special Collections 348.74792 REV

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

Brigham Young University: A House of Faith
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1985. 513 p.
Gary J. Bergera and Ronald Priddis
Special Collections 377.8 BER

History of Buildings and Grounds, 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
377.8 MIL

Brigham Young University: 1,000 Views of 100 Years
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. 354 p.
Edwin Butterworth
Special Collections 378.7922 BUT

Brigham Young University: A School of Destiny
Provo : BYU Press, 1976. 925 p.
Ernest L. Wilkinson and W. Cleon Skousen
378.7922 WIL

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

History of Provo, Utah
Provo: Published by the Author, 1924. 414 p.
J. Marinus Jensen
979.2 JEN

The Story of Provo, Utah
Provo : John C. Moffitt, 1975. 301 p.
John C. Moffitt
979.2 MOF

The Provo Woolen Mills: Utah's First Large Manufacturing Establishment
Utah Historical Quarterly 21 (April 1953): 97-116.
Leonard J. Arrington
Special Collections 979.2 UTA 1953

Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake Cities
Salt Lake City: Printed for Sloan & Dunbar by the Herald Printing and Publishing Company, 1884. 634 p.
Robert W. Sloan
Special Collections 979.2 Ut1 1884

Provo & Orem: A Very Eligible Place: An Illustrated History
Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1987.128 p.
Kenneth L. Cannon
979.224 CAN 1987

Provost: Provo High School annual: times to remember
Provo : Provo High School, 1918-.
Holdings: 1925, 1931, , 1936-38, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950-1953, 1958, 1961-1967, 1972, 1975-1976, 1978-79, 1980-83, 1986, 1991, 1993.
Special Collections 979.224 C355

Scrapbook : Provo Chamber of Commerce, 1968
Special Collections 979.224 C355

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: A Centennial History of Utah County
Springville : Art City Publishing, 1947. 488 p.
979.224 MEM 1947

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, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1980, 1982-1984, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998.
Special Collections 979.22 POL

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

A Look at Provo, Utah: Spring 1972
Unpublished paper, Brigham Young University, 1987. 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.l. : S.n., [1974?]. 288 p.
Merle S. Foote
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO F739p

Facts About Provo: Provo, Utah, 1849-1947: From Sagebrush to Steel - A Century of Progress (Centennial Souvenir Booklet)
[Provo]: Provo City Commission, [1947]. 8 p.
Theron H. Luke
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO L969f 1949

Provo: A Story of People in Motion
Provo : Brigham Young University Press, 1974. 106 p.
Marilyn M. Miller and John C. Moffitt
979.224 PRO 1974

Potential Provo and Utah County: Eighth Annual Report
Provo: Provo Chamber of Commerce, 1931.
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO P848p 1931

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

Provo, the Garden City of Utah: Its resources and attractions
Published under the auspices of The Chamber of Commerce
Omaha, Neb. : D.C. Dunbar & Co., 1888. 47 p.
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO P949p 1888

Provo, Utah, 1849-1947
Provo : Provo City Commission, 1949. 74 p.
Special Collections 979.224 PROVO P949 1949

Pictorial Provo: An Illustrated Industrial Review of Provo, the Garden City of Utah
[Provo : by the author], 1910. 88 p.
William M. Wilson
979.224 PROVO W699p 1910

Founding Fort Utah: Provo's Native Inhabitants, Early Explorers, and First Year Settlement D. Robert Carter
[Provo]: Provo City, 2003
979.224 CAR 2003

From Fort to Village: Provo, Utah, 1850-1854 D. Robert Carter
Provo: Provo City, 2008
979.224 CAR 2008

Tales from Utah Valley: Spellbinding and Sometimes Strange Selections from the Daily Herald's History Page. 2 vols.
D. Robert Carter
[Provo]: Daily Herald, 2005-2007.
979.224 CAR 2005 & 979.224 CAR 2007

Utah Lake: Legacy
D. Robert Carter
[Provo]: June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, [2002?]
979.224 CAR 2002