United States. Act to Amend Section 5352 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in Reference to Bigamy and for Other Purposes
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David John Buerger term papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311620]
Identifier: MSS SC 1465
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typed term papers entitled "Brigham Young University: The Unvarnished Reality," and "Politics and Inspiration: An Historical Analysis of the Woodruff Manifesto." The items are controversial works on the role of education in the Mormon Church and the changes in the Mormon doctrine of "plural marriage."
Dates:
1978
Jesse Nathaniel Smith letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312636]
Identifier: MSS SC 1436
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters and scratch notes. The letters are addressed to Jesse Nathaniel Smith from his relatives John Henry Smith and Joseph Fielding Smith. The authors discuss the present and possibly future social and political ramifications of the Edmunds Act (1882), and the Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) on their lifestyles as polygamous Mormons.
Dates:
1884-1890
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