Utah. Legislature

George Albert Smith letter

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS SC 1947

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter addressed to Orson Pratt (1811-1881). Smith states that "An act to amend an act amendatory and supplementary to the Charter of St. George City Approved Feb. 21 1868" had been passed by the legislature of Utah Territory.

Dates: 1870

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Albert Smith letter

John L. Smith papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 680

Scope and Contents Contains seven journals of John Lyman Smith, and other autobiographical manuscripts, as wells as a bound typescript volume of an autobiography/journal. The journals include accounts of persecutions in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, pioneering in Utah, Lyman's two missions to Europe, and his service as president of the Swiss-Italian and the Swiss-Italian-German missions. There is also a contemporary account of the cricket-and-seagull episode in Salt Lake in 1848, Lyman's service as a member of...

Dates: 1792-1950; Majority of material found within 1846-1900

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John L. Smith papers

Karl Nelson Snow Utah legislative bills collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1785

Scope and Contents

Legislative bills both proposed and passed by the Utah State Legislature, and annual reports. The materials relate to a wide range of subjects dealing with Utah politics.

Dates: 1975-1981

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Karl Nelson Snow Utah legislative bills collection

Utah draft law 28

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237742]

Identifier: MSS SC 745

Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act proposed by the Utah legislature. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor" ; Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council" ; and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "speaker of the House of Rep." The act relates to the administration of property in Utah.

Dates: approximately 1852

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Utah draft law 28

Legislative budget committee

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038792]

Identifier: MSS 36

Abstract

The collection contains typewritten budget committee reports and newspaper clippings between 1943-1946. These items include records of staff meetings, 1944-1945; the proposed program 1945-1947; the Utah Engineers' Association; engineering positons and salaries; and recommendations affecting budget of the Tax Commission, 1945-1946.

Dates: 1943-1946

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Legislative budget committee

Daniel H. Wells letter

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318682]

Identifier: MSS SC 2003

Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter to Frank Fuller, acting governor of Utah, regarding two acts of the Utah legislature. The acts were a "Memorial to Congress for semi-weekly mail service from Fillmore to San Bernadino, Cal." and a "Memorial to Congress for an Act authorizing treaties with Indians, and the extinguishment of the Indian titles." These items were forwarded to Fuller for his "action."

Dates: 1862

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel H. Wells letter

Beverly J. White papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1885

Scope and Contents

Budget reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, pamphlets, and audits. Also included are various legislative papers relating to the passage of legislation on numerous issues. The materials relate to White's work as a state legislator.

Dates: 1977-1981

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Beverly J. White papers

Harold J. Whiting papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 999

Scope and Contents

Bills and resolutions from the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Utah, some with handwritten annotations. The materials are arranged chronologically by year, by the Senate or House, then by the nature of the bill, and finally by numerical order.

Dates: 1965-1970

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Harold J. Whiting papers

Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294708]

Identifier: Vault MSS 779

Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 27 Feb. 1853 and addressed to Samuel W. Richards in Liverpool, England. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young reports on the condition of Utah at the end of a severe winter during which the Utahns received no mail from outside the territory. Young also writes about the sugar industry in Utah, the progress on buildings and machinery of the Deseret Manufacturing Company, the excavations on the foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, the...

Dates: 1853 February 27

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

BYU Library - Special Collections

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

George Albert Smith letter

John L. Smith papers

Karl Nelson Snow Utah legislative bills collection

Utah draft law 28

Legislative budget committee

Daniel H. Wells letter

Beverly J. White papers

Harold J. Whiting papers

Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

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