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St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1877-

Administrative History

The St. George Temple (est. 1877) is a religious facility operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Saint George, Utah.

Citation:
DeMille, J. F. The St. George ... c1977 (subj.) t.p. (St. George Temple) p. 1, etc. (St. George Latter-day Saint Temple; est. 1877, St. George, Utah)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Directory of General Authorities and Officers, 1982: p. 5 (St. George Temple)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph B. Keeler family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2016
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, biographical sketches, correspondence, articles, lesson manuals, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material was created by Joseph B. Keeler's descendants, who used his papers as they compiled their published family history, "Build Thee More Stately" (1989). The collection focuses on family history, religion, education, and professional organizations.

Dates: approximately 1840-1990

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