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Manti Temple (Manti, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1888-

Administrative History

The Manti Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Manti, Utah.

Citation:
Rasmussen, V.J. The Manti Temple, c1988: t.p. (Manti Temple) p. 1 (Manti Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) pref. (Manti, Utah)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website, via WWW, Sept. 22, 2014 (Manti Utah Temple; announced June 25, 1875; groundbreaking, Apr. 25, 1877; dedicated May 21, 1888)

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Adoption record from Manti Temple

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318096]
Identifier: MSS SC 1937
Scope and Contents

Handwritten temple record. The item verifies that four women were adopted by proxy as daughters of the Mormon Apostle, Daniel H. Wells, and his wife, Eliza Wells. The four women were from the Lee family and died between 1847 and 1859.

Dates: 1901

John Alder letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321868]
Identifier: MSS SC 2355
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 26 Aug. 1888, addressed to a P. Carpenter, and written in Manti, Utah. Alder thanks Carpenter for his recent work in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1888 August 26

Elias Hicks Blackburn papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233294799], Folder: 2, 3, 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 785
Scope and Contents Contains records on the early ecclesiastical history of Provo, Utah. Records include accounts of sermons of the period by several prominent leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Mormon Reformation, and document the response of the community, including rebaptisms and Church disciplinary matters. Also includes Blackburn's personal family record, and records of donations by Loa (Utah) Ward members for the building of the Manti Temple during Blackburn's tenure as...
Dates: 1851-1887

Reuel E. Christensen papers

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197227625420]
Identifier: MSS 5995
Scope and Contents

Personal Papers of Reuel E. Christensen, 1924-1983. Materials include: copies of his mission journals, including photographs that have been transferred to photo archives; written testimonies of missionaries while he served as President of the Great Lakes Mission; Great Lakes Mission publications, from his time serving as mission president there; his autobiography; correspondence; copies of newspaper clippings about him; and family history work.

Dates: 1924-1983

Harry A. Dean journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231042489]
Identifier: MSS 6757
Abstract

A journal belonging to Harry A. Dean, covering the full calender year of 1986.

Dates: 1986

Joseph T. Ellis papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 49
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten financial records and diary. Ellis records his financial transactions and presents a diary for the years 1896 and 1897. He writes about his life in Spring City and about his work in the Manti temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1868-1897

Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1678
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, record books, pension petitions, certificates, pamphlets, articles of incorporation, poems, blessings, poems, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Farnsworth's activities particulary in the Mormon Church. Included in the collection are letters from the fourth president of the Mormon Church, Willford Woodruff, patriarchal blessings, letters relating to Mormon polygamy, and a book recording the work done in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1870-1900

Golden family collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350446]
Identifier: MSS 4204
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, Church ordinance records, death announcements, a U.S. Citizenship certificate, a land grant and a marriage certificate for Henry Golden. There is also a Manti Temple book, the Golden family history and temple index cards for Unity and Elizabeth Maber.

Dates: 1885-1908

Gottfredson family papers

 Collection — Folder 16: [Barcode: 31197239236786]
Identifier: MSS 7615
Scope and Contents Contains family histories, journals, scrapbooks, correspondence, personal records, and various publications, all related to the personal and professional lives of Peter and Alice Gottfredson and David and Irma Gottfredson. Includes information on the Black Hawk Wars in the Richfield/Manti area, World War I, World War II in Italy and North Africa, temple work in the St. George Temple, and medical work in Richfield and Salt Lake City. Also includes family histories on the Gottfredson, Keeler,...
Dates: approximately 1865-2008

Life of John and Jamima Hutchensen Meyrick

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313550]
Identifier: MSS SC 1623
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typed extracts from John Meyrick's diary which describe his family's life as Mormon pioneers in Utah.

Dates: 1850-1922