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.

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.

Handwritten and signed letter by John Daniel Thompson McAllister dated 1901 addressed to a stake president in the Manti region. This letter is a request to admonish the members of that stake to be generous with their donations so the costs of operating the temple could be covered.

Typewritten letter, addressed to John D. T. McAllister, dated August 31, 1894, and signed by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F. Smith. Woodruff and Smith inform McAllister that he will remain president of the Manti Temple after the return of the former president, Anthon H. Lund.