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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:

Manti Temple accounts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319946]
Identifier: MSS SC 2115
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account records. The items list donations and other financial transfers to support the construction of the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church in Manti, Utah.

Dates: 1877-1888

John D. T. McAllister letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313527]
Identifier: MSS SC 1620
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1901

John D. T. McAllister letters received

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289641]
Identifier: Vault MSS 428
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters. Two are dated 19 Dec. 1894 and one is dated 20 Dec. 1894. William H. Seegmiller, Rebecca Standring, and Joseph F. Smith, later president of the Mormon Church, decline invitations to attend a reunion of workers on the Manti Temple.

Dates: 1894

John D. T. McAllister papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244581]
Identifier: MSS SC 565
Scope and Contents Short typewritten biography with genealogical data, typescripts of selected journal entries concerning crossing the plains, 1851, the corner stone ceremony for the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple, 1852, his mission to England, 1852-1856, and travel with a handcart company on his return. Also included are three poems he wrote, correspondence to his wife, Anne E., and to David H. Cannon, 1886-1895, covering family affairs, political views and temple business, and a description of the Washington...
Dates: 1851-1895

John Daniel Thompson McAllister correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232536364]
Identifier: MSS 4021
Abstract

The John Daniel Thompson McAllister correspondence consists of letters to and from John Daniel Thompson McAllister regarding, family and religious matters.

Dates: 1881-1908

John W. Moffitt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 884
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed land deeds and property records from 1871 to 1913 for Sanpete County, Utah, bank notes from 1915 to 1925 for Uintah County, Utah, miscellaneous financial notes from 1872 to 1915, and a Manti Temple Boarding House agreement from 1882.

Dates: 1871-1925

Olson & Hafen lantern slides

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239266817]
Identifier: MSS 8413
Scope and Contents

Materials include twelve lantern slides from Olson & Hafen Kodak Studio. These slides include photographs of an early expedition up Mount Timpanogos, as well as one photograph each of the Salt Lake Temple, the Manti Temple, the Brigham Young Academy building, and a group of soldiers. Materials dated approximately 1890-1920.

Dates: approximately 1890-1920

Gary R. Schaumann photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239267146]
Identifier: MSS 9411
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of student life at Brigham Young University in 1961. Includes images related to campus housing, buildings, student elections, and other topics. Also includes photographs of the Manti Temple and Sanpete County.

Dates: 1961

Temple record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324821]
Identifier: MSS SC 2548
Scope and Contents

Handwritten lists of names and dates when temple work was done for them. The item records when persons were given Mormon rites by proxy in an unnamed temple, probably the Manti Temple in Manti, Utah. The records were apparently kept by Soren Sorensen and Karen Sorensen.

Dates: 1908-1928

Nelson B. Wadsworth collection of frontier photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 69
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of exhibit photographs assembled by Nelson Wadsworth about the American frontier. Items include the work of various photographers.

Dates: approximately 1870-1919