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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 29 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Irma Grainger Gottfredson family papers, 1904-1988

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Includes family scrapbooks for the Bringhurst, Steele, and Grainger families. Materials dated 1904-1988.

Dates: 1904-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gottfredson family papers / David Booth Gottfredson and Irma Grainger Gottfredson family papers

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Loa Ward Manti Temple donations account book, 1882-1887

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233294799], Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 785 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Account record of donations by members of the Loa (Utah) Ward, where Elias Hicks Blackburn was Bishop from 1879 to 1889, toward the building of the Manti Temple. Donations included cash, labor, and goods. Includes balance amounts at the end the volume, indexed by donor. Dated 1882-1887.

Dates: 1882-1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elias Hicks Blackburn papers
Image of Loa Ward Manti Temple donations account book
Image of Loa Ward Manti Temple donations a...

Loa Ward Manti Temple donations account book

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS785_I4_B1_F7
Dates: 1882-1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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