Salt Lake Temple
Dates
- Existence: 1893-
Administrative History
The Salt Lake Temple (est. 1893) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Citation:
The Salt Lake Temple, 1983: t.p. (Salt Lake Temple) p. 50, etc. (cornerstones laid 4/6/1853; dedicated 4/6/1893)Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
John D. T. McAllister papers
My life story
Typewritten autobiography of Agnes Boyer. The information was given to Don E. Norton of Brigham Young University in 1982 and 1983. Mr. Norton is transcribed the interviews. Boyer was active in Mormon Church affairs and served for many years as a temple worker in the Salt Lake Temple. Also included are reproductions of photographs of family members.
Olson & Hafen lantern slides
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.
Photograph of Salt Lake Temple
The item is a photograph of the Salt Lake Temple. The photograph was taken between the laying of the capstone in April 1892 and the dedication in April 1893. A part of the Salt Lake Tabernacle is barely visible on the left side of the photograph. Trees surround the Temple, but the gardens have not yet been planted. Two ladders and a man can be seen on the west spires.
C. R. Savage photographs and stereographs of Mormon historical sites
Photographs of Salt Lake City
This collection contains three photographs, ca. 1867-1892. Two photographs are of city scenes (Salt Lake City) from 1870 and 1872. The third is a collage of pictures that follow the construction of the temple and tabernacle in Salt Lake City from 1867-1892.
Hyrum Sainsbury photograph of the Salt Lake Temple
One photograph of the Salt Lake Temple, in Salt Lake City, Utah, taken by Hyrum Sainsbury in the 1900s.
Salt Lake Temple printing plate
Salt Lake Temple printing plate, circa 1900-1920s collection contains 1 printing plate of the Salt Lake Temple, Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, and Joseph F. Smith.
George A. Smith letter
Photocopied holograph letter from George A. Smith, writing from the historian’s office in Salt Lake, to his cousin, Silas S. Smith.
Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith oral histories
Oral histories of Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith, taken on reels from 1963 to 1971 and transcribed and edited in 1993 by Willard C. Smith.