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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Lucy Mack Smith Carter diaries and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 2129
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three handwritten diaries kept by Lucy Mack Smith Carter. She writes about her daily life, her church activities, and family responsibilities, dated 1913 to 1914. Also includes photographs and negatives of Lucy Mack Smith Carter's family and her extended Smith relatives, mainly in California and Utah, dated 1868 to 1974.

Dates: 1868-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lucy Mack Smith Carter diaries and photographs

Census for Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334499]
Identifier: MSS 1074
Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten copies of the "First Census" of 1815 listing census roll 224. The census contains names of resident and non-resident taxpayers of Potsdam, New York. Additional entries for 1903 were added from the Potsdam Museum. The lists contain birth and death dates, where persons were buried, names of spouses and other relatives, and when the individuals arrived in Potsdam. Among the names listed are Asael Smith, grandfather of the first president of the Mormon Church,...
Dates: 1815-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Census for Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

Martha Coray notebook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Coray notebook

Dumont family record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317130]
Identifier: MSS SC 1910
Scope and Contents

Family records that record births and deaths of the Demont, Smith and Sasson families.

Dates: 1800-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dumont family record

Smith family legal instruments

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293015]
Identifier: Vault MSS 744
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal instruments relating to Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879), wife of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). One of the items deals with the payment of taxes owed on certain properties in the county. The other item is a statement of guardianship and real estate inheritances relating to the children of Emma Smith and signed by her.

Dates: 1847-1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Smith family legal instruments

Monument dedication

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237064]
Identifier: MSS SC 266
Scope and Contents

Typewritten transcript of services conducted at the dedication of a cemetery monument in Salt Lake City, Utah, erected to the memory of John Smith, George A. Smith and John Henry Smith. Joseph F. Smith was a speaker at the services.

Dates: 1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Monument dedication

Oral history interview with Eldred G. Smith and Hortense Smith

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232565629]
Identifier: MSS 9020
Scope and Contents

Transcript of interview, conducted by Don Norton, with LDS Church Patriarch, Eldred G. Smith and his wife, Hortense Child Smith. Contains various stories of the Smith family during the Restoration from Carthage to the Salt Lake Valley, and Eldred Smith's experiences as the Church Patriarch from 1947 to 1979. This interview took place February 8, 2001.

Dates: 2001 February 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oral history interview with Eldred G. Smith and Hortense Smith

Joyce L. C. Otterstrom paper on Louisa Smith Park family history

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239115410]
Identifier: MSS 9481
Scope and Contents

A research paper written by Joyce L. C. Otterstrom about the family of Louisa Park, nee Smith. Includes sources, pictures, and maps of relevant locations where members of the family lived in Kent, England in the 19th century. Materials dated 2021.

Dates: 2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joyce L. C. Otterstrom paper on Louisa Smith Park family history

Photographs of John Smith and Gee families

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3919
Scope and Contents This collection comes from the personal collection of Gilbert Isom, whose mother was Cleone Smith Isom, daughter of Hyrum Gibbs Smith. It includes photographs of each Presiding Patriarchs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including John Smith and Eldred Gee Smith, and various other members of the Smith family. Also included are photographs of Cleone Smith Isom's mother Martha Electa Gee Smith and other Gee family members. Notable items include pictures of John Smith and...
Dates: approximately 1880-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of John Smith and Gee families

Salisbury family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3078
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials of Katharine Smith Salisbury, sister of Joseph Smith, Jr., and of her family, especially of her son, Don C. Salisbury, and his descendants. The materials include photographs, letters, sheet music, and restoration project papers.

Dates: 1850-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salisbury family papers

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