Smith, George Albert, 1870-1951
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1870 - 1951
Biography
George Albert Smith (1870-1951) was an ecclesiastical leader for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Citation:
His Sharing the Gospel with others, 1948.Biography index, v. 2, Z5301.B5 (d. 1951)
LDS.org, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2006 (George Albert Smith; b. April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City; d. April 4, 1951, Salt Lake City; served as the 8th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1945-1951) found: Against all odds, [2011], ©2011:t.p. (George Albert Smith) p. [x] (b. April 4, 1870, Salt Lake City; 1882-1883 attended Brigham Young Academy; 1883-1887 worked for Grant-Odell Co. and ZCMI clothing factory; 1887-1888 attended University of Utah; 1888-1891, 1894-1898 salesman for ZCMI; receiver of the US Land Office; October 6, 1903 became member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 1922 elected vice-president of The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; 1930 elected president of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association; 1931 elected member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America) p. [xi] (July 1, 1943 President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; May 21, 1945 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; d. April 4, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah)
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
George H. Hansen photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1628
Abstract
This is primarily a collection of original Hansen prints, slides, and negatives and also includes photographic albums belonging to George Hansen, Afton Allred Hansen, and Bessie Hansen.
Dates:
approximately 1896-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry D. Moyle. George Albert Smith (remarks at 1947 Baccalaureate), 1947 May 6, 1947 June 1
Item — Carton 2: [Barcode: 31197225536959]
Identifier: UA 1349 Item B018
Dates:
1947 May 6; 1947 June 1
David Hughes Horne recollection of a vision by George Albert Smith
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232514940]
Identifier: MSS 6105
Abstract
Collection contains a typescript account of a vision by George Albert Smith which he related to David Hughes Horne when Horne was a young boy. The four page long document is dated December 6, 1988 and is printed on Horne's business letterhead.
Dates:
1988
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Leadership Week, 1948 March 7
Item — Carton 2: [Barcode: 31197225536959]
Identifier: UA 1349 Item B025
Dates:
1948 March 7
Mark A. Peterson. J. Reuben Clark. Sydney B. Sperry. George A. Smith. A. Ray Olpin, 1946 February 3, 1946 December 15
Item — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197225536942]
Identifier: UA 1349 Item B010
Dates:
1946 February 3; 1946 December 15
Patriarchal blessing given to George Albert Smith
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238880]
Identifier: MSS SC 353
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a blessing given by Coltrin to Smith, who later became President of the Latter-day Saint Church.
Dates:
1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Photograph of academic procession at the seventy-fifth anniversary convocation
Digital Record
Identifier: UAP2_F200_p200center
Photograph of George Albert Smith, Howard S. McDonald, and Franklin Stewart Harris at commencement
Digital Record
Identifier: UAP2_F174_p174topleft
Photograph of seventy-fifth anniversary convocation in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium
Digital Record
Identifier: UAP2_F200_p200top
Photographs of George Albert Smith, date of production not identified
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231234383], Folder: 8
Identifier: UA 945 File 7
Dates:
date of production not identified