Wilford Woodruff letters
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of photocopies of letters written by Wilford Woodruff and several miscellaneous items. Woodruff signed 14 of the letters as Lewis Allen, a pseudonym used by him during the time he was on the underground, hiding from federal officials. The letters were addressed to Thomas P. Cottam, at that time bishop of the St. George Fourth Ward and a prominent civic and LDS Church leader in St. George, Utah. Also enclosed are two letters to "Grand Pa Cottam" one of which is signed "Little Alice Woodruff".
Dates
- 1887-1889
Creator
- Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 (Person)
- Cottam, Thomas P. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Letters (photocopied) must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Wilford Woodruff was an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and later became its president.
Extent
22 items (41 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscript.
- Title
- Register of Wilford Woodruff letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 20 April 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States