Joseph F. Smith signed pamphlet covers, 1897-1909

File — Folder: 6

Identifier: MSS 8922 Series 2 File 2

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Scope and Contents

Includes five pamphlets signed by LDS Church President Joseph F. Smith, who was Calvin Schwartz Smith's father. Pamphlets include "The Thatcher Episode," published 1896; YMMIA "Manual for Junior Classes, 1905-1905," published 1904; Joseph F. Smith general conference address titled "Let Facts be Submitted to a Candid World," published April 1907; "The Latter-day Saints and the World," by William A. Morton, published in Liverpool, England, ca. 1907; and, "Course of Study for the Quorums of the Priesthood...High Priests, First Year, Church Organization and History," published in 1909. The YMMIA manual is signed to Calvin Smith "From Papa, September 23, 1904." The general conference address is signed and addressed to Mary T. Smith, Calvin's mother.

Dates

Creation: 1897-1909

Creator

Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918) was the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving between 1901 and 1918.

Joseph Fielding Smith was born November 13, 1838, to Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith. He migrated to Utah with his mother after his father was martyred. Once in Utah, he began his life service to the church. In 1865, he served in the territorial legislature. Joseph served as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1901 to 1918. He died November 19, 1918.