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James Adams estate papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1780
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of the wills and related estate documents of James, Lucian B., and James Lucian Adams, three generations of the same family, who all lived in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Dates:
1838-1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James J. Adams autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.
Dates:
approximately 1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Adams diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2328
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Adams lived in Oakley, Idaho, and writes about his daily routine. He was concerned about his health, the weather, and farm work. He also tells about various meetings for the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1912-1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Hortt Adams personal history
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2986
Scope and Contents
Narrative and photographic images concerning his childhood in Kanab, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University; living in Hollywood, California; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Seattle, Washington, 1989-1990; owning and running Grandview Miniature Golf Course in Provo, Utah; and working as accountant at BYU Financial Services. Also contains significant information about his family, including an...
Dates:
1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Adams letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 733
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Adams states that a Mr. Young "from Mendon" has been hired to do some work for him. It is unclear if the John Adams in the letter is the same John Adams (1786-1856) who wrote a legal history of New York State. The "Mr. Young" may have been Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. The date of the item is also uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1830
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Quincy Adams letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 680
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, unsigned letter of thanks to Thomas Newton, Jr., Chairman of the Committee of Commerce of the House of Representatives, regarding retaliation against the French for tonnage duties.
Dates:
1822
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
K. Haybron Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 9255
Scope and Contents
Contains thirteen 3 1/4" reel-to-reel tapes. Recordings include a radio program about American history, dictations of family history records, mainly in Ohio, K. Haybron Adams' diaries, and audio letters to and from K. Haybron Adams and his parents. Dated approximately 1967 to 1979.
Dates:
approximately 1967-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
K. Haybron Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 693
Scope and Contents
Contains Adams's professional files related to Special Collections and General Collections, including newsletters, research, correspondence, committee information, and budget information from 1976-2001.
Dates:
1884 February 10; 1973-2001
K. Haybron Adams photographs of Nauvoo Temple construction
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 803
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 25 photographs of the Nauvoo Temple under construction. Photographs were taken by Adams while he was at Nauvoo for a conference on September 16, 2001.
Dates:
2001 September 16
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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