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Ruth A. Aven collection
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7424
Abstract
Papers includes newspaper clippings, a photograph and a personal narrative, all concerning various ancestors of Aven. The collection dates from 1887 to 1949.
Dates:
1887-1949
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Preston Brooksby clippings on Fredonia, Arizona
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6859
Abstract
Collection consists of newspaper articles and images concerning the history of Fredonia, Arizona.
Dates:
1984-1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert Lang Campbell journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 496
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains Campbell's original handwritten journal where he describes his missionary experiences in Scotland; emigration to Nauvoo, Illinois; experiences traveling to Utah as a Mormon pioneer; and duties as a Mormon Church leader. Dated 1843-1848. Campbell also added to the end of his journal handwritten transcriptions of his missionary certificate, his appointment to the Glasgow Conference, and a letter to the Church in Wales from Franklin D. Richards. Dated...
Dates:
approximately 1843-1941; Majority of material found within 1843-1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Van Cott diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1035
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with typescripts. The diaries cover the years 1852 to 1856 and 1859 to 1862. Van Cott writes about his service as president of the Scandinavian mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also writes about helping organize the migration of Mormon pioneers by handcart in 1856 at Iowa City, Iowa.
Dates:
1852-1862
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Day collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2071
Abstract
The Thomas Day collection contains Day's journal (1843-1850), an account book (1843-1846), papers, and correspondence relating to his family, most all of which focuses on his LDS mission to England. He served in Lemington, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Leicestershire.
Dates:
1841-1893
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oz Flake family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1564
Scope and Contents
Holograph diaries of Osmer Flake including an autobiography of his life from 1868 to 1893. The diaries cover 1893-1898, 1899-1913, 1935-1954. Also included is a diary of Osmer's first wife, Elsie Owens Flake 1897-1900 and a diary of his second wife, Ethel Ray Flake 1925-1926. Also in the collection is Osmer's biography of his father William Jordon Flake and an autograph book compiled at the Beaver Stake Academy, 1887-1888. His first wife Elsie kept a diary when he was serving on the...
Dates:
1887-1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles D. Fletcher papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1948
Scope and Contents
Diaries. Also with the collection are letters received by Fletcher from various residents of Provo, Utah, including Samuel S. Jones, mayor of the town. Also included is business account books of Charles D. Miller, materials related to the Perpetual Emigration Fund of the Mormon Church, and some Mormon patriarchal blessings.
Dates:
1855-1911
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John C. Graham papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3889
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photocopies of two journals by John C. Graham for the period of 1862 to 1874, which describe his work with George Q. Cannon in the offices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liverpool, England. Also includes newpaper clippings from 1949, and programs for the Provo, Utah theater production of The Curtain from 1885.
Dates:
1862-1949
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jesse M. Harmon family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1665
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of materials by and about the Jesse M. Harmon family. Of particular focus are Jesse M. Harmon, who was a prominent member of the community in Provo, Utah, and his father Appleton Milo Harmon, who was an original pioneer to Utah in 1847, and was known for constructing the odometer invented by William Clayton. Includes biographical and genealogical sketches of several family members, newspaper clippings, journal transcripts, family newsletters, and other documents used in...
Dates:
approximately 1868-1989
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hendrickson family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2764
Scope and Contents
Contains the Peter P. Hendrickson Family History, the last will and testament of Kristine Amalie Mortensen Hendrickson, the diaries and letters of Peter Hendrickson, newspaper clippings, certificates, and a five-volume Danish Bible published in Copenhagen.
Dates:
circa 1889-2003
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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