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Account book and letters published in the "Deseret News"

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 767
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a copy of a handwritten account book, "Personal Account Book of John McLaws, Joseph City, Arizona;" a typescript volume of letters from colonists which appeared in the "Deseret News," describing in detail the history and development of the Mormon settlements on the Little Colorado River; and a copy of a hand-drawn map of Sunset, Arizona (1881).

Dates: 1881-1931

Hannah Allen letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2449
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed. The item was not dated but was composed some time in the early nineteenth century. The letter was written to Hannah's granddaughter, Jane Addams. Hannah, who was barely literate, tells Adams about a "Refamation" in the area of Tunbridge and Chelsea, Vermont. The family of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived in this area in the 1790s.

Dates: approximately 1810

Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8819
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the life of Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen. Included are her journals, some correspondence with her husband, and digital images of members of her family on DVD discs. Dated circa 1950-2010.

Dates: approximately 1950-2010

Another pane in the Crystal Palace

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3962
Scope and Contents

Honors thesis about the 1851 Great Exhibition. Includes research materials from the Imperial College in London.

Dates: 1998

Bette B. Ashworth memorial collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3280
Scope and Contents Collection contains letters from famous Utah residents, letters to Max Lachman during World War II, booklets, scrapbooks, photo albums, receipts, photographs of Price and Carbon County, Utah, and marriage certificates. Also contains glass plate negatives by Charles Ellis Johnson and corresponding prints. Also contains articles, postcards, Bingham Canyon and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and other ledger books, artwork, legal documents, and other manuscripts collected by Brent Ashworth...
Dates: 1802-2017

Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents

Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.

Dates: 1893-2000

Ole Hendriksen Berg letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2363
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.

Dates: 1886 May 2

Letters to James G. Bleak

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9070
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to James G. Bleak from various family members. Letters emphasize daily events, Church activity, and family relationships. Also includes some materials regarding family history research. Materials dated 1896-1954, bulk 1896-1902.

Dates: 1896-1954, bulk 1896-1902

Doren Benjamin Boyce papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7980
Scope and Contents Contains information on Doren Benjamin Boyce's work at the Topaz Relocation Camp. Includes his correspondence with friends and camp administrative officials, as well as inventories and receipts for purchases made because of the camp and other financial documents. Also includes records about the camp, mostly orinetation materials about the purpose and function of Topaz. Collection also contains some documents about the members of the camp, as well as newspaper clippings and articles on...
Dates: approximately 1942-1983

Bradley and Henrie family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1868
Scope and Contents

Biographies, correspondence, and family histories. The materials are by and about the Henrie and Bradley families in Manti, Utah.

Dates: 1868-1977

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 2
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 2
Addams, Jane 1
Allen, Hannah 1
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Allen, Marva Genevieve Stevens, 1929-2011 1
Allen, Rufus C., 1827- 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
Ashworth, Bette B., 1927-1977 1
Ashworth, Brent, 1949- 1
Beneficial Life Insurance Company 1
Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996 1
Benyamen, Levi 1
Berg, Ole H. (Ole Hendriksen), 1840-1919 1
Birkin, Elizabeth Roland, 1851-1916 1
Birkin, Robert, 1851-1916 1
Bleak, James G. (James Godson), 1829-1918 1
Boyce, Doren Benjamin, 1914-1989 1
Boyd (Family : Boyd, John David, 1839-1917) 1
Boyd family 1
Bradley family 1
Brigham Young University 1
Britten, Augustus 1
Brown, John, active 1958 1
Canfield, M. D. (Myron D.), approximately 1810- 1
Carpenter, Christopher, active 1803-1817 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Central Utah Relocation Center 1
Cerre, Pascal L., 1771-1849 1
Chouteau, Pierre, 1758-1849 1
Clawson family 1
Clawson, Lydia S. (Lydia Spencer), 1861-1941 1
Clawson, Rudger, 1857-1943 1
Corbin, Abel Rathbone, 1808-1881 1
Corbin, Lavinia 1
Cottam (Family : Cottam, Thomas, 1820-1896) 1
Cresank, Thomas 1
Dalley, Julius Wolley 1
Dorey, Thomas, 1823- 1
Dubois family 1
Dubose, Angelina 1
Duchouquet, Pierre 1
Eldredge, Jean, 1930- 1
Eldridge family 1
Elliott, Andrew 1
Fillerup, Charles Richard, 1873-1936 1
Fillerup, Moneta Johnson, 1882-1965 1
Fish, Silas Leavitt, 1880-1976 1
Free family 1
Free, Lorymore 1
Frost, Nancy, 1909- 1
Fuller, Frank 1
Gelston, Maltby 1
Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1831-1914 1
Gilpin, William, 1813-1894 1
Gladden, Washington, 1836-1918 1
Goddard, Joel 1
Great Britain. Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 1
Greene, John Carrick, 1939- 1
Gregg, Sarah D. 1
Gregg, Thomas, 1808-1892 1
Grow, Minnie P., 1840-1917 1
Gubler, Nellie McArthur 1
Gunn, Elisa 1
Gunn, Timothy 1
Hadley, Charles Whipple, 1844-1936 1
Harrison, John F. C., 1921- 1
Hayes, Rose B. 1
Hedquist, Alexander, 1872-1965 1
Hedquist, Vivia, 1885-1962 1
Heiman, H. 1
Henrie family 1
Hinckley, Edwin Smith, 1868-1929 1
Hinckley, Gordon Bitner, 1910-2008 1
Hofmann, Mark 1
Holmes, Francis B. 1
Holmes, Harold Harper, 1911-2001 1
Hunt, Theodore 1
Hunter, Mat 1
Hyde, Arthur Mastick, 1877-1947 1
Illinois. Militia 1
Inchbold, John William, 1830-1888 1
Jack, James 1
Jarvis (Family : Jarvis, George (George Franklin), 1823-1913) 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, George W. (George Washington), 1823-1900 1
Jones, David, active 1878- 1
Jones, Sarah Fletcher, 1874-1966 1
Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883 1
Keate, Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett, 1813-1905 1
Kirkham, Francis W. (Francis Washington), 1877-1972 1
Knecht family 1
Larson, Alof Pratt, 1882-1961 1
Larson, Margaret Smith, 1884-1973 1
Lisa, Manuel, 1772-1820 1
Lyman, Richard Roswell, 1870-1963 1
Lyon, Hermana Forsberg, 1906-1980 1
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