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George Edward Percy Careless funeral transcript

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8573
Dates: 1930-1932

Church Committee letter to Governor William Owsley

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 740
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopy and transcription of a 4-page letter from Brigham Young and others (on behalf of the Church Committee) to "His Excellency" Governor William Owsley of Illinois, petitioning for more time to prepare to leave Nauvoo, dated April 30, 1845.

Dates: 1845 April 30

David W. Evans shorthand papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6857
Abstract

The David W. Evans shorthand papers consist of talks that David W. Evans transcribed in shorthand, dated 1842 to 1876.

Dates: 1842-1876

First Presidency letter

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2041
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten letter signed by Spencer W. Kimball and other members of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church. Letter includes guidelines for local Church authorities when interviewing members for callings, temple recommends, or missionary service. Includes instructions for local leaders to avoid indelicate inquiries into marital relations, as well as an interpretation of oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice.

Dates: 1982 January 5

Janet Jenson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8478
Scope and Contents

Contains research, an interview, and reports on Jenson's research on the printing of the Book of Mormon and her work as a cataloger for Brigham Young University and the Church Historian's Office. Materials date from between 1965 and 2015.

Dates: 1965-2015

Typescript copy of Benjamin F. Johnson letter to George Snow Gibbs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8915
Content Description Contains a typescript of a 1903 letter from Benjamin F. Johnson, who was in Mesa, Arizona, to George Snow Gibbs in Salt Lake City, Utah, written in response to a request from Gibbs to have Johnson relate some of his early experiences in the Church, particularly with reference to his associations with Joseph Smith. Topics covered by Johnson include plural marriage and its effect on the members of the Church; Joseph Smith's charge to the Twelve Apostles before his death, causes for persecution...
Dates: 1911

Susan Arrington Madsen collection on the Galilee Branch

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7736
Scope and Contents

Collection of oral histories, interviews, correspondence, and photographs from the Galilee Israel Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes digital and printed copies of the materials in 22 folders. Sound recordings of the interviews are found in folder 22. Materials contain information on the creation and history of the Branch and the lives of the members. The histories were recorded between August 2008 and January 2010.

Dates: 2008-2010

Notes on early foundations of Mormonism

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9058
Scope and Contents Contains two bound booklets of notes by a non-Mormon in or around Liverpool, England, possibly a preacher, for an anti-Mormon speech or article titled "Mormonism." Includes references to the visions and revelations of Joseph Smith, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the founding of Mormonism. One set of notes writes in direct response to a work by B. H. Roberts, and both sets of notes are nearly identical in content. Includes direct quotes from the 1890 edition of the Doctrine and...
Dates: approximately 1890

Oral history interview with Larry C. Porter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8958
Scope and Contents

Collection contains an audiocassette and printed transcript of Susan Easton Black's interview with Larry Porter on his personal history. The oral history covers Larry C. Porter's time at Utah State University in 1951, his dealings with Truman Madsen, and his time as a member of the faculty at Brigham Young University. Materials dated January 2007.

Dates: 2007 January

Jörg Schmidt police report

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2684
Scope and Contents

One cassette sound tape in German with a typewritten transcript also in German. The item is Schmidt's account of an interrogation from the East German police relating to his Mormon Church activities.

Dates: 1990

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