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Myron Alma Abbott autobiography
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates:
1917
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Merle V. Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.
Dates:
1934-2014
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Verda Spencer Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6263
Abstract
The Verda Spencer Adams autobiography is the written account from her experience growing up in the early 20th century in a rural Mormon community until watching her own children grow up.
Dates:
1978-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1410
Scope and Contents
A typed transcript of an article from the Salt Lake City, Utah Daily Tribune, titled "After Thirty-one Years, Capt. Hodges Gives a Unique Banquet," dated October 28, 1897. The article describes a banquet hosted by Capt. F. S. Hodges, a former Union Pacific railroad engineer, who is reuniting with Salt Lake City citizens who helped him build the railroad in Utah in 1866.
Dates:
1897 October 28
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James B. Allen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2183
Abstract
The collection of professional papers of James B. Allen, includes drafts and research files for various books, correspondence, class lecture notes and other papers. Manuscripts include those for The Story of The Latter-day Saints, The Company Town in the American West, Men with a Mission and Hearts Turned to the Fathers.
Dates:
approximately 1950-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview with Lee Allen
Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3162
Scope and Contents
Transcript (32 pages) and audiocassette recording of an interview with veteran Lee Allen conducted by Mark D. Bell for the Ray Hillam project, dated approximately 1985. Allen went to Vietnam in 1962 and was never wounded. He discusses the brutality of the enemy during the war. He says that the United States press did a poor job in reporting the war, failed to note how brutal the enemy was, and wrongly indicated that the war could not be won. He says the United States could have won the war...
Dates:
approximately 1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Rhoda J. Allred and Sharon Allred Jessup collection on Rulon C. Allred
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8750
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Rulon C. Allred. Included are typed and handwritten journal entries and letters, handwritten financial records, and his handwritten autobiography. A typed scrapbook made by his daughter Rhoda as well as Allred family recordings, family histories, and an interview with John Stewart on compact discs are also included. His religious materials include a book with records of work Allred did for the dead in Mesa, Arizona, and diary entries...
Dates:
approximately 1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1958-1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
America Inns of Court Foundation records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9602
Scope and Contents
Collection includes American Inns of Court records, including correspondence, newsletters, photographs, project records, and oral history transcripts and audio recordings with instrumental figures, including Chief Justice Burger, Justice O'Connor, and Rex E. Lee. Also contains papers documenting the development of The American Inns of Court. Materials dated 1967-1997.
Dates:
1967-1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James H. Andersen papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9283
Scope and Contents
CD-R containing JPG photographs of pages from the missionary journal of James H. Anderson documenting his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the northern states, primarily Iowa. The disc also contains a word document of the transcription of the journal, which includes a photograph from James' mission. Dated 1919 to 1921.
Dates:
1919-1921
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Anngady
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2874
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anngady was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anngady was educated on her master's plantation and went to Shaw Collegiate Institute after the Civil War. She gives a detailed description of what her husband told her of African tribal life. She talks about "savages," witch doctors, tribal kings, and...
Dates:
1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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