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O. H. Bery letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2147
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter addressed to "Elder O. H. Olsen." Bery outlines a scheduled religious meeting.

Dates: 1886

H. H. Cluff diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1946
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary (144 pages) by Harvey H. Cluff. Cluff records events relating to his church activities. He talks about church talks, church courts, and reactions to the activities of federal officials who were pursuing Church members because of the practice of polygamy. Cluff presents copies of letters written by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gives an account of his arrest for polygamy on April 30, 1887.

Dates: 1887-1888

First Presidency letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1306
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typewritten letter dated October 31, 1891. The document was addressed to David Moore and solicits money for the completion of the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1891 October 31

Herman Grether autograph album from the Utah Territory Prison

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3298
Scope and Contents

Contains autographs and personal notes written by various male Mormon Church members and leaders, circa 1887, convicted and incarcerated for polygamy (a violation of the Edmunds Act) at the Utah Territory Prison (Sugarhouse, Salt Lake County, Utah). The book contains testimonials, affirmations of LDS Church doctrine regarding polygamy, expressions of familial support, poetry regarding polygamy, and expressions of sympathy for Herman Grether.

Dates: 1887

List of tithing prices, weights and measures

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 104
Abstract

The folder contains a photograph and negative of a printed list. The item presents prices for produce, cattle, and sheep to be used in calculating the proper amount of tithing to be paid by members of the Mormon Church in 1883.

Dates: 1883

John D. T. McAllister letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2149
Scope and Contents

Six handwritten letters. McAllister talks mainly about Mormon Church procedures and personal matters. The items were written in Salt Lake City and at Fish Lake, Utah.

Dates: 1885-1893

Preston D. Richards papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1993
Abstract

The collection consists of papers regarding the life of Preston D. Richards. The collection has correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, photographs and other papers. It specifically deals with his life in terms of his business, church, and personal relations. The collection dates 1894-1970.

Dates: 1894-1970

St. George Utah Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tithing list

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 100
Abstract

The folder contains a handwritten list of the dollar amounts of tithing paid by the various wards of the St. George Stake in 1883.

Dates: 1883

Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 779
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 27 Feb. 1853 and addressed to Samuel W. Richards in Liverpool, England. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young reports on the condition of Utah at the end of a severe winter during which the Utahns received no mail from outside the territory. Young also writes about the sugar industry in Utah, the progress on buildings and machinery of the Deseret Manufacturing Company, the excavations on the foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, the...
Dates: 1853 February 27

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 979
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877

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