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Julius S. Dalley collection of Mormon materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3927
Abstract
Materials from the lives of Elizabeth R. Snow and Erastus Snow, 1851-1933.
Dates:
1851-1933
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Genealogical Library collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract
Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.
Dates:
1825-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks statement
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 470
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten statement with a typewritten transcript. The item was dictated when Hendricks was 89 years old. She was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838 and tells how her mother treated her twin brother, Alma, who had been seriously wounded there. She also mentions hearing Joseph Smith, first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speak.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert Peirce letter
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2590
Abstract
Letter written by Robert Peirce August 31, 1848 to his family in Pennsylvania about his journey to Salt Lake City and his LDS faith.
Dates:
1848 August 31; 1848 August 31
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Wines Phelps papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 810
Scope and Contents
Collection contains original correspondence and journal extracts written by William Wines (W.W.) Phelps and his family between 1835 and 1865. He wrote the majority of the letters to his wife, Sally, in Clay County, Missouri, while he was in Kirtland, Ohio with members of the Mormon Church. The collection also contains some original letters from other family members, such as his wife and son, to Phelps. Many of the pages have just portions of letters and page numbering at the top, but they...
Dates:
1835-1865
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alvin Fielding and Amelia Atkins Smith letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7952
Scope and Contents
Contains letters and postcards between the Alvin and Amelia Smith, including correspondence from their courtship and during his missionary service in England. The letters discuss routine aspects of missionary work, such as finances and accommodations, investigators, companions and conferences, local attitudes, and events. Also includes descriptions of life in the Smith family, such as births and deaths, weddings, financial circumstances, and events of daily life. Accompanying the letters are...
Dates:
1902-1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Winter Smith collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8387
Scope and Contents
Collection of photocopies of handwritten transcriptions and original documents from the nineteenth century that pertain to the lives of members of the Joseph Smith family. The materials were collected by Joseph Smith's great nephew, J. Winter Smith. Includes copies of correspondence, diary entries, obituaries, life histories, and genealogical documents associated with the family. These include reflections on past periods of church history, personal problems in the Smith family, persecution...
Dates:
approximately 1840-1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Madeleine B. Stern papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1486
Abstract
The collection consists of Stern’s research and manuscript files including correspondence, photographs and photocopies, research notes, drafts and proofs, periodicals, etc., documenting her career between 1944 and 1998 as a biographer of assorted figures and aspects of 19th century American life and literature, most notably Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Fuller, feminists, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology and its founders, etc. It contains original manuscripts and printer’s proofs of such works as...
Dates:
1944-1998
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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