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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

Biographies of Farnes family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8251
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of biographies and remembrances of Farnes family members. There are pages missing from the stories. Materials date from between approximately 1945 and 1975.

Dates: approximately 1945-1975

Biography of J. Krishnamurti

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 395
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a typewritten biography. The item outlines the life and career of the Brahmin and religious leader from India, Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986). Also included in the biography are some of Krishnamurti's sayings. The author of the item is unknown.

Dates: 1935

Biography : Elijah Bourne, native pioneer

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2523
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Elijah was born in 1851 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he married mary Ann Able in 1871 and Rosa Abel in 1880. He served time in prison for polygamy and died in 1890. He lived in American Fork, Utah, his entire life.

Dates: 1940

Sam Brannan / by Florence M. Dunlap

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3247
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten master's thesis. The item is a "thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History in the Graduate Division of the University of California." The thesis is a biography of Sam Brannan, Mormon and California businessman.

Dates: 1928

Bronson family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1654
Scope and Contents

Genealogical work sheets, records of completed ordinance work in Mormon temples, family histories, correspondence, biographies, baptismal records, and miscellaneous items. Most of the items contain genealogical records of the Brunson, Bronson, or Brownson families. Also included is a genealogy of the Gould family.

Dates: 1910-1939

Donald Q. Cannon research materials

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2005
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typed letters, histories, interviews, diaries, pamphlets, and newspapers. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church; Joseph Smith, second president of the Mormon Church; and his family. Interviewees include Smith family members and those who knew them. The items were copied by Donald Q. Cannon as part of the continuing Mormon Church History Sources Project.

Dates: 1840-1981

Biographical sketch of William Carter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 528
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography. Also included is a typewritten poem by Johnson. William Carter was a Mormon who lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1847, and lived in Salt Lake City and later in St. George, Utah. He was a polygamist who spent time in the Utah penitentiary for bigamy.

Dates: 1938

Don Byron Colton papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7481
Scope and Contents

Collection includes several forms of documentation of Don Byron Colton's participation within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a biography written by his wife, Grace S. Colton. Also included are several artifacts such as spectacles, a wooden hatchet, and ties.

Dates: 1876-1952

Crawford-Hansen family book

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3128
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The materials are biographies of members of the Crawford and Hansen families. These people were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of them lived in Rockville and Oak Creek, Utah.

Dates: 1956

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Adams family 1
Adams, Merle V., 1899-1988 1
Alger, Sarah Pulsipher, 1824-1909 1
Barnum, Martha Ann Pulsipher, 1858-1936 1
Blake, Exie Terry, 1888-1957 1
Bourne, Elijah 1
Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889 1
Branson family 1
Brigham Young University 1
Bunker, Mary Terry, 1881-1944 1
Burgess, Almira Pulsipher, 1817-1868 1
Burgess, Mariah Pulsipher, 1822-1893 1
Cannon, Donald Q., 1936- 1
Carter, William, 1821-1896 1
Catholic Church 1
Chipman, Mildred 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Parowan Utah Stake 1
Colton, Don Byron, 1876-1952 1
Colton, Grace S. (Grace Stringham), 1878-1973 1
Crawford family 1
Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Huntington Chapter 1
Dunlap, Florence McClure 1
Endowment House (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1
Faius, Pierre Francois 1
Favre, Antoine, 1557-1624 1
Fearn family 1
Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622 1
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 1
Gould family 1
Hansen family 1
Harmon, Almira Terry, 1861-1936 1
Hatch, Ephraim 1
Hatch, Verena 1
Higbee, Thelma Miller 1
Hunt, Aluna Terry, 1863-1916 1
Hunt, Celestia Terry, 1854-1893 1
Huntsman, Mary Ann Terry, 1850-1943 1
Jacobs, Barbara, 1919-2010 1
Jensen family 1
Jensen, David C. 1
Johnson, Annie Carter 1
Jones, Ivie Maude Huish, 1891-1976 1
Jones, Lorin Franklin, 1889-1975 1
Keller, Karl 1
Kidman, Marva P. (Marva Pratt), 1893-1970 1
Krishnamurti, J. (Jiddu), 1895-1986 1
Laub, Wilhelmina Terry, 1859-1890 1
Leavitt, Mary Elizabeth Pulsipher, 1861-1925 1
Lee, Eva Elthera Terry, 1877-1958 1
Lund, Minerva Susan Terry, 1868-1922 1
Lund, Terry 1
Lyon, John, 1803-1889 1
Mackleprang, Adelia Terry, 1853-1930 1
Patten, Maud Etna Terry, 1880-1933 1
Pratt, Elzina Wheeler, 1858-1937 1
Pratt, Lorus Bishop, 1855-1923 1
Pulsipher, Andrew Milton, 1867-1939 1
Pulsipher, Charles, 1830-1915 1
Pulsipher, John, 1827-1891 1
Pulsipher, Martha Ann Hughes, 1843-1909 1
Pulsipher, Mary Brown, 1799-1886 1
Pulsipher, Prudence, 1813-1883 1
Pulsipher, William, 1838-1880 1
Pulsipher, Zerah, 1788-1872 1
Rigdon, John Wickliffe, 1830-1912 1
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876 1
Sales, Charles-Auguste de, 1606-1660 1
Smith, Emma Hale 1
Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin) 1
Terry, David Dudley, 1883-1971 1
Terry, Edward Sirls, 1886-1977 1
Terry, Franklin Durmath, 1872-1952 1
Terry, Hannah Louisa Leavitt, 1855-1939 1
Terry, Jedediah Murkins, 1885-1952 1
Terry, Joseph Alma, 1876-1973 1
Terry, Luther Murkins, 1873-1949 1
Terry, Thomas Nelson, 1858-1938 1
Terry, Thomas Sirls, 1825-1920 1
Terry, Thomas Sirls, Jr., 1866-1941 1
Terry, Zera Pulsipher, 1856-1949 1
Thornton, Hayde 1
Tietjen, Genevieve, 1891-1984 1
Tietjen, H. R. (Henry Roland), 1891-1976 1
Trane, Thomas Frederick, 1846-1921 1
Tullis, Lenora Terry, 1863-1929 1
Van Orden, Bruce A. 1
Wadsworth, Eliza Jane Terry, 1860-1931 1
Wadsworth, Josephine Rebecca Terry, 1870-1942 1
Wadsworth, Sarah Mariah Terry, 1865-1885 1
Wheeler, Harriet West, 1839-1905 1
Winsor, Sarah Alydia Terry, 1857-1950 1
Woods, Elizabeth Terry, 1870-1908 1
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