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George Washington Bean diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates:
1852-1897
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A biography of Alexander Williams
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 459
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography. The year of the composition of the item is unknown. Kimball writes that Williams was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1847, had encounters with the Ute Indians, lived as a polygamist, and converted to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Dates:
1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of John and Ann Stewart
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2338
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of John Stewart, a painter, and his wife, Ann Waddle Stewart. John and Ann were Scottish converts to the Mormon Church. They migrated to Utah and later settled in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elias Hicks Blackburn papers
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 2, 3, 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 785
Scope and Contents
Contains records on the early ecclesiastical history of Provo, Utah. Records include accounts of sermons of the period by several prominent leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Mormon Reformation, and document the response of the community, including rebaptisms and Church disciplinary matters. Also includes Blackburn's personal family record, and records of donations by Loa (Utah) Ward members for the building of the Manti Temple during Blackburn's tenure as...
Dates:
1851-1887
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2947
Scope and Contents
Oral history of Catherine Bowles, from an interview conducted by Jenny Reeder.
Dates:
2004
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young University 2nd Ward scrapbook
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2304
Scope and Contents
Bound scrapbook (42 pages) with newsletters, poems, newspaper clippings, programs, brochures, and miscellaneous items relating to the BYU 2nd Ward Relief Society. Materials document the activities of the ward's women between 1956 and 1962.
Dates:
1956-1962
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Flora Robertson Brimhall autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 458
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography. Brimhall writes about her family background, her youth in Spanish Fork, Utah, her marriage to George H. Brimhall, and gives her reflections on polygamy. As an adult, she lived in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1938
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John M. Cannon papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3220
Scope and Contents
This collection contains thirty-nine letters written to and by John M. Cannon, a Salt Lake City attorney. There are business letters and personal correspondence. The business letters deal mainly with business: mining, ranching, buying and selling of farm land, closing of bank accounts, etc. The contents of the collection span the years between 1893 and 1914 and are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1893-1914
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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