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The Latter-day Saints and women's rights, 1870-1920 : a brief survey

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2326
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten essay coauthored by Carol Cornwall Madsen and Jill Mulvay Derr. The item was "prepared by three staff members of the History Division, Historical Department of the Church in response to a request of the general presidency of the Relief Society, 27 August 1979." The essay is a history of women's rights in Utah.

Dates: 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Life stories of John Alma Gilbert and wife, Geneva Frost Gilbert

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2231
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten and handwritten family histories, certificates, correspondence, and genealogical group sheets. The items relate to the families of John Alma and Geneva Frost Gilbert. Also included are histories and genealogies of the Gilbert and Frost families.

Dates: 1921-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A memorial

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 326
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed family history and autobiography. Tanner writes about her family joining the Mormon Church, its migration to Nauvoo, Illinois, and its eventual arrival in Utah. She also mentions her marriage in a polygamous relationship and her life in Payson, Utah.

Dates: 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lydia Susanna Goaslind Purnell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1796
Scope and Contents Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, histories, biographies, genealogical group sheets, patriarchal blessings, diaries, and land indentures in Idaho. The correspondence are between Purnell, her husband, and other relatives and deal largely with family matters. One of the letters is an account of the Battle of Bear River in 1863 by an observer. Purnell also writes to many persons about family history. Purnell also writes about being a polygamous wife and the various persecutions by...
Dates: 1875-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Home and Family 3
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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 2
Autobiographies 1
Bear River Massacre, Idaho, 1863 -- History 1
Certificates 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
Essays 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Canada -- History 1
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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History 1
Letters 1
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 1
Patriarchal blessings (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History 1
Payson (Utah) -- History 1
Polygamy -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
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Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach 1
Derr, Jill Mulvay 1
Frost family 1
Gilbert family 1
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Gilbert, John Alma 1
Madsen, Carol Cornwall, 1930- 1
Purnell, Lydia Susanna Goaslind, 1859-1942 1
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