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The Fort Hall Indian reservation : history and establishment of the reservation
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 858
Scope and Contents
Photoduplicated typescript of a history of the Fort Hall Indian reservation for the Shoshone and Bannock Indians in Idaho. Events of 1941 are the last mentioned in the document, so it is likely written on or shortly after that date. The author is unknown, but the history was written from an administrative standpoint and includes such data as the amount of acreage, productivity of the soil, the types of crops grown, the quality of roads, and the types and numbers of cattle on the...
Dates:
1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The ghost town of Hillsdale
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1624
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed history of Hillsdale, Utah and of the Johnson and Wilson families who founded it.
Dates:
1969
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary E. Lightner papers
Collection — Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 363
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Mary E. Lightner. Includes handwritten originals and photocopies of correspondence including correspondence to Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many prominent Mormon women while in Utah. Also included are personal histories, autobiographies, speeches, articles pertaining to her life while in Minersville, Utah, along with patriarchal blessings and a statement relating to her marriage to Joseph Smith. Dated...
Dates:
1865-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ermel J. Morton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7566
Scope and Contents
Collection includes the photocopies of journal entries, experiences, memories, and research papers of Ermel J. Morton regarding the Tongan Mission from 1907 to 1967. The manuscript of this compiled history was published in an abridged version for the Golden Jubilee of the Tongan Mission in 1968, however, the manuscript edition in this collection is a complete form. Collection also includes mission journal, letters and other correspondence; includes a telegram instructing him to go ahead...
Dates:
1936-1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Young affadavit of Haun's Mill massacre
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 791
Scope and Contents
Materials include Joseph Young's original eyewitness account of events that occured during the Haun's Mill massacre on October 30, 1838. His account was witnessed and sealed on June 4, 1839, by John Woods of the Circuit Court in Adams County, Missouri. Young describes the mob, his escape, and the conditions of the victims. Young also writes that he helped bury the dead. The account was later used by the Church as evidence of the sufferings of its members in Missouri. Dated June 4, 1839.
Dates:
1839 June 4
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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