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Jose Maria Albiza petition
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1871
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Albiza requesting a discharge from the army for medical reasons.
Dates:
1831
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James C. Alden letters
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3902
Abstract
Three letters from John C. Alden to his wife, written during the Civil War, 1863.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Anngady
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2874
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anngady was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anngady was educated on her master's plantation and went to Shaw Collegiate Institute after the Civil War. She gives a detailed description of what her husband told her of African tribal life. She talks about "savages," witch doctors, tribal kings, and...
Dates:
1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Russel Benson Backus collection on Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8921
Scope and Contents
Contains biographical materials on Russel Benson Backus' ancestors, Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson. Carson's autobiography covers 1821-1898 and discusses her life as a Mormon pioneer. Earl's biography, written by his daughter Elizabeth Elvira Earl Cordner, covers 1846-1909 and discusses his experiences in the Civil War and as a businessman in Utah. The collection includes original documents as well as photocopies, and both biographies are available on DVD. Materials dated...
Dates:
1865-2016
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary A. Hicks interview with Viney Baker
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2882
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Baker was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Baker was freed after the Civil War, but he continued to be forced to work, and he was treated very poorly. His mother was sold in the middle of the night. He describes severe beatings and being reunited with his mother.
Dates:
1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Schler Buckwalter autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1739
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Henry Shuler Buckwalter who served in Indian wars and helped Utah immigrants.
Dates:
approximately 1906
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Collection on Mark Hofmann
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1571
Scope and Contents
Collection contains articles, clippings, transcripts, biographical materials, and other materials on the Mark Hofmann case. Includes information on Hofmann's forgeries, as well as the murder case. Materials date from between 1978 and 2005.
Dates:
1978-2005
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Committee of Consumer Services records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3183
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of materials documenting the history and activities of the Utah Committee of Consumer Services, 1979-1999.
Dates:
1979-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Merian C. Cooper correspondence and interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2024
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of correspondence between Behlmer, Merian C. Cooper, and others. Also includes recording and transcript of interview recorded by Behlmer with Cooper in 1965 concerning Cooper's service in World War I and the Russo-Polish War (1919-1920); and his films with Ernest B. Schoedsack: "Grass" and "Chang." Some correspondence relates to David O. Selznick and the film, "King Kong."
Dates:
1929-1972
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Winslow Farr autograph book
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 832
Scope and Contents
This manuscript is a photocopy of Farr's autograph book. The book was apparently circulated among the inmates at the Utah Penitentiary who had been incarcerated for polygamy. Many of these individuals were important Mormon Church leaders on the local level, but one entry was by George Q. Cannon, a high official in the church. The signatures follow brief notes written to Farr. They tend to be flattering to Farr personally, expressing friendship to him, and commending him for his support of...
Dates:
1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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