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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

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

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

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

Edgemont 11th Ward records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3086
Scope and Contents

Materials documenting the history of the Edgemont 11th Ward, Provo, Utah, between 1998 and 2000.

Dates: 1998-2004

Look on the side that's bright

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2339
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem written on Brigham Young Academy stationary. The stationary is dated 189-. The poem is signed by "Thos. Jones Jr." The poem suggests that people be optimistic about their lives.

Dates: undated

Pamela Jill Porter diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1818
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Porter writes about her spiritual experiences and how she regards the Mormon Church. Some of the diaries were written while Porter attended Brigham Young University and majored in English. She also lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1971-1980

Predictions made by President Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 231
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and notarized affidavits. The materials purport that the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), visited Provo, Utah, on numerous occasions and predicted that there would be a Mormon temple built on a bench of land northeast of the town. He also predicted that a railroad line would go west from Ogden, Utah, across the Great Salt Lake. These items are stories handed down by word of mouth through family members in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1943-1952

Provo 5th Ward records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1787
Scope and Contents

Programs, budget reports, obituaries of ward members, newspaper clippings, announcements, meeting programs, and ward newsletters. The materials relate to the function and membership of the Provo 5th Ward.

Dates: 1941-1965

Roll and dockett of high council of Utah Stake of Zion Utah

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 262
Scope and Contents

Handwritten meeting rolls. The item records the names of stake high councilors and their attendance at various high council meetings in the Utah Stake.

Dates: 1885-1905

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