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19th Century Club records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3311
Scope and Contents
Collection includes club records, including membership records, information regarding each meeting, scrapbooks of club events and members, correspondence between club members and other organizations, and ephemera and artifacts relating to the club's history. Dated 1891 to 2010.
Dates:
1891-2010
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
50th Anniversary celebration of the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3829
Scope and Contents
Contains one copy of the radio script for the event, consisting of ten legal sized pages. The pages outline a narrated and muscial production regarding the anniversary of the Salt Lake Temple.
Dates:
1943
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Delila M. Abbott papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1657
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, typewritten, and printed correspondence, hand bills, pamphlets, book drafts, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. The materials include a typewritten draft of the book "Women Legislators of Utah, 1896-1976." The items relate to Abbott's political career and her association with women legislators in Utah and in the United States.
Dates:
1971-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Myron Alma Abbott autobiography
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates:
1917
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Isaura Bentley Abegg diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1642
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries for the years 1952, 1964, and 1966 through 1971. Abegg was a student at Brigham Young University in 1952 and was closely associated with the university in later years. She talks of her daily activities, association with Brigham Young University, and Church responsibilities.
Dates:
1952-1971
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John James Abert letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4045
Scope and Contents
Letter from John James Abert to James Holt written on February 7, 1861. The letter originally accompanied a copy of Abert's report on the planning of a wagon route between Utah and Nevada. The report was published by the government in 1876.
Dates:
1861 February 7
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 495
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah, which sold general merchandise. The book lists transactions and the person purchasing items.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Account books of the Parowan telegraph office
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 500
Scope and Contents
Handwritten accounts and records of telegraph messages sent and received at the Parowan office in Parowan, Utah (4 volumes). The entries list the names of various persons and corporations using the telegraph services.
Dates:
1887-1925
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An act authorizing the foreman of grand juries to administer oath
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2029
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legislative act passed by the Utah Legislature on 28 Feb. 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor of Utah;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The act states that the "foreman" of grand juries is "authorized to issue process and compel the attendance of witnesses to give evidence" and "may administer oaths or affirmations to the witnesses thus in attendance."
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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