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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
Merle V. Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.
Dates:
1934-2014
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
Transcription of the Averett Family ledger book
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1303
Scope and Contents
Narrative of the history of members of the Averett family, including conversion, activities in Far West and Nauvoo, emigration westward, and settlement and activities in Utah Territory. The transcription was entrusted to P.T. Reilly.
Dates:
1972
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
Biographical sketch and family history documents on Charles Springer
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1511
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typed biography on Charles Springer (1658-1738), a transcribed typed letter Charles Springer wrote to his mother, the Springer family lineage dating from 420 C.E. up to 1849, and other transcribed documents, such as will statements. The collection also contains one page with a transcribed typed obituary of John Hiott (Hyatt) (1810-1911) of Kanab, Utah, and a transcription of a news clipping about Hiott reaching 100 years of age. Materials are all photocopies and...
Dates:
approximately 1960s
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Chauncy D. Harris interview, Chicago, Illinois
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2945
Scope and Contents
Comments on his early life and on the influence of his father, Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Also comments on attendance at the following institutions of higher learning: BYU, 1930-1934; University of Chicago, 1933, 1934, and 1937-1939; Oxford University, 1934-1936; London School of Economics, 1936-1937; and Kent State University, 1937. Includes comments on his early interest in geography, some of his teachers at BYU and the University of Chicago, and his...
Dates:
1986; 1986
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Church Committee letter to Governor William Owsley
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 740
Scope and Contents
Contains a photocopy and transcription of a 4-page letter from Brigham Young and others (on behalf of the Church Committee) to "His Excellency" Governor William Owsley of Illinois, petitioning for more time to prepare to leave Nauvoo, dated April 30, 1845.
Dates:
1845 April 30
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elizabeth Touchstone Clayton collection of family letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7809
Scope and Contents
Contains letters between immediate and extended family members of Elizabeth Touchstone Clayton, which come from various states including Texas, Alabama, Washington, New York, and New Jersey. A majority of the letters are between husband, William D. Craig, and wife, Bessie Graham Craig. Also includes letters from Gavin Drummond Hunt to his sister, Mary Craig, and letters from Allie G. Hunt. The letters date before, during, and after the American Civil War, and some letters include...
Dates:
1838-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Collection on Louisa May Alcott and family
Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 503
Scope and Contents
Contains handwritten and signed letters of Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker, and other family members, friends, and associates. The letters are of both a private and professional nature, and discuss social engagements, familial affairs, writing schedules, and upcoming publications. Also included are two photocopied portraits, a sound recording and transcript of a 1947 radio adaptation of "Little Women," and various other writings by Alcott. Materials dated 1837-1947,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1837-1947; Majority of material found within 1837-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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