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Mervyn Sharp Bennion
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2138
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Mervyn Bennion. Mervyn was born and raised in Vernon, Utah, attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He was the Captain on board the U.S.S. West Virginiaat Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was killed in the attack.
Dates:
circa 1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ezra Taft Benson address
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2877
Scope and Contents
A handwritten copy of a speech delivered while Benson was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Concerns government and individuals and specifically refers to post-World-War-II Russia. Includes two transcriptions of the speech, one handwritten and one typed; the latter was prepared by the Brigham Young University Department of Special collections and Manuscripts.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ezra Taft Benson receipt
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1269
Scope and Contents
Handwritten per diem receipt dated 24 January 1853 and signed by Ezra Taft Benson (1811-1869). The receipt acknowledges payment of $120.00 from Benjamin G. Ferris, secretary of the treasury, Utah Territory, for service at the 1852-1853 Legislative Assembly.
Dates:
1853 January 24
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Frederick William Benteen letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3039
Scope and Contents
Photostat copies of four handwritten and signed letters dated 2 July, 23 July, 24 July, and 30 July of 1876. Each item was addressed to Benteen's wife. Benteen writes about the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which took place on 25-26 June 1876, and his actions in the encounter. Also included is a photostat copy of a 25-page handwritten account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Benteen on an uncertain date. With the collection are typescripts of one of the letters and the...
Dates:
1876 July
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
F. R. Bentley notice
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2102
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notice of a claim of water rights to "Tombstone Spring" located in Mohave County, Arizona. Bentley and the "undersigned" (missing from the document) lay claim to a spring three miles west of the Macaac Woolf Hole Spring, Mohave County, Arizona. The item was recorded at the request of Moroni Snow of St. Geroge, Utah.
Dates:
1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jose A. Bernal petition
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1889
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Bernal requesting a discharge from the army. Bernal lost two fingers in an accident while serving in the military.
Dates:
1833
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John M. Bernhisel papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 331
Abstract
The Papers of John Milton Bernhisel includes three (3) archival series: Series I: Political Papers, circa 1847-1864; Series II: Personal Papers, circa 1825-1910; and Series III: Secondary Sources, circa 1909-1964.
Dates:
approximately 1825-1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William E. Berrett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1955
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, speeches, a biography, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Berrett's work with the Utah Committee on Children and Youth, his research on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' relationships with African-Americans, and various documents pertaining to his career as a professor at Brigham Young University, his time in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also included is Berett's autobiography and a biography of B. H. Roberts, the Mormon historian. Materials dated...
Dates:
1836-1993
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lewis C. Bidamon and Joseph Smith III legal documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 357
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning eleven legal cases involving either Bidamon or Joseph Smith III.
Dates:
1849-1860
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A bill for locating the county seat of Davis County in Utah Territory
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2072
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legislative act enacted by the Utah legislature on 18 February 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The act states that Farmington shall be the site for the County Seat of Davis County.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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