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Julia Dillman poems
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2267
Scope and Contents
Handwritten poems. The items are on numerous themes including the death of family members and loved ones, birthdays, current events, and spirituality. Many of the items refer to events in the Price, Utah area.
Dates:
1886-1899
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Sylvia Worsley Dixon literary papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1495
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typescripts and holographs of free-form poems and lyrics written by Dixon for various friends, relatives, and theatrical productions.
Dates:
1955-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Out of the cage of mirrors
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2783
Scope and Contents
Typewritten poem with handwritten corrections in red ink. The item was written by an unknown Mormon author and deals with Mormon doctrine. The date of compositon is uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Minshall Evans papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 803
Scope and Contents
Handwritten poems and songs. Also included is a biography of Evans written by his granddaughter, Grace McLachlan Foxley, in 1940. The dating of the songs and poems is uncertain. At least one was written when Evans was on his mission in Liverpool, England.
Dates:
1870-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Two plays and a poem
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 17
Scope and Contents
Holograph scripts for The Converts (1844-1849), a three act play, and My Wife's Gone to the City (1856), and a holograph copy of his song, "The Men of 76 and the Boys of 47" (1856). Also includes a playbill, newspaper clipping and provenance notes.
Dates:
approximately 1844-1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
W. D. poetry and illustrations
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1303
Scope and Contents
Two unbound booklets of handwritten poetry with pen and ink illustrations. One of the booklets is a fully illustrated poem entitled "A Mormon Romance" which satirizes the Mormon practice of polygamy. On the cover of this item is a pen and ink illustration of Nauvoo, Ill. The other item contains poems describing the author's experiences while visiting the Mormon community of Nauvoo, Illinois in 1840 when she was introduced to the Mormon Church, met Brigham Young, and heard a sermon preached. ...
Dates:
1871
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Emily H. Woodmansee papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2003
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed poems with handwritten corrections. Many of the items were clipped from the Women's Exponent and other Latter-Day Saint publications. The newspapers from which they were clipped are located with the collection. The materials deal largely with Latter-Day Saint themes.
Dates:
1852-1906
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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