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Rebecca Peterson Bean speech
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2273
Scope and Contents
Typewritten talk given in the fall of 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rebecca Bean lived in the Joseph Smith house from 1915 to 1939. She talks about the anit-Mormon sentiments of many of her neighbors and tells about how she and her husband, Willard Washington Bean, coped with these issues.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Donald Q. Cannon research materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2005
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and typed letters, histories, interviews, diaries, pamphlets, and newspapers. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church; Joseph Smith, second president of the Mormon Church; and his family. Interviewees include Smith family members and those who knew them. The items were copied by Donald Q. Cannon as part of the continuing Mormon Church History Sources Project.
Dates:
1840-1981
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Donald Q. Cannon research materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1800
Scope and Contents
Photocopies and microfilmed copies of letters, pamphlets, newspaper artilces, sections of books, maps, biographies, histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church, to its early leaders and presidents, and to the genealogies of early prominent members of that faith. The materials were acquired in various research institutions in Massachusetts.
Dates:
1766-1977
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerites) collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2394
Abstract
The collection contains twenty-one plastic-bound volumes containing historical material relating to The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerites), including extensive minutes of various Cutlerite church meetings and conferences, gathered and typed by Edna Ione Fletcher. Each volume has been arranged in its own folder and are contained in two boxes.
Dates:
approximately 1853-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Martha Coray notebook
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents
Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary E. Lightner papers
Collection — Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 363
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Mary E. Lightner. Includes handwritten originals and photocopies of correspondence including correspondence to Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many prominent Mormon women while in Utah. Also included are personal histories, autobiographies, speeches, articles pertaining to her life while in Minersville, Utah, along with patriarchal blessings and a statement relating to her marriage to Joseph Smith. Dated...
Dates:
1865-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1059
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of holograph account of the murder of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and his brother Hyrum (1800-1844) on June 27, 1844. Jones was with the Smiths in the Carthage jail the night before they were killed. He was involved in carrying messages to and from Joseph and in appealing to Illinois officials for greater protection for the two men.
Jones relates some comments verbatim made by Joseph that indicate he had a premonition of death, as well as remarks by the mob. He also tells of the reaction...
Dates:
1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mormon Manuscript Retrieval Project collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 19
Abstract
Photocopies of reminiscences, histories, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the early Mormon experience in Ohio and New Hampshire. A. Gary Anderson and Milton V. Backman, Jr., faculty members of the Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, did research on Mormon Church history. Anderson worked in New Hampshire in 1973 and Backman did research in Ohio in 1974. Their project was to collect copies of manuscripts and documents relating to the early members of...
Dates:
1772-1974
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Smith, Jr. indenture
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 87
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, signed, and printed indenture dated 26 April 1844. Smith makes an agreement with William Richards regarding a sale of land in Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was signed by Smith, W. W. Phelps, and William Clayton.
Dates:
1844 April 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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