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Robert Johnson papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1867
Scope and Contents
Diary, patriarchal blessings, biographies, family histories, bank statements, and correspondence. The materials relate to Robert and to his wife, Elizabeth.
Dates:
1882-1976
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
Lydia Susanna Goaslind Purnell papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1796
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, histories, biographies, genealogical group sheets, patriarchal blessings, diaries, and land indentures in Idaho. The correspondence are between Purnell, her husband, and other relatives and deal largely with family matters. One of the letters is an account of the Battle of Bear River in 1863 by an observer. Purnell also writes to many persons about family history. Purnell also writes about being a polygamous wife and the various persecutions by...
Dates:
1875-1942
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Redd family papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten materials. Most of the items were collected by the descendants of Lemuel Hardison Redd (1856-1923). Included in the collection are minutes of a Redd family meeting, a biography of Eliza M. Partridge Lyman, a list of persons buried in Bluff, Utah, from 1880 to 1951, correspondence of family members, two patriarchal blessings given by Hyrum Smith, and an essay by John Redd, a student at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1844-1966
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Silas LeRoy Richards diary and family histories
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 734
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography and diary, family histories, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, and mementos. Much of the material relates to the history and genealogies of the Richards, Rhead (Reed), Stanley, and Huffman (Hoffman) families. Silas was born in Union and later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He held several jobs and served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission from 1902 to 1905.
Dates:
1870-1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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