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Allen family papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2337
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed correspondence, certificates, deeds, postcards, family histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the private and legal activities of the Allen family.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of John and Ann Stewart
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2338
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of John Stewart, a painter, and his wife, Ann Waddle Stewart. John and Ann were Scottish converts to the Mormon Church. They migrated to Utah and later settled in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Harry Butler diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1554
Scope and Contents
Holograph diaries for the years 1955-1959 and 1964 contained in five small notebooks. The items are short and list daily activities. The author probably lived in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1955-1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Aldous Dixon diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1823
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Dixon writes about his missionary activities in for the Mormon experience in England and South Africa. Dixon also tells about his work in the general tithing office of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, and his work for the Provo Woolen Mills in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1860-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Don Searle
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2603
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Don Searle with handwritten corrections. Don was a native of Spanish Fork, Utah who attended Brigham Young University from 1935 to 1940. Don served in the Navy during World War II and worked as a broadcast journalist. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1946 before he turned 29 years old. Clark attended Brigham Young University with Searle and relates what student life was like at that institution in the 1930s.
Dates:
1986
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 227
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and three volumes of diaries kept by Jonathan Oldham Duke from 1850 to 1857. Also includes a transcription of volume 1 and volume 2.
Dates:
1850-1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles D. Fletcher papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1948
Scope and Contents
Diaries. Also with the collection are letters received by Fletcher from various residents of Provo, Utah, including Samuel S. Jones, mayor of the town. Also included is business account books of Charles D. Miller, materials related to the Perpetual Emigration Fund of the Mormon Church, and some Mormon patriarchal blessings.
Dates:
1855-1911
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The funeral services of John W. Hoover
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2508
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of the funeral services for John Whitmer Hoover on 29 May 1902. Among the speakers was the Mormon Apostle, Reed Smoot. Among the other speakers were John Edge Booth, Myron Tanner, and David John. Hoover's father joined the Mormon Church and moved his family to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842 and later to Utah. John Hoover was a miller who married Mary Coursey in 1855 and lived in Springville, Utah. He moved to Provo, Utah in 1861. Also included is a biography of Hoover.
Dates:
approximately 1902-1925
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Thomas Giles diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 994
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries and teaching notes. Giles writes about his daily activities in Provo, Utah; his two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii (1890-1897 and 1905-1907); his work at a lime kiln; his work on a railroad; and his teaching of Sunday School for the Church.
Dates:
1890-1927
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Milton H. Hardy diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1998
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten diaries and pasted in newsclippings. Many diary entries were made in short hand. The newsclippings relate to Hardy's discussions of religion and educational matters and to his attempts to harmonize religion and science. Hardy travelled through Europe in 1875 and was active in Utah educational matters upon his return.
Dates:
1875-1883
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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