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James Adams estate papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1780
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of the wills and related estate documents of James, Lucian B., and James Lucian Adams, three generations of the same family, who all lived in Sangamon County, Illinois.
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James J. Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.
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John Adams diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2328
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Adams lived in Oakley, Idaho, and writes about his daily routine. He was concerned about his health, the weather, and farm work. He also tells about various meetings for the Mormon Church.
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John Hortt Adams personal history
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2986
Scope and Contents
Narrative and photographic images concerning his childhood in Kanab, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University; living in Hollywood, California; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Seattle, Washington, 1989-1990; owning and running Grandview Miniature Golf Course in Provo, Utah; and working as accountant at BYU Financial Services. Also contains significant information about his family, including an...
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John Adams letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 733
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Adams states that a Mr. Young "from Mendon" has been hired to do some work for him. It is unclear if the John Adams in the letter is the same John Adams (1786-1856) who wrote a legal history of New York State. The "Mr. Young" may have been Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. The date of the item is also uncertain.
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Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.
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John Quincy Adams letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 680
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, unsigned letter of thanks to Thomas Newton, Jr., Chairman of the Committee of Commerce of the House of Representatives, regarding retaliation against the French for tonnage duties.
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K. Haybron Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 693
Scope and Contents
Contains Adams's professional files related to Special Collections and General Collections, including newsletters, research, correspondence, committee information, and budget information from 1976-2001.
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Merle V. Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oscar Fay Adams letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1032
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated October 29, 1907 and addressed to "Mr. Clement." The item was written in Boston, Massachusetts. Adams writes that he will be sending Clement a book of verse.
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