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J. Winter Smith collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8387
Scope and Contents
Collection of photocopies of handwritten transcriptions and original documents from the nineteenth century that pertain to the lives of members of the Joseph Smith family. The materials were collected by Joseph Smith's great nephew, J. Winter Smith. Includes copies of correspondence, diary entries, obituaries, life histories, and genealogical documents associated with the family. These include reflections on past periods of church history, personal problems in the Smith family, persecution...
Dates:
approximately 1840-1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Typescript copy of Benjamin F. Johnson letter to George Snow Gibbs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8915
Content Description
Contains a typescript of a 1903 letter from Benjamin F. Johnson, who was in Mesa, Arizona, to George Snow Gibbs in Salt Lake City, Utah, written in response to a request from Gibbs to have Johnson relate some of his early experiences in the Church, particularly with reference to his associations with Joseph Smith. Topics covered by Johnson include plural marriage and its effect on the members of the Church; Joseph Smith's charge to the Twelve Apostles before his death, causes for persecution...
Dates:
1911
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections