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William Waddoups biography and meeting record book

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4084
Scope and Contents

Materials include a thirty-two page booklet containing a typed biography of William Waddoups, a biography of his wife Elizabeth, and speeches, prayers and songs from William Waddoups’ funeral. Also includes a red hardback meeting record book used when Waddoups made visits to several wards near Lewiston, Utah, likely while serving as a counselor in the Benson Stake Presidency. Dated 1909-1931.

Transcriptions of both items are also included.

Dates: 1909-1931

David W. Evans shorthand papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6857
Abstract

The David W. Evans shorthand papers consist of talks that David W. Evans transcribed in shorthand, dated 1842 to 1876.

Dates: 1842-1876

Jörg Schmidt police report

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2684
Scope and Contents

One cassette sound tape in German with a typewritten transcript also in German. The item is Schmidt's account of an interrogation from the East German police relating to his Mormon Church activities.

Dates: 1990

Susan Arrington Madsen collection on the Galilee Branch

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7736
Scope and Contents

Collection of oral histories, interviews, correspondence, and photographs from the Galilee Israel Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes digital and printed copies of the materials in 22 folders. Sound recordings of the interviews are found in folder 22. Materials contain information on the creation and history of the Branch and the lives of the members. The histories were recorded between August 2008 and January 2010.

Dates: 2008-2010

Janet Jenson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8478
Scope and Contents

Contains research, an interview, and reports on Jenson's research on the printing of the Book of Mormon and her work as a cataloger for Brigham Young University and the Church Historian's Office. Materials date from between 1965 and 2015.

Dates: 1965-2015

George Edward Percy Careless funeral transcript

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8573
Dates: 1930-1932

James and May Booth Talmage family stories and recollections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8858
Content Description A collection of stories and recollections about James and May Booth Talmage. Includes copies of signed letters from James E. Talmage to his granddaughters, both typed and handwritten from 1929-1933; and, memories of May and James Talmage by their granddaughters. Also includes a transcription of an interview with John R. Talmage by Shannon Howells prior to John's death in 2001, where he shares biographical information and memories of his parents. Also includes a typescript of an article about...
Dates: 1895-2001

Oral history interview with Larry C. Porter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8958
Scope and Contents

Collection contains an audiocassette and printed transcript of Susan Easton Black's interview with Larry Porter on his personal history. The oral history covers Larry C. Porter's time at Utah State University in 1951, his dealings with Truman Madsen, and his time as a member of the faculty at Brigham Young University. Materials dated January 2007.

Dates: 2007 January

Notes on early foundations of Mormonism

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9058
Scope and Contents Contains two bound booklets of notes by a non-Mormon in or around Liverpool, England, possibly a preacher, for an anti-Mormon speech or article titled "Mormonism." Includes references to the visions and revelations of Joseph Smith, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the founding of Mormonism. One set of notes writes in direct response to a work by B. H. Roberts, and both sets of notes are nearly identical in content. Includes direct quotes from the 1890 edition of the Doctrine and...
Dates: approximately 1890

First Presidency letter

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2041
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten letter signed by Spencer W. Kimball and other members of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church. Letter includes guidelines for local Church authorities when interviewing members for callings, temple recommends, or missionary service. Includes instructions for local leaders to avoid indelicate inquiries into marital relations, as well as an interpretation of oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice.

Dates: 1982 January 5

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