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Fruits of their Labors records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6044
Abstract
Collection includes field work materials, including oral histories, photographs, and supporting materials, gathered by Fruits of their Labors field school participants between July and August, 2004. Materials focus on the development, management, and decline of orchards in Utah Valley, Utah.
Dates:
2004-2005
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Genealogical Library collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract
Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.
Dates:
1825-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 770
Scope and Contents
Contains a handwritten diary of Jacob Hamblin, with entries from June 21, 1868 to 1886. Entries relate farming conditions and crop yields in the Kanab Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, travels along Pariah River, and an account of a conference conducted by Brigham Young on April 2, 1870, dedicating a settlement in Kanab. A separate account titled, "Journal of the Moquis" dated September 28, 1869, to October 5, 1869, written by an individual other than Hamblin,...
Dates:
1868-1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Herman Thorup journal
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 3709
Scope and Contents
Typewritten transcript of Herman Thorup's journal for the period of 1879 to 1929; documents his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Denmark, as well as his life in Salt Lake City, Utah; his arrest, trial, and imprisonment for "unlawful cohabitation"; his work as a florist and nurseryman; the impact of the Edmunds Tucker Act; Utah politics; his own political activities; his volunteer work; and his family and spiritual life.
Dates:
1879-1929
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks statement
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 470
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten statement with a typewritten transcript. The item was dictated when Hendricks was 89 years old. She was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838 and tells how her mother treated her twin brother, Alma, who had been seriously wounded there. She also mentions hearing Joseph Smith, first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speak.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents
Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.
Dates:
1893-2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elias Smith journal typescript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2452
Scope and Contents
Collection includes typescripts of journals kept by Elias Smith between 1836 and 1888. The journals document Smith's travels, experiences, and other events.
Dates:
1836-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Josiah A. Scarritt journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3124
Scope and Contents
Materials include a handwritten journal created by Scarritt. The journal includes various reflections by the author on his life. Scarritt writes a brief biographical sketch of his life from his birth in 1790 to June 1815, focusing much on his religious experience as a young man and his conversion to Christianity. After this point, the journal is more daily entries for the remainder of 1815 up to July 1816, and include Scarrit's service as a Methodist preacher, particularly in the city of...
Dates:
1790-1816
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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