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Interviews with former slaves in Oklahoma
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2944
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a microfilmed copy of typewritten interviews. Former slaves living in Oklahoma were interviewed about their experiences while in bondage. Some of them tell about their experiences with the Ku-Klux Klan.
Dates:
1937
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Harold V. Gividen papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3317
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview, photographs, diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper clippings, and a magazine article. Gividen was interviewed by Winston Erickson for the Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans on May 22, 2000. Gividen tells about his military experiences, including getting shot down. He kept a diary in Switzerland after he recovered from his wounds. He was invited to return to Switzerland in 1982, and his wife kept a diary during their visit. The materials relate to his...
Dates:
1945-2002
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Karl E. Young funeral service
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2195
Scope and Contents
Typescript of the funeral of Karl E. Young recorded on audiocassette. Includes talks and prayers honoring Karl Young.
Dates:
1990
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Vern Oliver Knudsen interviews
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1775
Scope and Contents
Bound transcripts of interviews conducted by James V. Mink from 1966 to 1969 for the Oral Histroy Program at the University of California Los Angeles. Knudsen discusses his early life in Utah and his Mormon upbringing, his research work and association with the Bell Telephone Laboratories, his work in various fields of acoustical physics, his work on noise pollution, and his administrative work at UCLA as Dean of Graduate Division and as Chancellor. Knudsen also talks about his mission for...
Dates:
1966-1969
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Henry Hart diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1040
Scope and Contents
Photocopy and typescript of four pages from Hart's diary, dated August 21, 1883. Contains a three-page interview with David Whitmer (1805-1888) concerning his testimony of the divine origin and the truth of the Book of Mormon.
Dates:
1883-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Nelson Heresford Kathan patriarchal blessings and ordination certificates
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1420
Scope and Contents
Typed transcripts of "patriarchal blessing(s)" given to Nelson Heresford Kathan and Sarah Jane King Kathan by John A. West, a Mormon patriarch. Also included are two certificates recording the ordination of Nelson H. Kathan to offices in the Mormon priesthood and two short, handwritten histories of Nathan and Sarah Kathan.
Dates:
1912-1913
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles H. Hyde patriarchal blessing
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1418
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed transcript of a Mormon patriarchal blessing given by Charles H. Hyde to Karen Madsen Raby at Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26, 1921.
Dates:
1921 May 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alexander McRae letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 866
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photocopy of a handwritten transcription of letters that were transcribed from a microfilm copy of letters composed by Alexander McRae. Most of the letters were addressed to McRae's children and other family members. They deal largely with personal matters, but he mentions some business concerns and recounts some of the news of Salt Lake City. Some are official letters concerned with bishopric and related church matters. Dated 1880 to 1886.
Dates:
1880-1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bosley Crowther interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2143
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview of Bosley Crowther in May of 1958. Crowther talks about his job working with The New York Times, the function of a motion picture critic, and his feelings on motion pictures.
Dates:
1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7599
Scope and Contents
Manuscript autobiography, labeled by the author as a biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Latter-day Saintn history including the violence in Missouri, his...
Dates:
approximately 1852-1881
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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