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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2714 Collections and/or Records:

A. Sherman Christensen journals

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1923 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains diaries, professional and private correspondence, speeches, essays, poetry, and histories. The materials relate to Christensen's personal life and to his work as a lawyer and as a jurist. Also includes private correspondence, primarily between Christensen and other family members, especially his wife, Lois.

Dates: 1920-1995

A. Sherman Christensen miscellaneous legal correspondence

 Series — Box 23: Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197227641617], Folder: 1-2b
Identifier: MSS 1923 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with BYU Law School officials and other legal colleagues.

Dates: 1920-1995

Delila M. Abbott newsclippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314525]
Identifier: MSS SC 1646
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of four newsclippings describing Mrs. Abbott's political activities.

Dates: 1954-1962

Myron Alma Abbott autobiography

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232504610]
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates: 1917

W. D. Abernith letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1225
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 2 July 1841, and addressed to David W. Catlin of Connecticut. Abernith writes about an "anti-Mormon" political convention being held in Carthage, Illinois.

Dates: 1841 July 2

Account books of the Parowan telegraph office

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 500
Scope and Contents

Handwritten accounts and records of telegraph messages sent and received at the Parowan office in Parowan, Utah (4 volumes). The entries list the names of various persons and corporations using the telegraph services.

Dates: 1887-1925

Accuracy in Media records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2194
Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, publications, research files, Media Monitor papers, and video and audio tapes covering Accuracy in Media activities, 1969-2011.

Dates: 1969-2011

Across the continent by overland stage in 1865

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates: 1865

Ansel Adams photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 379
Scope and Contents

Collection includes ten photographs by Ansel Adams of Western scenery, taken between 1936 and 1959.

Dates: 1936-1959

John Adams letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237593]
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.

Dates: approximately 1830