Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:
George and Sarah Russon Kirkham papers
Includes biographical and genalogical material about George Kirkham and his family, some excerpts from his journals (photocopies and typescripts) including his Latter-day Saint Church missionary journal while he was in England, 1888, drawings and poems by Kirkham, and correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia from the scrapbook of Sarah Russon Kirkham pertaining to her husband, children and herself.
Mary Lovisa Hovey Lambert biography
Typescript of a biography of Mary Lovisa Hovey Lambert, member of the Mormon Church, who was born in Utah and became a polygamist wife.
Letters to her Utah folks
Letters from Davidson to her father, Fielding Garr, her mother, Pauline Turner Garr, her sister, Nancy Garr Badger Stringham, and her nephew, Rodney C. Badger, written from Richmond, Indiana concerning family, the Civil War, polygamy and the persecution of the Mormons. Also includes genealogical information and a letter from Virginia B. Cutler to R.L. Ashby concerning the Davidson letters.
Wilson Lund family history
Notes from the life of John D. T. McAllister
William James Frazier McAllister autobiography
William Anderson McGinley journal
Biography : Sophia Crooks McNeill
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. McNeill was born in Scotland in 1827 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with her parents. She came to Utah in 1850, married John McNeill in 1852, and settled in American Fork. She left her husband when he took a second wife. She died in 1899.
Memoirs of Rose Ellen Bywater Valentine
She describes her experiences in these areas as well as her childhood in a Latter-day Saint polygamous family, including service as a Salt Lake City, Utah, Temple Square guide. Also includes family data, a poem by the creator, and a letter by the donor.
Henry Landon Miles collection on John Horne Miles
Contains research material, mostly photocopies, gathered by Henry Landon Miles regarding the life of his great-grandfather, John Horne Miles. Subjects include the merchant marines, John’s missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the polygamy trial in which John was involved in Utah. The materials are dated 1858 to 2001.