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West (U.S.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Ledieu memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310705]
Identifier: MSS SC 1293
Scope and Contents

Undated typescript and photocopy detailing the life of Abraham Ledieu.

Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lily Klasner collection of newspaper clippings, 1919-1945

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1963 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings and newspapers, and photocopies of clippings. Most relate to the history of New Mexico or the western United States. Dated 1919 to 1945.

Dates: 1919-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lily Klasner papers

E. Cecil McGavin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 26
Abstract

Collection includes the correspondence, research, and manuscripts of the historian E. Cecil McGavin. The collection dates from circa 1925-1960.

Dates: approximately 1925-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mexican American Military Oral History Project case files, 1991-1995

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 24 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the Mexican American Military Oral History Project, 1991-1995. Dated November 8, 1995.

Dates: 1991-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Mexican American Military Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Mexican American Military Oral History Project transcripts, 1995

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 24 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Mexican American Military Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1995.

Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Mexican American Military Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Mexican American Military Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1991-1995

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 24
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Mexican American Military Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1991-1995.

Dates: 1991-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Miscellaneous

 Series
Identifier: MSS 656 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, maps, and printed pamphlets and brochures dealing with the history and description of the Western United States and the Native Americans.

Dates: 1920-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maurice Frink Western Americana and Indian publications and clippings files

Moore Idaho Lost River Stake Oral History Project transcripts, 1976-1978

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 50
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts from interviews at people from the Moore Idaho Lost River Stake oral history projects. Dated from 1976 to 1978.

Dates: 1976-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Mormon History Association records, approximately 1981-2000

 Series — Carton 43: Series 12 [Barcode: 31197227622849]
Identifier: MSS 2183 Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Series contains papers regarding the Mormon History Association, particularly James B. Allen's "Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997: An Indexed Bibliography" that he helped to compile, circa 1981-2000.

Dates: approximately 1981-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James B. Allen papers

Peace programs, date of production not identified

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 49 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of 4 different talks given about creating peace from Norma Davis, Garold Davis, Michel Mazzaoui, and Alan Frank Keele. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Charles Redd Center for Western history lectures

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