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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Daybook of Armstrong and Bagley (original), 1878-1903

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233277570], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 1 File 7
Scope and Contents

Contains the original hardbound daybook of Armstrong and Bagley, including the diary of Samuel Russell, Jr. (see folder 6 for more content details). 159 pages, dated 1878 to 1903.

Dates: 1878-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Sr. and Samuel Russell, Jr. family histories, diaries, and other materials

Russell family blessings, 1900 October 8

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233277570], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 1 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains patriarchal blessings for Lucy Pratt Russell (wife of Samuel Russell Sr., given by Joseph F. Smith and Daniel H. Wells) and Samuel Russell Jr. (given by Patriarch John Smith, October 8, 1900), and a missionary blessing for Samuel Jr. given by Rudger Clawson.

Dates: 1900 October 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Sr. and Samuel Russell, Jr. family histories, diaries, and other materials

Samuel Russell, Sr. and Samuel Russell, Jr. family histories, diaries, and other materials, 1869-1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains Russell family histories and biographies, diaries, speeches, blessings, daybooks, and other family items. Dated 1869 to 1954.

Dates: Other: 1869-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers

Samuel Russell, Sr. diary and life sketch, 1882 October 6 - 1890 March 11

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233277570], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 1 File 4
Scope and Contents

Contains an original typed copy of the Samuel Russell [Sr.] diary, and Sketch of the Life of Samuel Russell. Photocopy in folder #1 above. Materials dated October 1882 – March 1890.

Dates: 1882 October 6 - 1890 March 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Sr. and Samuel Russell, Jr. family histories, diaries, and other materials

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