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Utah -- History

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Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:

Maeser Elementary School photographs/photographic equipment, 1898-1979

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2377 Series 4
Scope and Contents note Photographs and slides. Contains pictures of Maeser Elementary School, school activities, students, and some Mormon temples, approximately 1898-1957. Photograph albums and Parent Teacher Association folders. Pictures of school and PTA activities, approximately 1898-1979. Stereoscope and stereographs. Stereograph photograph include pictures of a variety of things and places, for classroom use. Stereographs. More miscellaneous stereograph pictures. Large, framed picture, Karl Maeser--was...
Dates: 1898-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maeser Elementary School collection

W. Medieo letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318823]
Identifier: MSS SC 2111
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copybook letters apparently signed by W. Medieo and addressed to Brigham Young and William H. Hooper. The letter addressed to Brigham Young informs him that his account has been adjusted for the fiscal year 1856-57 with the Treasury. The item addressed to Hooper relates to his application to be the acting "Secretary Pro tem" of Utah.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A memorial to Congress for the construction of a great national central railroad

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2367
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative motion passed by the Utah territorial legislature on 3 March 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "Pres. of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The measure requests that the federal government build a railroad across the United States.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A memorial to Congress for the extension of the legislative to 90 days

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305051]
Identifier: MSS SC 757
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative appeal to the United States congress to extend a legislative session. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor" ; Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council" ; and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "speaker of the House of Rep." The item is dated 3 March 1852.

Dates: 1852
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

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

Dale Lowell Morgan papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038586]
Identifier: MSS 16
Abstract

The collection contains papers contain correspondence, annotated serial publications, handwritten notes in books, and book reviews from 1914-1971.

Dates: 1930-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Morris A. Shirts collected writings, 1946-1979

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2227 Series 3 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains published and unpublished writings of Shirts covering various topics. Material dates from 1946-1979.

Dates: 1946-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Morris A. Shirts papers / Morris A. Shirts professional papers

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