Polygamy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with William L. Black
File — Folder 1: [31197231028744]
Identifier: MSS 6747
Abstract
Oral history interview with William L. Black, conducted by Anne Banas on 29 June 1971 for the University of Utah and the California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program.
Book of revelations
File — Folder 1: [31197230236587]
Identifier: MSS SC 214
Scope and Contents
Includes eight revelations relating to individuals and Mormon doctrine, written in the hand of Annie Taylor Hyde.
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Book of revelations
Martha Cragun Cox autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 319
Scope and Contents
Holograph autobiography which tells of Cox's early life in Salt Lake City, Utah and her family history, Latter-day Saint Church activities, education and teaching career. She married Isaiah Cox as a plural wife in 1869 and moved later to Mexico, settling in the Mormon colonies. She left Mexico during the Revolution of 1912.
Winslow Farr journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1420
Scope and Contents
Collection includes daily accounts of his family, his church mission to England (vol. 2), the Utah War, persecutions concerning his practice of polygamy, his subsequent prison sentence, and his life in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico. Typescripts of the journals are also included in the collection.
Nils C. Flygare papers
Collection — Box 1: [31197227329429]
Identifier: MSS 1496
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, an autobiography, family genealogy, biographical information, and correspondence and research information from Philip L. Walker. Describes Flygare's personal life, pioneer memories, missionary experiences, LDS Church activities, leadership activities in business and civic activities in Sweden and Utah.
Robert R. Gardner and Neil S. Gardner journals and notebook
File — Folder 1: [31197230244441]
Identifier: MSS SC 550
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the missionary journals of Robert R. Gardner serving in Australia, 1907-1908, and of Neil S. Gardner serving in Canada, 1894-1896. Also a notebook of Robert R. Gardner containing historical quotes and references to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and polygamy.
General correspondence, 1881-1904
File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [31197231038594], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Materials include general correspondence from Orson F. Whitney's associates in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including general authorities such as Joseph F. Smith, about his poetry, missions, and other endeavors. There is a certificate from Logan College certifying Whitney as a professor of theology and philosophy and an 1885 letter from Whitney to the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. Dated 1881-1904.
Marinda Goff autograph book from the Utah Territorial Penitentiary
Collection — Folder 1: [31197225546487]
Identifier: MSS 2805
Abstract
Contains autographs and personal notes written by various male LDS Church members and leaders convicted and incarcerated for polygamy, a violation of the Edmunds Act, at the Utah Territory Prison; also includes autographs and notes from friends, family members, and Church leaders from West Jordon, Utah Territory, where Marinda and Hyrum Goff resided; the last autograph and note was written as testimonial in 1900. The book contains testimonials, affirmation of LDS Church doctrine regarding...
John Horne Miles polygamy trial materials, 1877-1968
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2310 Series 5
Scope and Contents
Documents related to John Horne Miles' polygamy trial, including legal documents, photocopies of The Deseret Evening News Report and Commentary (and of the Salt Lake Daily Herald Report and Commentary) on the trial of John Horne Miles, typescripts of articles from the Salt Lake Daily Herald and Daily Tribune, photocopies from the Documentary History of the Church (trial proceedings as recorded by the Church), genealogy reports, and typescripts of Henry Landon Miles's research on J.H. Miles....
Typescript copy of Benjamin F. Johnson letter to George Snow Gibbs
Collection — Folder 1: [31197232578648]
Identifier: MSS 8915
Content Description
Contains a typescript of a 1903 letter from Benjamin F. Johnson, who was in Mesa, Arizona, to George Snow Gibbs in Salt Lake City, Utah, written in response to a request from Gibbs to have Johnson relate some of his early experiences in the Church, particularly with reference to his associations with Joseph Smith. Topics covered by Johnson include plural marriage and its effect on the members of the Church; Joseph Smith's charge to the Twelve Apostles before his death, causes for persecution of...