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Polygamy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Jo Ann Sloan Rogers collection of Charles Ora Card family scrapbooks

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197232578598]
Identifier: MSS 8927
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks created by Jo Ann Sloan Rogers, a descendant of Charles Ora Card, documenting the history of the Charles Ora Card family and his descendants in Utah, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada. Also includes the Civil War diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette and the biography of Isaac Julian Harvey, a California pioneer. Dated approximately 1842-1968.

Dates: approximately 1842-1968; Majority of material found within 1903-1968

Mary E. Wooley Chamberlain autobiographical sketch

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 452
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography which tells of her children, friends, labors, marriage and travels. Also includes short typewritten description by Jonathan Chamberlain of his activities as an officer in the Thomas Chamberlain Family Organization.

Dates: 1936-1939

Warren Stone Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 376
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketches (photocopies) of Snow and his wife, Mary Ann V. Snow; ALS's (with typed transcripts) to his fourth polygamous wife, Sarah E.W. Snow, with a few to their children; a certificate of election, a deed, and a family group sheet (photocopies). Letters contain information pertaining to relations with his plural family, his missionary experiences in England, and the building of the Manti, Utah Temple. Includes cover letter by donor.

Dates: Undated

The autobiography of Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232562402]
Identifier: MSS 8967
Content Description

Bound autobiography of Cox, which discusses her early life in a polygamous family in Idaho, her missions to the Eastern States Mission and New Zealand, and her later family life, both as a wife and as a single mother. Most of the events discussed occurred in Idaho and Utah. The autobiography covers her birth in 1900 to about 1978.

Dates: after 1978

John Toone missionary journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232594991]
Identifier: MSS 8775
Content Description Compilation of transcriptions of journal entries written by John Toone. Describes his experiences as a missionary in England from May 8, 1854-April 29, 1856; the last few days of his journal describe when he entered the Salt Lake Valley, August 31-September 13, 1852. Contains a biographical sketch, a paper on John Toone and his music, and a history of Croydon, Utah, which Toone helped settle, written by decendants of John Toone. This book was put together by members of the John Toone Family...
Dates: 1854-1856; Publication: 1997

Samuel Dennis White

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242056]
Identifier: MSS SC 520
Scope and Contents

The collection includes a sketch of White's life and comments about his parents.

Dates: undated

Samuel E. Woolley statements on plural marriage

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241157]
Identifier: MSS SC 440
Scope and Contents

Typescript of statements by early Latter-day Saint Church leaders on plural marriage with a handwritten explanation of origin of collection.

Dates: 1912