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Polygamy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Jonathan Oldham Duke diary, 1852-1857

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287678]
Identifier: Vault MSS 227 Item 3
Dates: 1852-1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries
Image of Jonathan Oldham Duke diary
Image of Jonathan Oldham Duke diary

Jonathan Oldham Duke diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS227_I3_F1
Dates: 1852-1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Journal of Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233071]
Identifier: MSS SC 68
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a journal which gives accounts of Young's conversion to Mormonism, visits of church leaders, marriage to Brigham Young, exodus west, experiences in Utah and her feelings about women's suffrage and the practice of polygamy.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George and Sarah Russon Kirkham papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1487
Scope and Contents

Includes biographical and genalogical material about George Kirkham and his family, some excerpts from his journals (photocopies and typescripts) including his Latter-day Saint Church missionary journal while he was in England, 1888, drawings and poems by Kirkham, and correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia from the scrapbook of Sarah Russon Kirkham pertaining to her husband, children and herself.

Dates: 1865-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Albert R. Lyman and Ezekiel Johnson recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7458
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a reel containing talks given by Albert R. Lyman and stories told by Ezekial Johnson. There is also a CD with the talks and stories recorded on it, and a typed transcript of them. The two talks given by Lyman deal with Mormon doctrine, including temples and Zion. The stories by Ezekiel Johnson detail his experience witnessing a little girl's resurrection, and his father's experience with the Prophet Joseph Smith and polygamy.

Dates: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Farrin L. and Enola Mangelson family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227658058]
Identifier: MSS 6861
Abstract

A book of poetry, a biography, and a letter, collected by Farrin L. Mangelson and Enola Mangelson, 1934-1974.

Dates: 1934-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Margaret Cooper West testimony of conversion to principles of polygamy, date of production unidentified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1 Item 21
Dates: date of production unidentified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers / Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection / Jesse Nathaniel Smith certificates, mementos and miscellany

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher journal drafts and paper manuscripts, 1975-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains journal and manuscript drafts collected by Beecher. Includes manuscripts for the Association of Mormon Letters, drafts for Sisters in Spirit and New Views of Mormon History, bibliographies, screenplays, and related correspondence and other materials. Also contains various journals and pamphlets including issues of The Creative Woman, Sunstone, Ensign, and BYU Today. Includes various life histories, including records on Duncan McArthur and his wives and Leonard Arrington. Topics...
Dates: 1975-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers

Orson F. Whitney correspondence, 1873-1931

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038594], Folder: 1-6
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 1
Scope and Contents Materials include originals and transcriptions of correspondence between Orson F. Whitney and other Church members, Church leaders, family members, and friends. The correspondence gives information about Whitney's mission to Europe, both as a missionary and mission president. It also contains information about Church members' experiences during the anti-polygamy campaign in the United States. There is also personal information about Whitney's family, reports of his trip to Nauvoo, answers to...
Dates: 1873-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Orson F. Whitney papers

Orson F. Whitney general correspondence, 1880-1931

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include general correspondence written by Orson F. Whitney as well as his various friends, family, Church acquaintances, and fans of his writing. There is information about his missions to Europe, time as mission president of the European Mission, writing and published works, personal family concerns, financial issues, Church matters, and his work as a teacher. Dated 1880-1931.

Dates: 1880-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Orson F. Whitney papers / Orson F. Whitney correspondence

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