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Subject Source: Itoamc

Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

What it Means to be a Mormon transcription

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233646493]
Identifier: MSS 8345
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the handwritten transcription of Adam S. Bennion's book, What it Means to be a Mormon, pages 171-173, which tells the story of Emmeline B. Wells' conversion and early history, including when she first met the prophet Joseph Smith. The transcriber is unknown. Dated approximately 1920.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lola Turley biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315142]
Identifier: MSS SC 1713
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of the biography of Lola Turley who settled in Mesa, Arizona as a farmer's wife.

Dates: approximately 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lola Jesamine Ollerton Turley biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315159]
Identifier: MSS SC 1712
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of Seth and Jane Rogerson Ollerton, English converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who emigrated to America. She died while crossing the plains to Utah. He finally settled in Arizona.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Theodore Turley biography and autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244623]
Identifier: MSS SC 560
Scope and Contents Typescript (duplicated). The collection includes many quotes from Turley's journal covering his early life in England, Latter-day Saint Church conversion in Canada, Mormon difficulties in Missouri, 1838-1839, details of his mission to England accompanying the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1839-1840, the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois and his colonizing mission to San Bernadino, California, 1850-1857. Also includes one page of corrections and additions by Olive K. Turley...
Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Susan Morris Buckwalter Turner biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314905]
Identifier: MSS SC 1735
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of Susan Morris Buckwalter Turner, English convert to the Mormon Church, who settled in American Fork, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6936
Abstract

Research papers of Stewart L. Udall regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1950-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah County Genealogical and Historical Society family history collections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3984
Abstract

Miscellaneous family histories, biographies and autobiographies, mostly on Utah ancestry, 1530 to 1963.

Dates: Other: 1530-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Vible : Smyrna to Scipio

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045037]
Identifier: MSS 1024
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography with photographs and genealogical group sheets. Walch writes about Mary Vible Walch Rhoades, the wife of Thomas Rhoades. Mary joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; moved to Utah; settled near Kamas, Utah; and spent her last days in Scipio, Utah.

Dates: 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Visit of one of the three Nephites

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329952]
Identifier: MSS SC 3078
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm reproduction of a typed manuscript. The item is an account of Thomas Durham, his wife, Carol, and his son, Thomas Jr., when they were travelling from Payson, Utah, to Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend General Conference of the Mormon Church. They were camped on "this side" [south?] of the Provo River when "a man rode up on a beautiful b---- pony, with four white feet, all so clean. . . . As he rode up, he spoke to Brother Durham, asking his name. Then he told him...
Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Volume 1, 1862-1945

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains letters exchanged between members of Sarah Oakey Sirrine's family, both those that preceded her and those that followed. They were written primarily in Idaho and Arizona and date between 1862 to 1945.

Dates: 1862-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Dawn Curtis collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts

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