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Latter Day Saint pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

In memorium

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331966]
Identifier: MSS SC 3229
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of an printed brochure. The item includes an "autobiographical sketch" which Annie dictated to her son, Albert E. Bowen. Annie tells about her early life in England, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1851, her migration to Utah in 1861, and her move to Samaria, Idaho, in 1876. Also included is a copy of the funeral services for Annie in 1929.

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

History of Albert Merrill

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338086]
Identifier: MSS 931
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten biography of Albert Merrill. Merrill was born on Long Island, New York; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843; migrated to Utah in 1852; and settled in Provo, Utah. He served on a mission for the Church to the Eastern States from 1869 to 1870 and was made a patriarch of the Church in 1873.

Dates: 1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Hart Miles papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231566404]
Identifier: MSS 1459
Scope and Contents

The collection includes journals, biographical information, genealogical materials and a mission record.

Dates: 1861-1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mormon pioneers : music collection

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233240511]
Identifier: MSS 2406
Scope and Contents "The Mormon Pioneers" is the seventh album in the Columbia Records Legacy Collection and was produced by Goddard Lieberson with the aid of the Special Projects Staff: Charles Burr. Joan Meyers, Ira Teichberg, David Rubinson, John Simon, and Arlene Steibel. The songs contained in this album are songs that the Mormon pioneers sang as they migrated West and settled in Utah. The collection contains one 33 1/3 record of "The Mormon Pioneers"; a cassette tape copy of the record; and a printed...
Dates: 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Lois Walker Morris autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232480589]
Identifier: MSS 1566
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies of the typewritten manuscript of Mary Lois Walker Morris's autobiography. The autobiography details events in Mary's life and the life of her family. It provides insight into religion and family life. It also gives information about Quakers in England, conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emmigration, and polygamy in Utah. Includes an additional transcription made from the typewritten manuscript. Appears to have been written between...
Dates: approximately 1895-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography : Melissa Smith Mott

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341924]
Identifier: MSS 2642
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Melissa Smith was born in 1830 in Tennessee. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839. She later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Mott in 1850, but they had no children. She died in 1917.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nielsen family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230229723]
Identifier: MSS 1862
Scope and Contents

Biographies, genealogies, photocopies of photographs, correspondence, and patriarchal blessings. The materials relate to the lives of family members in Utah and in Norway.

Dates: 1919-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

None Shall Stay Them

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251090]
Identifier: MSS 9304
Content Description

Contains an audiocassette tape recording of the musical "None Shall Stay Them," by Nonie N. Sorensen. The musical contains 14 songs inspired by the story of George and Ann Quayle Cannon. Material created in 1991.

Dates: 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Ollerton biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314988]
Identifier: MSS SC 1723
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the biography of James Ollerton, English convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who settled in Parowan, Utah.

Dates: 1923
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eunice Coffin O'Neil letter to William B. Coffin in Nauvoo (1846)

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227626188]
Identifier: MSS 4031
Abstract

The Eunice Coffin O'Neil letter to William B. Coffin in Nauvoo (1846) is a letter from Eunice, the sister of William, regarding family matters, and her worries concerning William associating with the Mormon Church (LDS).

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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