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Latter Day Saint families -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Wells Cannon and family photographs, approximately 1877-1963

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2344 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains, photographs, including portraits, of Annie Wells Cannon and family members. Dated approximately 1877 to 1963.

Dates: approximately 1877-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2344, Emmeline B. Wells and Annie Wells Cannon collection / Emmeline B. Wells and Annie Wells Cannon photographs

Bennion family journals, 1860-1910

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1472 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the original journals of John Bennion, Samuel R. Bennion, Laura Bennion Dimond, and William Panter, as well as accompanying microfiche copies and photocopies of the journals. Also includes other notebooks and journals of the Bennion family. Materials dated 1860-1910.

Dates: 1860-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1472, Bennion family papers

Bennion family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1472
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the John Bennion family residing in the Taylorsville, Utah, area in the mid to late 19th century. Of particular focus are the missionary diaries of John Bennion, his son Samuel Roberts Bennion, and Samuel's daughter Laura Bennion Dimond. Also includes genealogical information about the Bennion family's ancestors and family history documents and information about their descendants. Primarily consists of original journals, photographs and...
Dates: approximately 1842-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bennion family papers

Bennion family scrapbooks and family histories, approximately 1842-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1472 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains family histories, scrapbooks, which include original ephemera and correspondence, and the autobiographies of Mildred Bennion Eyring and Helen Bennion Barker. Also contains transcriptions of the Bennion family journals and correspondence, a photocopy of a handwritten list of the Bennion family members written in 1900, and photocopies of a journal ledger and other correspondence. Materials dated approximately 1842-1981.

Dates: approximately 1842-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1472, Bennion family papers

Blair Holmes collection of Austria Philatelic Society newsletters, 2001-2010

 Series — Carton 27: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197239243584], Folder: 4-6
Identifier: MSS 3248 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains newsletters of the Austria Philatelic Society. They provide information on upcoming events and other new relating to philately. Dated 2001-2010.

Dates: 2001-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3248, Blair Holmes papers

Blair Holmes family papers, 1932-2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3248 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Includes junior high school, high school, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seminary, university, and graduate school diplomas, along with related ephemera for Holmes, Margie Green Holmes, Brian Neville Holmes, and Muriel Berger. Also includes correspondence of Garth Harold Holmes. Material dates from 1932-2008.

Dates: 1932-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3248, Blair Holmes papers

Life of Mildred Potter Bunnell

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339605]
Identifier: MSS 2526
Scope and Contents Contains a copy of both Bunnell's diary and her father's journal (George Melbourne Potter) from 1905 to 1994. History details her birth, early years, her return to the United States, her life as a grandmother, her travels, and the passing of her husband. Also included is a short history of Bunnell's life after 1994 until she died in 2001. Contains her patriachal blessing. Photographs show Bunnell, family members, family house, scenes from Iran, and family reunions. Included are...
Dates: 1905-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Life of Mildred Potter Bunnell

Rose Zipporah Marsh Butler papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239125690]
Identifier: MSS 9654
Scope and Contents Collection contains letters to and from Rose Zipporah Marsh Butler, including envelopes and fragments of the stationary box where the letters were stored. Includes Edwin and Margaret Marsh guardianship transfer affidavit recording the transfer of guardianship of Rose to William and Sarah Beecher, dated 1888, two letters dated 1888 and 1889 from James Chandler to William and Sarah Beecher, Rose's foster parents, and a letter dated around 1888 from Edwin Beecher to William and Sarah Beecher,...
Dates: 1888-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rose Zipporah Marsh Butler papers

Collection of Farnsworth, Mayhew, and Chipman family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9642
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters sent to and from Farnsworth, Mayhew, and Chipman families. Also include wedding and reunion invitations and other ephemera. The majority of the letters are to Caroline Abigail Mayhew Chipman. Other relatives include Lydia Farnsworth Mayhew, Otto Lyman Mayhew, Walter Franklin Mayhew, Martha Hoggard Chipman, Frederick Moroni Houston, Lydia Lucinda Chipman, Fredrick Vernon Houston, and John Curtis Houston. Materials dated 1808-1950.

Dates: 1808-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of Farnsworth, Mayhew, and Chipman family papers

David R. Lyon papers, 1839-1978

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7955 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries, personal and family memorabilia, pamphlet library, writings, and correspondence. Dated 1839-1978 (bulk 1877-1965).

Dates: 1839-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7955, Lyon family papers

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