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Latter Day Saint families -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Achsa E. Paxman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2239
Scope and Contents

Personal and family papers of Achsa Eggertsen Paxman, including diaries, notebooks, letters, photographs, speeches, poetry, and ephemera. Also contains Paxman and Eggertson family papers, particularly related to funerals and memorials of various people, as well as family histories and genealogies, and the Latter-day Saint mission papers of William Monroe Paxman to New Zealand. Materials dated 1859 to 1975.

Dates: 1859-1975

Robert John Evans and Alice Hazel Stallings Evans family correspondence, 1918-1985

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains approximately 2,000 letters written between 1918 and 1985. Majority of letters are written by Robert John Evans, but other authors include his son, Robert Pugmire Evans, and his mother, Alice Hazel Stallings Evans. Other letters are written by family friends and include holiday and birthday cards. Subjects of the correspondence include religious missions, school and university work, and everyday experiences.

Dates: 1918-1985

Robert John Evans church papers, 1950-1997

 Series — Box 3: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197235217566], Folder: 4-10
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains Sunday programs, ward photo directory, assorted publications, a hand-written manuscript of the Doctrine and Covenants, and personal temple records. Dated 1950 to 1997.

Dates: 1950-1997

Robert John Evans ephemera, approximately 1950-1990

 Series — Box 3: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197235217566], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains assorted papers, an Arizona desert painting on wood, some lab supplies (unused), and undated papers. Dated approximately 1950 to 1990.

Dates: approximately 1950-1990

Robert John Evans journals, 1922-1994, bulk: 1963-1964

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains personal, professional, and travel journals belonging to Robert John Evans. Materials dated 1922 to 1994, with the bulk of the materials falling between 1963 and 1994.

Dates: 1922-1994; Majority of material found within 1963-1964

Robert John Evans letters to Robert James Evans and Alice Hazel Stallings Evans, 1939-1977

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 8 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Letters sent by Robert John Evans to his parents Robert James Evans and Alice Hazel Stallings Evans between 1939 to 1977. Letters discuss everyday occurrences, family happenings, and school and work opportunities. Majority of letters sent from Pullman, Washington and East Lansing, Michigan by Robert John Evans to his parents in Utah.

Dates: 1939-1977

Robert John Evans slides and other material on Brigham Young University Travel Study, 1983-1985

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233639209], Folder: 2-6
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains 618 slides taken between 1983 and 1985 while Robert John Evans was on Brigham Young University Travel Study tours to England, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary, and other places in Eastern Europe. Materials dated 1983 to 1985.

Dates: 1983-1985

Robert John Evans slides of Michigan State University and science experiments, 1965-1973

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233639209], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 120 slides on science experiments and study, taken between 1965 and 1973 at Michigan State University.

Dates: 1965-1973

George H. Robinson journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9600
Scope and Contents Twenty journals written by George Henry Robinson dated 1895 to 1947. Includes his journals kept while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain from 1895 to 1898 and the Eastern States Mission from 1903 to 1905. Robinson notes the weather and his location at the beginning of every entry. Entries outside of his time serving missions are mostly in Laketown, Utah, in which he usually makes entries on Sundays, discussing church meetings, ordinances...
Dates: 1895-1947

Scrapbook and loose materials, approximately 1897-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2344 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains loose scrapbook material, such as clippings, photographs, postcards, and other ephemera. Also contains a scrapbook tited "The Ideal Scrapbook," with clippings, photographs, and other ephemera. Materials dated approximately 1897 to 1960.

Dates: approximately 1897-1960