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Latter Day Saint women

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

The hills of Bern

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329168]
Identifier: MSS SC 2996
Scope and Contents Recounts her early life in Bern, Idaho; missionary service in New York in the Eastern States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, late 1920s; activities in Logan, Utah; and teaching school in Weber County, Utah. Includes reflections on polygamy. Her mother, Caroline Buehler, was a plural wife of Christian Kunz. Also includes mention of her mission president, B. H. Roberts. Contains information on her siblings and other family members, including her husbands, two...
Dates: approximately 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Histories written & filed (No. 4) for Adams Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341783]
Identifier: MSS 2578
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. The item includes lists of officers, meeting minutes, photographs of members, and poems praising Utah pioneers.

Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Leona Holbrook papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1740
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, writings, speech transcripts, subject files, photographs, printed items, reports, and other papers. Major topics include the Olympics, dance and other forms of human movement, and the physical education of women in the United States and around the world. Includes information on the construction of the Richards Building on the Brigham Young University campus and Holbrooks' participation in several professional organizations. Dated approximately 1927 to 1991.

Dates: approximately 1927-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

How to get him and keep him Mormon style

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323591]
Identifier: MSS SC 2386
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten pamphlet on how Mormon women can get and keep a good husband. Reid suggests these young women do such things as smile a lot and flatter their boyfriends.

Dates: approximately 1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Howard M. and Kathleen S. Bahr research materials, 1976-2012

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8963 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains research results, analysis, drafts, presentation materials, reports, correspondence, notes, and other related documents pertaining to the research of Howard M. Bahr and Kathleen S. Bahr. Topics include the population and social characteristics of Escalante, Utah, the Family Intervention Study from 1975, the Navajo Labor Force Survey, Indian Placement studies, Grenada High School students, religiosity and delinquincy, premarital sex and delinquency in Latter-day Saint teens,...
Dates: 1976-2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Howard M. and Kathleen S. Bahr papers

Howard M. Bahr biographical materials, 1964, 2019

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197205394833], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 8963 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the 1964 thesis of Howard Bahr, titled Violations of Academic Freedom in the U.S., 1933-1963, and Howard's 2019 resume.

Dates: 1964; 2019
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Howard M. and Kathleen S. Bahr papers

Irene Adams journals, 1968-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7810 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains journals and writings from Irene Adams' life, travels, and education. Materials dated 1968-2011.

Dates: 1968-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Irene Adams papers

Items of or regarding Pleasant Green Taylor [Levi James Taylor’s father], 1890-1917

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Account book, genealogy and accounts notebook, and collection of stories about Taylor.

Dates: Other: 1890-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Anna Johnson poems

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038743]
Identifier: MSS 25
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and printed poems and songs. These items deal primarily with Mormon culture and doctrine. Also included is a scrapbook.

Dates: 1971-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History manuscripts on Latter-day Saint women, 1921-1986

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1214 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains records from publications concerning Latter-day Saint Women. Includes materials for Women of the Covenant and Within the Households of Faith: Selected Writings of Latter-day Saint Women, 1830-1900. It deals with the beginnings of the Relief Society Organization, the women who organized it and what type of women made up this establishment. It outlines the beginnings of the group in Nauvoo, Illinois, with Joseph Smith presiding and Emma Smith becoming the first General President of...
Dates: 1921-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records

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