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Latter Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas L. Kane note and orders for Mormon Battalion, 1846-1847

 Sub-Series — Box 14: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550761]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a note and order regarding the Mormon Battalion. Materials date between 1846 and 1847.

Dates: 1846-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons

Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons, 1846-1884

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains material dating from Kane's initial meeting with the Mormons in 1846 through his relationships with various Mormons throughout his lifetime. Includes key materials relating to the call of the Mormon Battalion in 1846, the settlement of the Mormons on Indian lands in Nebraska during the winter of 1846-47, the establishment of Winter Quarters and Kanesville, their westward movement, Kane's public defense of the Mormons, the Utah War period, and later work with individuals like George...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1846-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers

Thomas L. Kane papers on Utah Expedition, 1857-1858

 Sub-Series — Box 14: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550761]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, reports, speeches, and other materials related to Kane's involvement in negotiating a resolution to the Utah Expedition. Materials date from between 1857 and 1858.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1857-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons

Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349463]
Identifier: MSS 4135
Scope and Contents

Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson writes about her immigration to Utah in 1848, her father taking the family to California in 1850, her father starting a boarding house, a flood, being threatened by Indians, food shortages, following Brigham Young's counsel and abandoning her home in 1858, her husband's call to go to Sanpete in 1866, the Black Hawk War and other topics.

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

Tracy and Laura Hickman created movies, 1980-2013

 File — Box 15: [Barcode: 31197232594280], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8180
Scope and Contents

Materials include photocopies of the two movies made and produced by the Hickmans. The movies are titled The Bronze Canticles and Project Rocketship. Dated 1980-2013.

Dates: Publication: 1980-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Tracy and Laura Hickman papers

“Uncompahgre Trail” by Gilbert W. States, approximately 1900-1945

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8608 Series 1 Sub-Series Sub-series 4
Scope and Contents

Materials include Gilbert W. States's manuscript "Uncompahgre Trail." It tells a story of a family moving west in the 1800s and is based on his family history. Materials dated approximately 1900-1945.

Dates: approximately 1900-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. E. Broaddus papers / J. E. Broaddus manuscripts

University Communications biographical records, 1921-2000

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical records, speeches, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and general documents related to former faculty; important visitors to Brigham Young University; individuals with ties to the University; and Church, mission, and University presidents. Materials date from 1959 to 2000.

Dates: 1921-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / University Communications records / University Communications files on personnel

Philip T. Van Zile scrapbook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 81
Scope and Contents

Bound scrapbook which contains newspaper clippings regarding The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, polygamy, Van Zile's work as U.S. District Attorney, and other activities that took place in Utah during the early 1880's. Many items are accompanied by holograph notations by Van Zile. Also includes letters to Van Zile from William M. Thompson and Robert G. McNiece.

Dates: 1879-1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Briant Harris Wells military certificates and other material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6171
Abstract This collection contains the military certificates of Major General Briant Harris Wells. Included are the certificates that span his military career from his first rank as second lieutenant in 1894 to major general in 1928. There are also certificates for awards he was given, including a Silver Star certificate for action in the Spanish American War, 1898; a Distinguished Service Medal certificate for service in World War I; and the "Ordre National de la Legion D'Honneur" from the French...
Dates: 1991; 1894-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Welsh emigrant letters to places in England

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315035]
Identifier: MSS SC 1724
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of three handwritten letters from Welsh emigrants, two of which endorse service received at sea. In the other letter the emigrant describes conditions in his land of adoption, Australia.

Dates: 1871-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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