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Latter Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Newel Kimball Whitney papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 76
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, financial and legal documents, church records, military records, manuscript revelations, poetry, journals, and other material by Whitney and his family. The records document the ecclesiastical functions, political activities, and finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when it was headquartered in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Utah. The bulk of the material is from the Illinois Era (1839-1846), with papers relating to the steamship...
Dates: 1817-1910; 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford E. Smith books, 1936-2000

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233247755], Folder: 1-18
Identifier: MSS 7936 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the following books written by Wilford E. Smith, including family history, autobiographies, essays, and textbooks on Mormon doctrine and sociology. Works date from between 1971 and 2000.

Dates: 1936-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford E. Smith papers

Wolf family temple record book, 1893-1931

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331735]
Identifier: MSS SC 3249
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a mirofilm copy of a temple record book. The materials present names of persons and the dates certain ordinances were perfomed for these people in temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Some of the entries were hand written, while others were typed.

Dates: 1893-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292868]
Identifier: Vault MSS 723
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 1854 and addressed to Utah Militia Major David Moore. The documents discuss the survey of a road through Ogden canyon, the relocation of Ute Indians, and the estate settlement of Isaac Moore.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Kimball Young papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231027605]
Identifier: UA 39
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Kimball Young to the Presidency of the Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 16, 1912, accepting a mission call, with a note of recommendation by Bishop Alfred Booth. Also include extract of anti-Mormon articles from the Salt Lake Review, 1871-1872, compiled 1959.

Dates: 1912-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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