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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 461 Collections and/or Records:

Norval G. Turner account and poetry, approximately 2001, 1944-1946

 File — Box 16: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005064], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 427
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain an account in which Norval Turner tells briefly of his experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a radio operator in World War II. Includes descriptions of his time in India, and how he traveled all the way around the world, through both the Suez and Panama Canals. Also included are several amusing and informative poems he wrote during or shortly after his service. Dated 1944-1946, approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 2001; 1944-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (South-East Asia)

Notebook of poetry, approximately 1866-1913

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233291712], Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 652 Series 1 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Book of handwritten poetry presumably kept by Mary P. Boller, though the author could also be her mother, Eliza Parsons, as some ephemera in the book is addressed to "Mrs. James B. Parsons." Dated approximately 1866-1913.

Dates: approximately 1866-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary P. Boller and Henry A. Boller papers / Mary P. Boller papers
Image of Notebook of poetry
Image of Notebook of poetry

Notebook of poetry

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS652_S1_I5_B1_F3
Dates: approximately 1866-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Notes on the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233598033], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 5
Dates: Other: 1803-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Lyon papers / John Lyon research files

Oakland California Temple and Oakland Fourth Ward Chapel photographs and brochures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9199
Content Description

Contains photographs and brochures relating to the Oakland California Temple and Oakland Fourth Ward Chapel construction and dedication. Photographs focus on members of the Oakland Fourth Ward bishopric, particularly Curtis Ray Bybee. One brochure contains a collection of poetry from various Oakland Fourth Ward members.

Dates: 1956-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ode to Hal Halvorsen / Owen Stokes, 1989 May

 File — Box 59: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239239798], Folder: 34
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1989 May
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen collection of art and literature on the Berlin Airlift

Odean Barnum papers, 2001 August

 File — Box 1: Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197227341762], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 6 File 9
Scope and Contents

File contains materials relating to the service of Odean Barnum in the U.S. Army during World War II as part of the heavy gun and heavy machine gun squad. Materials contain an autobiography written by Odean Barnum. Details his early life in Mesquite, Nevada, military training at Camp Roberts, California during World War II, combat in the Philippines, and post-war life. Includes poetry and diary entries. Dated August 2001.

Dates: 2001 August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

Old Peking / by Nym Wales, 1935 December

 Item — Box 210: Series 2; Series 5; Series 8; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197233644027], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1935 December
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow papers on China / Helen Foster Snow writings and correspondence from Beijing

Short life sketch of Catherine Ingreberg Neilson Olsen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340314]
Identifier: MSS 2461
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Catherine Ingreberg Neilson was born in 1829 in Denmark. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1853 and married Hans Peter Olsen in 1854. She migrated to the United States in the same year and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1854. Catherine later moved to American Fork, Utah, and later to Carson Valley, Nevada. She later returned to American Fork and died in 1915. Also included are two poems...
Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

On the burning of the Brigham Young University at Provo, January 27, 1884

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231035210]
Identifier: UA 179
Scope and Contents

Letter to Evanda Young in the form of a poem concerning the burning of Brigham Young Academy, January 28, 1884.

Dates: 1884 January 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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