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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Obscenity issue correspondence, memos, petition, and news clippings, 1966

 File — Box 386: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197239260521], Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 9 Sub-Series 13 File 3
Dates: 1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on public relations

Office of the President records on steel plant at Geneva, 1950-1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 55
Scope and Contents

Contains petitions, reports and correspondence regarding the Geneva Steel Company, dated 1950 to 1955.

Dates: 1950-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records

Portage, Ohio anti-liquor petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237189]
Identifier: MSS SC 253
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition of the citizens of Portage County, Ohio against the sale of intoxicating liquors. Petition has one hundred twenty-eight signatures.

Dates: approximately 1830
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Portage, Ohio anti-liquor petition

Petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232594]
Identifier: MSS SC 12
Scope and Contents

Typed petition presented to Governor William Spry of Utah concerning a monument to be built in honor of the Mormon Battalion.

Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Petition

John D. Lee petition

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289765]
Identifier: Vault MSS 413
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition, dated 15 Nov. 1853, addressed to the Utah Territorial legislature, and signed by Lee and twenty-six others. The petition requests that $2000 be appropriated to build a road from Ft. Harmony, Utah, through the St. George Valley to connect with the California Road. The signers argue that such a road would facilitate further settlement in the Washington and Iron counties of Utah.

Dates: 1853 November 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John D. Lee petition

Lincoln County, Virginia petition for a road

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241538]
Identifier: MSS SC 471
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition with 48 signatures to the Lincoln County, Virginia court for a public road.

Dates: 1787
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lincoln County, Virginia petition for a road

Petition for a road

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241546]
Identifier: MSS SC 472
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition with 20 signatures to the County court for a public road.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Petition for a road

Petition for the pardon of George Reynolds, 1879 May 14

 File — Folder 24: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231025229]
Identifier: Vault MSS 10 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a photostat copy of a handwritten petition for the release of George Reynolds from prison, dated May 14, 1879, and addressed to Rutherford B. Hayes, president of the United States. There are no names attached to the petition.

Dates: 1879 May 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 10, George Reynolds papers / George Reynolds certificates and documents

Brigham Young, William Wines Phelps and Willard Richards petition to Congress

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292884]
Identifier: Vault MSS 726
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition to the Congress of the United States for an appropriation of sixty-thousand dollars for the erection of a territorial prison in Utah. The item is signed by W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young. The petition states that the prison is needed because of "multiplied crimes and offenses which demand the retribution of imprisonment."

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young, William Wines Phelps and Willard Richards petition to Congress

Petition to Board of Trustees to reestablish football at Brigham Young University, 1919 May 30

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231035426]
Identifier: UA 148 Item 7
Dates: 1919 May 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 148, Board of Trustees records

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