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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 777
Scope and Contents

Diaries and correspondence. The journals were kept when Woodruff was serving on a mission to Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included is extensive correspondence between Woodruff and other apostles and church leaders. The material also deals with Woodruff's attempt to settle Latter-day Saints in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. Dated 1895 to 1904.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Wilford Woodruff diary excerpt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348218]
Identifier: MSS 1342
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary excerpt that includes a copy of an unattributed vision or a dream which Woodruff had obtained. The vision claimed to foresee of the last days in which a great loss of life and a great destruction would befall the the cities of the eastern United States. Photocopy includes entries from June 14 to 22, 1878.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff diary excerpt

Wilford Woodruff family letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8173
Scope and Contents Letters written between Wilford Woodruff and members of his family. Letters are to his wife Emma S. Woodruff and to his children Clara and Blanch. Also included are letters from Emma Woodruff to Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Beebe as well as letters between Emma Woodruff and her daughter Clara. Letters talk about family activities and contain advice from Wilford Woodruff to his family. One letter is written shortly before Woodruff died in San Francisco. Another is written while Wilford Woodruff was in...
Dates: 1877-1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff family letters

Wilford Woodruff invitation

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2671
Scope and Contents

Printed invitation to the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church. Woodruff's signature on the item was placed there by some kind of mechanical reproductive process.

Dates: 1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff invitation

Wilford Woodruff letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293106]
Identifier: Vault MSS 742
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter to M. Richards Jr. of Parowan Utah. The item is a request for Richards to surrender a certificate for 300 shares of Deseret Telegraph Stock to Woodruff.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter

Wilford Woodruff letter to Jacob G. Bigler

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284063]
Identifier: Vault MSS 109
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 18, 1887, and addressed to Jacob G. Bigler. Woodruff writes about Bigler's unmarried daughter being baptized in the temple for her health. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1887 October 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter to Jacob G. Bigler

Wilford Woodruff letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289658]
Identifier: Vault MSS 429
Scope and Contents

Typewritten letter, addressed to John D. T. McAllister, dated August 31, 1894, and signed by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F. Smith. Woodruff and Smith inform McAllister that he will remain president of the Manti Temple after the return of the former president, Anthon H. Lund.

Dates: 1894 August 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister

Wilford Woodruff letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342716]
Identifier: MSS 818
Scope and Contents This is a collection of photocopies of letters written by Wilford Woodruff and several miscellaneous items. Woodruff signed 14 of the letters as Lewis Allen, a pseudonym used by him during the time he was on the underground, hiding from federal officials. The letters were addressed to Thomas P. Cottam, at that time bishop of the St. George Fourth Ward and a prominent civic and LDS Church leader in St. George, Utah. Also enclosed are two letters to "Grand Pa Cottam" one of which is signed...
Dates: 1887-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letters

George S. Woods letter to Ulysses S. Grant

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284709]
Identifier: Vault MSS 73
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 13, 1871, and addressed to Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States. Woods writes about the social and political situation in Utah.

Dates: 1871 November 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George S. Woods letter to Ulysses S. Grant

James W. Woods memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state. Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates: 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James W. Woods memoirs

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