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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Yesharah Society ephemera, 1959-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains three copies of “The Prophecy”; directions and a hand-drawn map to someone’s house; two poems written by Minnie I. Hodapp titled “Joseph Smith” and “Book of Gold”; program for the Nelke Reading Club; small pamphlet with recipes and quotes. Dated 1959-1962.

Dates: 1959-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records

Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws, 1928-1999

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains written histories, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, scrapbook, and annual breakfasts program booklets collected from activities collected from the Yesharah Society. Dated 1928-1999.

Dates: 1928-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 biographical records, 1933-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series II
Scope and Contents

Contains the biographies of various members of the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1933-1969.

Dates: 1933-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 minute and roll books, 1929-1975

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series I
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains the mintute books kept by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1929-1975.

Dates: 1929-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records, 1929-1994

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II
Scope and Contents

Series contains minutes, yearly programs, member biographies, and newspaper articles created by the activities of or collected by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah society. Dated 1929-1994.

Dates: 1929-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs

Yesharah Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 730
Scope and Contents The Yesharah Society records contain items created by and collected by the society in the course of its operations. These items include a constitution and by-laws of the organization, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets and programs, newspaper clippings and articles, scrapbooks, histories and biographies, music, and photos. The records come from the two Provo Chapters, Orem, Logan, and Salt Lake. The society was founded in Provo, Utah, in 1929 and the records go up to nearly the...
Dates: 1928-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records

Brigham Young account

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286696]
Identifier: Vault MSS 133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed account with Joseph Birch which lists the amount of "Proceeds" from the Southern Cotton Factory. Young writes, "I think this account is corect I have look it over and am satisfide."

Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young account

Brigham Young account book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286829]
Identifier: Vault MSS 154
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from August 1862 to May 1864.

Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young account book

Brigham Young account book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286837]
Identifier: Vault MSS 155
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from 1856 to 1874. There are many gaps in the record. These accounts were written by Hiram B. Clawson and others.

Dates: 1856-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young account book

Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284816]
Identifier: Vault MSS 63
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed certificate including the official seal of the territory of Utah with a green ribbon attached. The item is written "to whom it may concern." It introduces the bearer as an acquaintance of Brigham Young. The manuscript was probably used for missionaries of the Mormon Church. The item was signed by both Young and Willard Richards, an apostle in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

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