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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Biographies of Beesley family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306158]
Identifier: MSS SC 853
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter to LeGrand Baker, an archivist at BYU, briefly discussing the ancestors of Mrs. Fifield, biographies of Frederick Beesley and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Solomon Beesley, and a short history of the Beesley Music Co.Frederick Beesley was a musician who conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, an accountant, a shoemaker, one of the founders (along with his father) of the Beesley Music Co., and the secretary/treasurer of the Salt Lake Philharmonic...
Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographies of Farnes family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8251
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of biographies and remembrances of Farnes family members. There are pages missing from the stories. Materials date from between approximately 1945 and 1975.

Dates: approximately 1945-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographies of Isabel Siddoway and Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313444]
Identifier: MSS SC 1612
Scope and Contents

One book containing 15 photographs, 2 biographies of Francis Armstrong, 2 life sketches of Isabel Siddoway Armstrong, 13 genealogy sheets, and miscellaneous items. The Armstrong biographies describe the lives of Mormon pioneers.

Dates: 1929-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of George Henry Webb

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338185]
Identifier: MSS 2819
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.

Dates: approximately 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Henry Mower Sr.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306513]
Identifier: MSS SC 886
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a photocopy of a typewritten biography of Henry Mower. Mower was a Mormon pioneer who settled in Springville, Utah.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2083
Scope and Contents Compiled by James A. May about his mother, Jean Fossum May, drawing heavily on her letters, journals, and notes. Gives detailed information about her life in Baker, Oregon, 1906-1959; service as a missionary in the California Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1927-1928; marriage to Andrew May, 1930; family life (as a widow after 1933); service as head resident of Stover Hall (men's housing) on the campus of Brigham Young University, 1959-1969; and efforts to...
Dates: 1990-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of John and Ann Stewart

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321843]
Identifier: MSS SC 2338
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of John Stewart, a painter, and his wife, Ann Waddle Stewart. John and Ann were Scottish converts to the Mormon Church. They migrated to Utah and later settled in Provo, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Image of Biography of Samuel Miles the son...

Henry M. Bird diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318484]
Identifier: MSS SC 1959
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Bird talks about his activities and about the places he visited while on his mission. Also included are biographies of Henry Bird's father, Edmund Bird, and notes relating to Bird family genealogy.

Dates: 1865-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Richard Bird missionary notebook from the Swiss/Austrian mission

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349018]
Identifier: MSS 3938
Abstract

A missionary notebook belonging to Richard Bird in 1910.

Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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