Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:
John Van Cott papers
Correspondence, diaries, and a family history. The correspondence is between Van Cott and family members. Also included are handwritten and signed letters from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, to Van Cott. The diaries cover the time when Van Cott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1852 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1862. He was in Iowa City, Iowa, when the first handcart companies left for Utah.
Bruce A. Van Orden collection of life histories
Contains copies of life histories written by international members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and collected in 1995 by Van Orden during his work as a professor of religion at Brigham Young University. The histories contain accounts and information about conversion, emigration from other countries to Utah, and polygamy. Materials collected in 1995.
Hyrum S. Vance diary
Handwritten diary. Vance documents his daily activities while serving on a mission. There are many gaps in the record. A number of clippings of poetry and sayings have been glued into the diary. Vance spent part of his time working in the state of Illinois.
Thomas Vickers journal
The Thomas Vickers journal, 1885-1897 (bulk 1885-1887), includes entries recording his mission experiences, such as appointments, results of meetings, traveling "without purse-or-scrip," individuals contacts, etc. Post-mission entries (1887-1897) document family, work, and life, in Nephi, Utah.
Victor Waite and family's life history
Typed summary about the family of Victor and Blanche Waite. It includes information on their four children, their children's spouses, marriage dates (including sealing dates in Mormon temple), and their children. Dated approximately 1955.
Video recordings on polygamy and on blacks and the priesthood
A vision
Handwriten "vision." Young was concerned about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and the mission of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). While asleep he had a vision in which he was shown the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated. He was also given a sword with which to fight against evil. He was also given an interpretation of the dream. The date of the item is uncertain.
Voices from within : the story of the United Order
Carbon copy of a typewritten history. Seegmiller writes about the history of the United Order of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orderville, Utah. The information in the study was furnished by men and women who lived in the area, from Seegmiller's personal memory, and from the records of the United Order.
Voices of Remembrance Foundation oral history collection
Collection contains transcribed interviews of 93 different people conducted by the Voices of Remembrance Foundation at Dixie State College, bound in seven volumes. The interviews occurred between 1968 to 1980, and the transcriptions produced through grant funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.
William Waddoups biography and meeting record book
Materials include a thirty-two page booklet containing a typed biography of William Waddoups, a biography of his wife Elizabeth, and speeches, prayers and songs from William Waddoups’ funeral. Also includes a red hardback meeting record book used when Waddoups made visits to several wards near Lewiston, Utah, likely while serving as a counselor in the Benson Stake Presidency. Dated 1909-1931.
Transcriptions of both items are also included.