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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331784]
Identifier: MSS SC 3237
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...
Dates: 1895-1935

Thomas E. Cheney papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1798
Scope and Contents

Twenty reel-to-reel tapes which record folk songs, typescripts of the recorded folk songs in two volumes, four volumes of folk songs, and one volume of Mormon folk tales. The materials relate largely to Mormon folklore and Mormon folk songs.

Dates: 1840-1963

Larry Chesley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9060
Scope and Contents Contains letters, personal accounts of life experiences, government awards and documents, newspapers clippings, and photographs, all documenting the life of Larry Chesley. The letters mainly regard Larry's time overseas as a POW in North Vietnam (1966-1973), talking about family life and world events as he is away. The letters also offer congratulations after his return home, and condolences after his second wife and little boy died in July 1981. Awards and documents contain information...
Dates: approximately 1944-2011

Augustus L. Chetlain letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287066]
Identifier: Vault MSS 160
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Chetlain invites young to dinner at the Townsend House and writes concerning an invitation to Young's farm. Also included is a letter from Annie M. Chetlain, Augustus' wife, to Young thanking him for some strawberries.

Dates: 1867

Chicago University Branch collection of Sunday School speeches

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2140
Scope and Contents 24 talks presented to the University Branch Sunday School. Subjects of talks are direction and control of recreation by the Mormon church; Salvation for the dead and genealogy; teachers training; the Mormons and the printing industry; Mormon poetry; Mormon history; Need of temples in this dispensation; Education among the Mormons; Brief genealogical history of the LDS Church; Patriotism; LDS Literature; Missionary work; Customs of the south seas and the missionary work among the people;...
Dates: 1925-1926

Biography of Martha Hoggard Chipman

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523916]
Identifier: MSS 2844
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Hoggard Chipman was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1869 and married Otto Lyman Chipman in 1890. He died in 1892 while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. She died in 1948.

Dates: 1965

Stephen L. Chipman papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233622965]
Identifier: MSS 8115
Scope and Contents

Contains personal notes from various meetings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most notes are from general conferences and priesthood meetings. Dates range from 1903 to 1922. Notes were taken in 1903 then there is a gap and then notes continue in 1921 and 1922.

Dates: 1903-1922

Bernard N. Christensen diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332303]
Identifier: MSS SC 3269
Dates: 1900-1902

Christen Frank Christensen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235266]
Identifier: MSS SC 179
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiographical sketch. Christensen writes about settling in Kanosh, Utah, his experiences as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States, and his marriage to Clara A. Kimball in 1886.

Dates: 1940

Christen N. Christensen diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319854]
Identifier: MSS SC 2166
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Christensen writes about his experiences and the work in which he was involved while on his mission.

Dates: 1900-1902