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Literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 652 Collections and/or Records:

Records, 1952-2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1984 Series 2
Scope and Content note

The subseries contains three vinyl records with recordings of works by Clinton F. Larson.

Dates: Other: 1952-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1984, Clinton F. Larson papers / Clinton F. Larson audio-visual material

Anna Prince Redd poems

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319391]
Identifier: MSS SC 2073
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten poems and one handwritten letter by Anna Prince Redd. The letter is addressed to "Mrs. Hart" and deals with Redd's feelings for Hart as well as with her plans to publish a few books of poetry about the desert and Native Americans. The poems are entitled "Deseret Interim" and "Penelope and I."

Dates: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Anna Prince Redd poems

The refugees : a tale of two continents

 Collection — Oversize 1-2: [Barcode: 31197233635173]
Identifier: Vault MSS 485
Scope and Contents On the first leaf of the document is found "Begun Dec. 1/91" the manuscript was probably completed the following year. The novel first appeared in print in 1893. The document is unsigned but is believed to be in the author's hand. The manuscript is complete, except for page 118, one paragraph on page 135, and a part of the last paragraph of the "notes." Scarcely 400 words of about 150,000 have been lost. The second volume has been very carelessly bound and certain sections towards the...
Dates: 1891-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The refugees : a tale of two continents

Remembering

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318831]
Identifier: MSS SC 2110
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem dealing with the author's son. Johnsen praises his virtues by remembering his youth.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Remembering

Reminiscences

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314129]
Identifier: MSS SC 1696
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an anonymous history of printing in Utah County, Utah. This item was written by an unknown Mormon writer who owned the Spanish Fork Press.

Dates: approximately 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reminiscences

Research materials for "The Root and the Branch", undated

 File — Box 84: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227636708], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 14 File 2
Scope and Contents

Research references with quotes and lists of materials and books on England and New England history used in the research for "The Root and the Branch". Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on The Root and the Branch

Reviews of "Living China", approximately 1931-1940

 File — Box 58: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637466], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 9 File 6
Dates: approximately 1931-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on Living China

Mary Noel Rigby poetry and personal narratives

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232478229]
Identifier: MSS 6200
Abstract

The collection consists of four items of Mary Noel Rigby's poetry and written vignettes of her life. She entitled sections of her poetry Nature, Philosophy and Spiritual. She writes vignettes primarily about her home life spanning from her childhood with her parents to her own experiences as a mother.

Dates: 1912-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary Noel Rigby poetry and personal narratives

The right thing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310226]
Identifier: MSS SC 1242
Scope and Contents

Handwritten holograph manuscript stamped "10 Oct. 1899." The manuscript is a love story set in South Africa during the Boar War. There are numerous corrections in the author's hand.

Dates: 1899 October 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The right thing

James Whitcomb Riley letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291704]
Identifier: Vault MSS 635
Scope and Contents

Contains five handwritten and signed letters to John M. and Mary Jameson Judah. The letters discuss travel and lecture plans of Mr. Riley and arrangements to stay at the Judah's home.

Dates: 1880-1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Whitcomb Riley letters

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