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Literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 661 Collections and/or Records:

John Critchley Prince letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320720]
Identifier: MSS SC 2252
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated April 1849 written in Ashton under Lyne. The letter is addressed to "Sir." Prince writes that he has "published a new and second work" which has been well received and offers to sell a copy of it for five Shillings.

Dates: 1849 April
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Promotional poster of Jenny Wren valentines

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233626875]
Identifier: MSS 7792
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a poster with selections of the book "The Jenny Wren Book of Valentines" in an attempt to possibly promote it. With both extracts and illustrations from the book it gives the viewer an informed perspective of what to expect within as well as a personal note to all customers. The collection dates 1989.

Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bernard Quaritch letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244375]
Identifier: MSS SC 671
Scope and Contents

Holograph: a letter written in London to Fred Locker informing him of his purchase by bidding of a rare pamphlet by Percy Shelley at an auction at Sotheby's.

Dates: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Quotations used in "The Root and the Branch", undated

 File — Box 83: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637532], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 14 File 8
Scope and Contents

Quotations taken from various historical sources. Undated.

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Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on The Root and the Branch

Janette Rallison papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7561
Scope and Contents

Collection includes manuscripts of works written by Janette Rallison between 2000 and 2012.

Dates: approximately 2000-2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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 / 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

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

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

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

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