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Church Government

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Charles A. Callis photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS P 22
Scope and Contents

Contains copy prints, with corresponding negatives, of photographs taken by Callis and one original collodion POP carte-de-visite taken by Abernathy, 29 High Street, Belfast, Ireland. Subjects include the Callis family, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Southern States Mission. Dated approximately 1890-1949.

Dates: approximately 1890-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles A. Callis photographs

Merry May Booth Talmage diary, 1887-1892

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1607 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes the original diary of May Booth Talmage, dated September 29, 1887-September 1892. Also includes a photocopy of the diary.

Dates: 1887-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1607, Merry May Booth Talmage papers

Merry May Booth Talmage letters, 1890-1934

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1607 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of letters written to and from May Booth Talmage, dated October 11, 1890-July 9, 1934.

Dates: 1890-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1607, Merry May Booth Talmage papers

Reed Smoot diaries, 1880-1932

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1187 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten diaries documenting the life of Reed Smoot as kept by himself. Includes discussion of his home and family life, thoughts, and other daily events. Dated 1880-1932.

Dates: 1880-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1187, Reed Smoot papers

Reed Smoot microfilm, 1880-1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1187 Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains several rolls of microfilm, unlabelled. Includes labelled boxes of microfilm which are images of Smoot's diaries. Dated 1880-1966.

Dates: 1880-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1187, Reed Smoot papers

Reed Smoot papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1187
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, journals, photographs, newspaper clippings, speeches, and memorabilia. Most of the materials relate to Smoot's career as a senator and his activities as a church leader. His senatorial materials document his work with the United Sates Tariff Commission, as well as his confirmation hearings. His correspondents include the president of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover and...
Dates: 1827-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reed Smoot papers

Merry May Booth Talmage papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1607
Scope and Contents Collection of documents related to May Booth Talmage, wife of James E. Talmage. Includes the original personal diary she kept from 1887 to 1892. Also includes a photocopy of the diary. The majority of the collection is photocopies of personal and family correspondence from 1890 to 1934 exchanged between May and James Talmage and their children. Also includes correspondence with other family members, friends, colleagues, and Mormon Church members. Most of these items were written while May...
Dates: 1887-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merry May Booth Talmage papers

Welch family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2906
Scope and Contents The John Welch family correspondence includes letters from Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the Mormon Church and Martha Jane Welch; a letter to Harriet Atwood Silver from her parents; and a letter from James E. Talmage, an apostle in the Mormon Church, to John Dunn.Snow's handwritten and signed letter is dated 24 Jan. 1877 and addressed to John Welch. Snow offers aid to the Mormons in Welch's colony in southern Utah. He also discusses business issues, including his interest in...
Dates: 1847-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Welch family papers

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