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Church Government

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, Salt Lake City, Utah, to Bishop John M. Whitaker, Sugarhouse, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240407]
Identifier: MSS SC 361
Scope and Contents

TLS which relates the remarks of Brigham Young, George Q. Cannon and Lorenzo Snow in reference to blacks and the priesthood. Also includes shorthand notes on the last page by John M. Whitaker.

Dates: 1909

John Mills Whitaker diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 293
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten transcripts of a handwritten journal. The items were originally kept in Pitman shorthand. The entries are extensive and detailed. Whitaker was raised in Centerville, Utah but lived much of his adult life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whitaker details his life and activities and makes observations on Utah society, the Mormon Church, and state and national politics. He had numerous callings in the Mormon Church and served as a missionary for that faith in the...
Dates: 1883-1949

Interviews with John Mills Whitaker

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9627
Scope and Contents

Three reel-to-reel 1/4 inch audio tapes containing interviews with John Mills Whitaker in 1958. John discusses events from his life, as well as interactions with presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the manifesto on polygamy. The interviewee is not identified.

Dates: 1958