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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 567 Collections and/or Records:

Wallace McBride Barrus photographs

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1
Identifier: MSS P 232
Scope and Contents

Collection includes two oversize photographs by Wallace McBride Barrus. Includes images of David O. McKay and of an actor in Biblical costume. Materials date from between approximately 1960 and 1970.

Dates: approximately 1960-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wallace McBride Barrus photographs

Samuel Bateman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 128
Scope and Contents Contains materials documenting Samuel Bateman's personal and family life. Included are some of Bateman's handwritten diaries for the years 1886-1888, 1899-1901, and 1901-1909. Also included are typescripts, microfilm, and scanned copies of these diaries, and typescripts of some correspondence to and from Samuel Bateman, dated 1868-1886. His correspondence discusses guarding John Taylor and his friendship with Wilford Woodruff, who were both Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Dates: 1868-2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Bateman papers

Alexander L. Baugh published articles

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337609]
Identifier: MSS 2775
Scope and Contents

Copies of published articles. "Blessed is the First Man Baptised in This Font" in Mormon Historical Studies 3 (Fall 2002) no. 2. "Was Joseph F. Smith Blessed by His Father Hyrum Smith in Liberty Jail?" in Mormon Historical Studies 4 (Spring 2003) no. 1. "From High Hopes to Despair: the Missouri Period 1831-39" in Ensign 31 (July 2001) no. 7.

Dates: 2001-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alexander L. Baugh published articles

Margarito Bautista papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8426
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Margarito Bautista and his church La Plentitude del Reino de Dios. Includes his journals, his proselyting pamphlets, material from the third convention, material from the current La Plentitude del Reino de Dios church, pamphlets from the LDS church, journals from Alma de Olarte (his secretary), and a military handbook that was printed in 1920. Material from the current church includes meeting minutes. The people involved are from small...
Dates: 1920-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Margarito Bautista papers

Richard Beal computer lists

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31197231190585]
Identifier: MSS 1930
Scope and Contents

Computer printed lists of various statistics relating to members of the Mormon Church in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The research for these lists was done by Richard Beal.

Dates: 1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Beal computer lists

Bear River Stake history and record books

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9352
Scope and Contents Contains a ward history titled, "Brief History of Tremonton Second Ward," compiled by the Tremonton Second Ward historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dated 1984. The history includes photographs, descriptions of the families in the ward, and the history and organization of previous wards. There are images of the members of the bishoprics ranging from 1927 to 1984. There are also two record books in the collection titled "Division Supervisors Roll and Record Book of...
Dates: approximately 1954-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bear River Stake history and record books

Beaver Utah Stake ledger

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31197231190759]
Identifier: MSS 1137
Scope and Contents

Handwritten ledger book of the financial transactions of the United Order of the Mormon Church in the Beaver Stake in Utah. The entries contain information on the accounts of individual members of the order.

Dates: 1878-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Beaver Utah Stake ledger

Ezra Taft Benson letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311018]
Identifier: MSS SC 1260
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter dated 31 July 1963 and addressed to Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972). The document concerns the book "The Politician," by Robert Welch and refers to a "Socialist-Communist" conspiracy against the United States.

Dates: 1963 July 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ezra Taft Benson letter

Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227641708]
Identifier: MSS 4060
Scope and Contents Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (writing from Washington D.C.) thanks Margaret Pitzer (Santa Cruz, California) for her recent letter. Margaret Pitzer has just visited Salt Lake City and has heard that Benson wants to run for a second term as Secretary of Agriculture. Benson corrects this rumor. He writes, "I am concerned only with being of service to the President and the American people during the present term," and that he is undecided about the next term. July 21, 1955. 1...
Dates: 1953 July 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer

John M. Bernhisel letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231019354]
Identifier: Vault MSS 8
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 18 Aug. 1841, composed in New York, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Bernhisel writes concerning the purchase of land in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1841 August 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John M. Bernhisel letter

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