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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1885-1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from various family members, including: Wilford Woodruff, Emma L. Woodruff, Helen Winters Woodruff, Avery Clark Woodruff, Asahel Woodruff, and other family members. Also contains Woodruff's mission correspondence to his family. Dated 1885 to 1904.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1900-1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Includes papers regarding the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, miscellaneous receipts, and miscellaneous correspondence (including invitations and announcements and letters from DeForrest Richards, governor of Wyoming), autobiography of Avery Clark Woodruff Lambert, and material relating to the reburial of Abraham and Helen Woodruff. Letters are filed in alphabetical order. Dated 1900 to 1904.

Dates: 1900-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff journals and notebooks, 1894-1902

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains Woodruff's mission journals, the first from January 23, 1894, to October 31, 1894, the second from October 1, 1895 to May 26, 1896. Another journal from January 1, 1899 to December 31, 1900, a journal from October 1, 1901 to April 24, 1902, a letter record book beginning in 1894, a notebook from 1898, and a letter book from March 6, 1900 to April 18, 1900.

Dates: 1894-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1894- 1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains miscellaneous mission correspondence, including several letters written in German. It also includes correspondence with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Mexico and correspondence with many prominent Church leaders, including Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith, Joseph F. Smith, and Lorenzo Snow, among others, as well as miscellaneous religious correspondence. Also contains correspondence with members of the United States Congress. Dated 1894 to...
Dates: 1894- 1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff scrapbooks and notebooks

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a scrapbook of various dried plants, a book of music, and a notebook belonging to Helen Winter, Woodruff's first wife. Undated.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Adelaide Neilson McAllister papers, 1951-1975

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7511 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the personal papers of Adelaide McAllister. These include her papers relating to the National Mother’s Association, the New York Stake primary and other musical organizations. There is also correspondence relating to these organizations.

Dates: 1951-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7511, G. Stanley McAllister papers

Articles, 1930, 1935

 Series — Box 6: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197227607451], Folder: 11-12
Identifier: MSS 4034 Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection includes correspondence between S. Norman Lee and his daughter Ora from the period of 1902 to 1963. Includes some additional letters written by Lee's wife Ida, and his parents S. Nielsen and Emma Lee. Collection also includes an autobiography by Lee, and biography of Lee by William L. Knecht.

Dates: 1930; 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 4034, S. Norman Lee correspondence

Christiansen family papers, 1804-1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4116 Series 2
Scope and Contents Collection of materials assembled by John R. Christiansen on his ancestors. Most of the materials concern Bishop Robert Lewis Johnson or the John Evans Rees family, of which Christiansen is a direct descendant. Some of the letters to Bishop Johnson were correspondence with prominent leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials include correspondence, postcards, photographs, ledgers, receipts, checks, poetry, claims, newspaper articles, business cards, deeds, legal...
Dates: 1804-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 4116, John R. Christiansen family papers

Church papers, approximately 1917-1967

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1993 Series 1
Scope and Contents This series contains Richards' correspondence and other papers with prominent LDS Church leaders including Heber J. Grant, Joseph F. Smith, J. Reuben Clark, Jr., John A. Widtsoe, David O. MacKay, and Stephen L. Richards. This series spans from circa 1917 to 1967. It icludes two letters, 1938 and 1951, two Title Insurance and Trust Company documents, dated 1949, 1951, correspondence between Preston Richards and J. Reuben Clark, Jr., circa 1917-1949, and correspondence, mostly legal...
Dates: approximately 1917-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1993, Preston D. Richards papers

Correspondence, 1881-1930

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1421 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Zina Young Williams Card collection is a valuable source of primary materials dealing with the early history of Logan, Utah and Cardston, Alberta, Canada. It also contains some documents related to her life in Provo, Utah and her affiliation with the educational institutions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in that day, particularly the Brigham Young Academy at Provo.The personal correspondence of Zina Young Williams Card covers the period from 1881 to 1930....
Dates: 1881-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1421, Zina Presendia Young Williams Card papers

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