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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

Jesse Knight financial papers

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230331958]
Identifier: MSS SC 3240
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilm copies of printed and handwritten materials. The collection consists of financial records relating to Knight's business activities. They include checks, lists of boards of dirctors for various companies, and receipts. The bulk of the materials date from the 1890s to the 1920s.

Dates: 1891-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Vinson Knight account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340033]
Identifier: MSS 70
Abstract

The folder contains photocopies of a handwritten account book written between 1836-1840. The items list transactions involving Mormons in Kirtland, Ohio and in Nauvoo, Illinois including leaders such as Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876). The materials were photocopied from a microfilm collection.

Dates: 1836-1840
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Lamborn letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287215]
Identifier: Vault MSS 186
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, dated 18 Dec. 1845, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Lamborn writes about the arrests of Mormons in Springfield, Illinois.

Dates: 1845 December 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elijah Larkin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 175
Scope and Contents Materials include three volumes of handwritten diaries where Larkin writes about his life in England as a policeman; his immigration to America in 1863 aboard the ship Amazon; and, the overland journey from Florence, Nebraska to Salt Lake City by ox team in the Daniel D. McArthur Company. Larkin includes a description of preparations for the trail, and wrote lengthy and detailed daily entries about the appearance and geography of the overland trail, company discipline, hunting, and births...
Dates: 1854-1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jens Larsen letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227342570]
Identifier: Vault MSS 180
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 12 Oct. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Larsen writes about some property held by Young in Manti, Utah. The item was also signed by Christen Larsen.

Dates: 1876 October 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Susan Smith last will and testament

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334598]
Identifier: MSS 1133
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten last will and testament of Susan Smith and documents relating to her estate. Also included are photocopies of materials relating to the estate of Samuel Smith. These persons were children of Asael Smith (1744-1830), the paternal grandfather of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1801-1844).

Dates: 1833-1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David L. Laughlin research files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2327
Scope and Contents This collection contains research files, correspondence, bibliographical data, photographs, theses, and photocopies of manuscript documents concerning the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas in the 19th and early 20th century. A majority of the research files focus on Lyman Wight and the LDS Colony he established. Other subjects include milling in Texas and early LDS pioneers George Miller, Davis Henry Bays, Charles Waldo Bays, and Robert Franklin McBride....
Dates: 1989-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

LDS Church administration papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3275
Abstract

Contains materials related to the growth and organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also contains information about geography and sociology in the 20th century.

Dates: 1901-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lease of land

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289849]
Identifier: Vault MSS 405
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed lease agreement. The item is dated 8 April 1872, notarized, and signed. Mils J. Norberg leases a 28 by 75 foot lot in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Brigham Young for $28 per year for five years.

Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Elbert Leavitt record book

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232560331]
Identifier: MSS 8825
Scope and Contents

Contains minutes of meetings of the high priest's group in Joseph, Utah between May and June 1894. Also includes a record of their "teams," which could possibly be teams of livestock, in 1896. Also includes brief account of a hunting trip Leavitt had in Southern Utah possibly in 1896, including how many rabbit and quail were killed each day. In all, the dates of the contents range from approximately 1894-1896.

Dates: approximately 1894-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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