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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

Susan Arrington Madsen collection on the Galilee Branch

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232534054]
Identifier: MSS 7736
Scope and Contents

Collection of oral histories, interviews, correspondence, and photographs from the Galilee Israel Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes digital and printed copies of the materials in 22 folders. Sound recordings of the interviews are found in folder 22. Materials contain information on the creation and history of the Branch and the lives of the members. The histories were recorded between August 2008 and January 2010.

Dates: 2008-2010

Jeffrey D. Mahas collection on George B. Bailey

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239238659]
Identifier: MSS 8483
Scope and Contents

Contains a transcription of George B. Bailey's journal which describes life in Salt Lake Valley and related problems with the United States government in 1856-1857, and gives genealogical data on the Bailey and Young families. Also included are copies of photographs of the Bailey home in Utah and the Bailey family. Materials are dated approximately 2011.

Dates: Approximately 2011

Man who helped kill Mormon head in 1844 confessed in Mt. Airy

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045284]
Identifier: MSS 1200
Scope and Contents

Typewritten account probably copied from a newspaper from the year 1927. The article states that Dr. H. K. Doyer "tells of getting confession from Corporal Bolton." Bolton "disclosed details of Crime on his Death Bed." The item states that Bolton was one of the men who shot the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). The confession was suposedly given in 1898.

Dates: approximately 1927

Eliza Clayton Margetts reminiscence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334028]
Identifier: MSS 1105
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten reminiscence. Margetts writes about her life in Carthage and Nauvoo, Illinois. She describes the events surrounding the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. She also mentions events in Nauvoo, Illinois, when the Mormons were ejected from that town. She also witnessed the "miracle of the quales." The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1870

William Martin papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336031]
Identifier: MSS 1049
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and printed notes and certificates. The notes relate to the significant dates in Martin's life, and the certificates state that Martin is a member of the Mormon Church in good standing. One was signed by the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).

Dates: 1844

Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308469]
Identifier: MSS SC 1059
Scope and Contents Photocopy of holograph account of the murder of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and his brother Hyrum (1800-1844) on June 27, 1844. Jones was with the Smiths in the Carthage jail the night before they were killed. He was involved in carrying messages to and from Joseph and in appealing to Illinois officials for greater protection for the two men. Jones relates some comments verbatim made by Joseph that indicate he had a premonition of death, as well as remarks by the mob. He also tells of the...
Dates: 1855

Steven L. Mayfield papers

 Collection — Box 82: [Barcode: 31197239271247]
Identifier: MSS 3088
Scope and Contents Contains a collection of cassette tapes, videotapes, newspaper and magazine articles, and webpages that are all related in some way to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials provide an insight into the Church in popular media. Included in the collection are recordings from various organizations and publications that are anti-Mormon in nature, or intellectually exploratory of Church doctrine. Many of the recordings come from the Sunstone Symposium and various Utah radio...
Dates: 1950-2014

G. Stanley McAllister papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7511
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the personal papers and the church papers of G. Stanley McAllister. These papers consist of letters, blueprints, clippings, programs, brochures, and other related ephemera. The papers document the time that Stanley served as the stake president of the New York Stake and helped with the organization of the Mormon Pavilion at the World Fair. The papers of Adelaide McAllister and Robert Vernon are also in this collection.

Dates: 1943-2003

John D. T. McAllister letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319615]
Identifier: MSS SC 2149
Scope and Contents

Six handwritten letters. McAllister talks mainly about Mormon Church procedures and personal matters. The items were written in Salt Lake City and at Fish Lake, Utah.

Dates: 1885-1893

John D. T. McAllister letters received

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289641]
Identifier: Vault MSS 428
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters. Two are dated 19 Dec. 1894 and one is dated 20 Dec. 1894. William H. Seegmiller, Rebecca Standring, and Joseph F. Smith, later president of the Mormon Church, decline invitations to attend a reunion of workers on the Manti Temple.

Dates: 1894