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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

Arrest warrant

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289872]
Identifier: Vault MSS 402
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed arrest warrant, dated 6 Dec. 1842, and written in Nauvoo, Illinois. As mayor, Smith signs a warrant ordering the marshall of Nauvoo to arrest Amos Davis who had been accused of assault by William C. Walker. On the reverse is a statement saying that Davis was brought before a city court.

Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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 / S. Norman Lee correspondence

Articles on the feminist movement

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230355957]
Identifier: MSS 7489
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of original, photocopied, and printed articles concerning the feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Many of the articles deal with the interaction between Mormons and the feminist movement, including the reactions of Church members to the Equal Rights Amendment. This collection dates from 1971 to 1982.

Dates: 1971-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

As a bee gathereth honey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308139]
Identifier: MSS SC 1019
Abstract

My first day of visiting teaching in Quito, Ecuador.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brent Ashworth collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 1086
Scope and Contents

Assortment of photocopies of manuscripts related to the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois and Utah, including financial and legal documents, letters, notes, and other documents. Materials dated 1830-1956, with the bulk dated from 1837 to 1892.

Dates: 1830-1956; Majority of material found within 1837-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Simeon Atwood letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287637]
Identifier: Vault MSS 191
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 Jan. 1863, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Atwood expresses the need for seed and equipment until after the harvest.

Dates: 1863 January 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ruth A. Aven collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230352244]
Identifier: MSS 7424
Abstract

Papers includes newspaper clippings, a photograph and a personal narrative, all concerning various ancestors of Aven. The collection dates from 1887 to 1949.

Dates: 1887-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Langley Allgood Bailey scrapbook and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252684]
Identifier: MSS 9344
Scope and Contents Includes a photocopy of Langley Allgood Bailey's diary, kept from about 1885 to 1927, providing an autobiographical sketch of Bailey's early life, his journey as a pioneer in the Martin Handcart Company, and his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes a scrapbook kept by Langley with documents and articles related to his life and his obituary in 1928. The scrapbook also includes several original poems and was kept in a Juab Stake annual report ledger,...
Dates: approximately 1880-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Warren Lafayette Ball papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8990
Scope and Contents Contains typed copy of Warren Lafayette Ball's journal written in his home in Salt Lake City during the last year of his life (1878) and a copy of "The Travails of Warren Lafayette Ball: Pony Express Rider," (2015) a biography of Ball written by Ohio State University professor Dale W. Adams discussing Warren’s early life and work in establishing the Pony Express. Ball’s journal discusses events that occurred in that year including his service as the guard of Brigham Young's grave and his...
Dates: 1878-2015, bulk 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Fern Ballard register

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319920]
Identifier: MSS SC 2113
Scope and Contents

Typewritten list of positions and those who held them in the Payson Fourth Ward of the Mormon Church from 1927 to 1938.

Dates: 1927-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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