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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

James and May Booth Talmage family stories and recollections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8858
Content Description A collection of stories and recollections about James and May Booth Talmage. Includes copies of signed letters from James E. Talmage to his granddaughters, both typed and handwritten from 1929-1933; and, memories of May and James Talmage by their granddaughters. Also includes a transcription of an interview with John R. Talmage by Shannon Howells prior to John's death in 2001, where he shares biographical information and memories of his parents. Also includes a typescript of an article about...
Dates: 1895-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James E. and Merry May Booth Talmage letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8324
Scope and Contents

Contains the correspondence between James E. Talmage and his wife Merry May Booth Talmage. The letters, written between 1891 and 1932, discuss family life, James's career, and personal travel.

Dates: 1891-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James E. Talmage clergyman railway pass

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227631766]
Identifier: MSS 4001
Scope and Contents

Printed form, for pass for clergy to ride the Garfield and Western Railway. Issued to James E. Talmage, Salt Lake City, 21 May 1917. Pass No. 28

Dates: 1917 May 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James E. Talmage letter to Joseph F. Smith

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233240263]
Identifier: MSS 7718
Scope and Contents

Photocopy letter to Joseph F. Smith from James E. Talmage dated October 26, 1915 giving the rights of Jesus the Christ to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1915 October 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James E. Talmage photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 21
Scope and Contents

Contains images of foreign countries, geological sites and samples, family members and friends, and subjects pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes 47 glass negatives, 19 film negatives, 227 stereographs, 727 slides, and 226 photographs.

Dates: 1890-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Life and educational contributions of James Edward Talmage

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331701]
Identifier: MSS SC 3246
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten master's thesis. The item is "a thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Educational Administration, University of Utah June, 1958." The thesis is a biography of the educator and scholar, James Edward Talmage. Talmage was also a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Merry May Booth Talmage papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1607
Scope and Contents Collection of documents related to May Booth Talmage, wife of James E. Talmage. Includes the original personal diary she kept from 1887 to 1892. Also includes a photocopy of the diary. The majority of the collection is photocopies of personal and family correspondence from 1890 to 1934 exchanged between May and James Talmage and their children. Also includes correspondence with other family members, friends, colleagues, and Mormon Church members. Most of these items were written while May...
Dates: 1887-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alma O. Taylor speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342823]
Identifier: MSS 763
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a speech delivered on 27 Nov. 1927 in the Tabernacle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. Taylor states that the real nature of God is not discoverable by any conventional means but can only be known through revelation.

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

John Taylor agreement

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349471]
Identifier: MSS 4130
Abstract

Agreement copied on one page for John Taylor to Lewis Robinson, 1878.

Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Arthur Taylor research collection on Nauvoo Temple angel

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8932
Content Description Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, and other information collected or created by Taylor in his research on an angel that was placed atop the Salem Evangelical Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, that resembled that of the one placed on the original Nauvoo Temple, being vertical, holding a trumpet and having wings. Taylor became interested in the object while serving as a stake president in Cincinnati in the 1960s, and documented its origins and history. The...
Dates: approximately 1961-2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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