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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Woodmansee letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287009]
Identifier: Vault MSS 162
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 9 Jan. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Woodmansee writes concerning land for sale next to the Salt Lake Theatre.

Dates: 1876 January 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 777
Scope and Contents

Diaries and correspondence. The journals were kept when Woodruff was serving on a mission to Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included is extensive correspondence between Woodruff and other apostles and church leaders. The material also deals with Woodruff's attempt to settle Latter-day Saints in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. Dated 1895 to 1904.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford Woodruff invitation

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2671
Scope and Contents

Printed invitation to the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church. Woodruff's signature on the item was placed there by some kind of mechanical reproductive process.

Dates: 1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford Woodruff letter to Jacob G. Bigler

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284063]
Identifier: Vault MSS 109
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 18, 1887, and addressed to Jacob G. Bigler. Woodruff writes about Bigler's unmarried daughter being baptized in the temple for her health. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1887 October 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford Woodruff letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289658]
Identifier: Vault MSS 429
Scope and Contents

Typewritten letter, addressed to John D. T. McAllister, dated August 31, 1894, and signed by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F. Smith. Woodruff and Smith inform McAllister that he will remain president of the Manti Temple after the return of the former president, Anthon H. Lund.

Dates: 1894 August 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford Woodruff letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342716]
Identifier: MSS 818
Scope and Contents This is a collection of photocopies of letters written by Wilford Woodruff and several miscellaneous items. Woodruff signed 14 of the letters as Lewis Allen, a pseudonym used by him during the time he was on the underground, hiding from federal officials. The letters were addressed to Thomas P. Cottam, at that time bishop of the St. George Fourth Ward and a prominent civic and LDS Church leader in St. George, Utah. Also enclosed are two letters to "Grand Pa Cottam" one of which is signed...
Dates: 1887-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James W. Woods memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state. Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates: 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Samuel A. Woolley papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227635452]
Identifier: MSS 3991
Scope and Contents

Samuel A. Woolley Papers include tithing records, Salt Lake 9th ward (1896-1899); several broadsides from the first presidency and presiding Bishopric regarding the handling of tithing; ledger sheets reporting the paying and non-paying of tithing of 9th ward; 9th ward financial records. About 20 items, including bound ledgers.

Dates: 1896-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Wrigley certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333798]
Identifier: MSS 1148
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed and handwritten certificate verifying that a person is a member of the Mormon Church in good standing.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young account

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286696]
Identifier: Vault MSS 133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed account with Joseph Birch which lists the amount of "Proceeds" from the Southern Cotton Factory. Young writes, "I think this account is corect I have look it over and am satisfide."

Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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