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Relief Society

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336791]
Identifier: MSS 920
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a 260-page handwritten autobiography. Smith includes copies of correspondence and patriarchal blessings in her account. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837, lived with the Mormons in Missouri and Illinois, married George Albert Smith in 1841, allowed him to take additional wives, came to Utah in 1849, and served as president of the Relief Society.

Dates: 1844-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography

Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith Relief Society message

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230352830]
Identifier: MSS 7408
Abstract

The document in this collection, written by Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith, is a Relief Society message discussing the Latter-day Saint organizations for women and the role of women in their homes.

Dates: 1903 April 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith Relief Society message

Emmeline B. Wells letter

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 111
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated June 15, 1904. Wells congratulates Jacob G. Bigler and his wife on their sixtieth wedding anniversary.

Dates: 1900-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emmeline B. Wells letter

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