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Relief Society

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1214
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, newspaper articles, reports, manuscripts, oral histories, and other material concerning the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History, mostly from 1940-2005. Collection includes administrative files, history of the Primary and Relief Society organizations within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, social services and women in the church. The records concerning the Primary and Relief Society organizations document the beginning of those...
Dates: 1880-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records

Sarah M. Kimball letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310986]
Identifier: MSS SC 1263
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter addressed to A.L. Cox, president of the Womens Suffrage Association of Sanpete County, Utah, and dated Nov. 24, 1891. The item mostly deals with matters of the women's suffrage movement in Utah.

Dates: 1891 November 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah M. Kimball letter

The Latter-day Saints and women's rights, 1870-1920 : a brief survey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322205]
Identifier: MSS SC 2326
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten essay coauthored by Carol Cornwall Madsen and Jill Mulvay Derr. The item was "prepared by three staff members of the History Division, Historical Department of the Church in response to a request of the general presidency of the Relief Society, 27 August 1979." The essay is a history of women's rights in Utah.

Dates: 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Latter-day Saints and women's rights, 1870-1920 : a brief survey

Dorothy L. Lisonbee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8473
Scope and Contents

Contains papers, journals, scrapbooks, photos, newsletters, teaching materials, travel plan research and experiences, personal history collection and drafts, and other memorabilia from Lisonbee. Topics included with these materials memoirs of her mission with her husband in Guam-Micronesia and Ireland, volunteer opportunities in the AARP and the Kiwanas Club, letters and cards from friends and family, research for her autobiography, etc. Material dated approximately 1891-2014.

Dates: 1891-2014
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dorothy L. Lisonbee papers

Amy Brown Lyman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 316
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, addresses, reports, legislative bills, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The materials relate to Lyman's work while serving as an officer in national and international women's organizations, as president of the Relief Society of the Mormon Church, and as a member of the Utah House of Representatives.

Dates: 1888-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Amy Brown Lyman papers

Amy Brown Lyman papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336718]
Identifier: MSS 916
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, addresses, reports, legislative bills, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The materials relate to Lyman's work while serving as an officer in national and international women's organizations, as president of the Relief Society of the Mormon Church, and as a member of the Utah House of Representatives.

Dates: 1888-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Amy Brown Lyman papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen scrapbook

 Item — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197230351089]
Identifier: MSS 7078
Abstract

Scrapbook contains documentation of the International Singing Mothers' trip to England for the dedication of the Hyde Park chapel.

Dates: 1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Florence Jepperson Madsen scrapbook

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher journal drafts and paper manuscripts, 1975-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains journal and manuscript drafts collected by Beecher. Includes manuscripts for the Association of Mormon Letters, drafts for Sisters in Spirit and New Views of Mormon History, bibliographies, screenplays, and related correspondence and other materials. Also contains various journals and pamphlets including issues of The Creative Woman, Sunstone, Ensign, and BYU Today. Includes various life histories, including records on Duncan McArthur and his wives and Leonard Arrington. Topics...
Dates: 1975-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1979, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers on Relief Society, approximately 1971-1979

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 8
Scope and Contents Contains records relating to the Relief Society, including lessons Beecher helped create for the general Relief Society handbook in 1975. Also includes biographical materials of the organization, copies of records of its organization and proceedings in Nauvoo, Illinois, copies of meeting minutes in Nauvoo, a 1931 handbook, records of various Relief Societies, and publications related to the organization. Also includes records of the church's involvement in women's rights activities of the...
Dates: approximately 1971-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1979, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher personal project files, 1970-1995

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains various personal projects of Beecher, including those she headed or collaborated on. Materials include manuscript drafts, research files, and related correspondence. Projects include papers for various seminars and associations, Church News vignettes, a history text chaper, talks to honors students at BYU and other students, and projects to be published. Materials cover topics including the Relief Society, Canadians in Utah, diaries and autobiographies of Mormon women, Utah in the...
Dates: 1970-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1979, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers

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