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Utah -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Lyman F. Smart political files

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484359]
Identifier: MSS 320
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Utah and Idaho congressional leaders, local and national Democratic party officers, and other national leaders. Also included are political files of Smart while serving as an officer in state and county Democratic Party organizations in Utah and as vice-president of the Young Democrats Club of Utah, 1958-1964.

Dates: 1958-1964

Samuel R. Redfield correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2878
Scope and Contents

Includes letter to him and his wife, Sally, from their daughter, Orpha M. Everett, in Salt Lake City, dated 28 February 1855. She discusses interference of the federal government in Utah affairs, and defends the Mormon practice of plural marriage. Also includes two letters by Samuel, 12 and 13 June 1858, addressed to John H. Redfield, giving family genealogical data. The 1858 letters appear to be in response to specific questions.

Dates: 1855-1858

Willard Richards letter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2002
Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter addressed to the U. S. House of Representatives. Richards wants the committee on petitions of Utah to meet the "Committee on the subject of memorializing the Secretary of War on regard to the exploration of a Route across the Western Desert."

Dates: 1853

Vernon Romney papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1508
Scope and Contents

Holographs, typescripts, printed forms with holograph entries, newspaper clippings, printed materials. Collection includes personal, family and political correspondence, newsclippings regarding political activities, addresses, and documents relating to Romney's activities with the Utah State and American Bar Associations, Beneficial Life Insurance Company, State Savings and Loan Association, the wool marketing industry and the George Washington University Alumni Association.

Dates: 1913-1971

Salt Lake City election tickets

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339886]
Identifier: MSS 62
Abstract

The folder contains a printed election ticket for Salt Lake City, Utah in 1860 and a State of Deseret People's ticket for Salt Lake County, Utah in 1868. These items list candidates for various city and county offices.

Dates: 1860-1868

John E. Smith correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321405]
Identifier: MSS SC 2295
Scope and Contents

Typewritten of official and personal correspondence. The personal correspondence relates to Smith's interest in the Mormon Church. The official correspondence relates to Smith's attempts to get child-abuse legislation passed in the Utah State Legislature.

Dates: 1965-1981

Joseph Smith III letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336205]
Identifier: MSS 1044
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters. The items were written from Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri and were addressed to "Cousin" Samuel H. B. Smith. The materials relate to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to politics in Utah.

Dates: 1867-1914

Samuel H. B. Smith speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336213]
Identifier: MSS 1045
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed speech given at a "populust rally at the Salt Lake Theatre, October 27th 1899."

Dates: 1899

Karl Nelson Snow Utah legislative bills collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1785
Scope and Contents

Legislative bills both proposed and passed by the Utah State Legislature, and annual reports. The materials relate to a wide range of subjects dealing with Utah politics.

Dates: 1975-1981

Warren Stone Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 376
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketches (photocopies) of Snow and his wife, Mary Ann V. Snow; ALS's (with typed transcripts) to his fourth polygamous wife, Sarah E.W. Snow, with a few to their children; a certificate of election, a deed, and a family group sheet (photocopies). Letters contain information pertaining to relations with his plural family, his missionary experiences in England, and the building of the Manti, Utah Temple. Includes cover letter by donor.

Dates: Undated