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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 199 Collections and/or Records:

Elda Lyman Adams history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318492]
Identifier: MSS SC 1966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten histories. Adams provides information concerning her relatives and Glen Baker. She describes and documents his youth, his educational background, and his missionary experiences in Germany.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Addendum to Theo A. Phillips biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315977]
Identifier: MSS SC 1839
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous items relating to a biography of Theo A. Phillips. The articles include letters (one is in Welsh), patriarchal blessings in the Mormon Church, and Phillips family histories. The Phillips family is a Mormon family which originated in Great Britain.

Dates: 1871-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Address book for Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327147]
Identifier: MSS SC 2674
Scope and Contents

Handwritten addresses for people living in Utah, primarily Utah County. Some references were written also for persons in neighboring states.

Dates: 1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James T. S. Allred papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335967]
Identifier: MSS 1349
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten and handwritten diaries, genealogies, and applications for a pension from the United States Government. The diaries include very brief entries and cover the years 1855 to 1859.

Dates: 1855-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bryce W. Anderson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1863
Scope and Contents

Collection includes newspaper clippings, certificates, speeches, correspondence, memoranda, poetry, awards, greeting cards, check stubs, and magazine articles. The materials relate to Anderson's life and career as an editor.

Dates: 1923-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Milo Andrus journals

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312073]
Identifier: MSS SC 1499
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten journals and genealogy of Milo Andrus who was a missionary for the mormon Church in the 19th century. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a letter addressed to Brigham Young by Andrus (1854) in which he gives an account of the Mormons in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a photocopy of a biography of Milo Andrus by Gary L. Pickell (1979). Andrus' diaries tell of experiences while a missionary in England during 1849, of crossing the plains from Nebraska...
Dates: 1840-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Anna C. Rasmuson papers, 1905-1977

 Series
Identifier: MSS FM 19 Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Anna C. Rasmuson's papers.

Dates: Other: 1905-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nils Gunnar Rasmuson papers

Emma Housley Auger biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227605422]
Identifier: MSS 4074
Scope and Contents

Biographies of Maria Housley and George F. Housley.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents

Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.

Dates: 1893-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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