Latter Day Saint women -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331784]
Identifier: MSS SC 3237
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...
Dates:
1895-1935
Vesta Pierce Crawford book drafts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1282
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten book drafts and supplementary materials for the "Life and History of Emma Hale Smith, 1804-1879" and "A Journal History of the Relief Society Building."
Dates:
approximately 1950
Mormon enigma : Emma Hale Smith, prophet's wife, "elect lady," polygamy's foe
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217538]
Identifier: MSS 1734
Scope and Contents
Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is an early draft of "Mormon Enigma" which length was later reduced as requested by the publisher, Doubleday & Company. The manuscript is a biography of Emma Hale Smith, first wife of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1984