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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 461 Collections and/or Records:

John Lyon research files, 1803-1906

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023.

Dates: Other: 1803-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Lyon papers

John Lyon writings, 1849-1888

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233598264], Folder: 8-9
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 3 File 1
Scope and Contents Includes John Lyon correspondence, 1849-1880: ALS to editor of Kilmarnock Standard, December 22, 1877; ALS to friend named Wardrobe, February 28, 1878; ALS from a Lyon (presumably John) telling about a daytime vision, July 24, 1876; ALS by John McDonald (Pastor in Scotland) to Elder Omas Lyon, an endorsement, April 20, 1853; ALS by John Lyon to Janet Lyon, September 24, 1880; ALS by John Lyon to Levi Richards, 1857, 1849 (fragments) and others; Letter of appointment to Thomas Lyon, April 11,...
Dates: 1849-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Lyon papers / John Lyon letters and writings

John Pomeroy poetry, 1890-1910

 File — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239125823], Folder: 33
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 12
Dates: 1890-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 4

John Smith papers pertaining to office of Patriarch, date of production not identified

 File — Box 2: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232548880], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a notebook kept by Smith to record the number of blessings given and financial matters; "Directory of Authorities"; handwritten document regarding Smith's tenure as patriarch; poem by John Smith titled "Historic Trees;" and an envelope addressed to John Smith from the California Mission.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Smith papers / John Smith personal papers

Anna Johnson poems

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038743]
Identifier: MSS 25
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and printed poems and songs. These items deal primarily with Mormon culture and doctrine. Also included is a scrapbook.

Dates: 1971-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George W. Johnson poems

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045714]
Identifier: MSS 1212
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems and an excerpt from an autobiographical account. Johnson's poems deal largely with personal and spiritual matters.

Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Harriet Emeline Adair Jolley autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225544540]
Identifier: MSS 3321
Abstract

Autobiography written by Harriet Emeline Adair Jolley including digital copies and transcription. Harriet started writing her life story in 1948 and wrote about topics like living the United Order and life as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah. She finished her life story in 1968 by writing "A Sketch of Arthur Jolley's Life" beginning with his birth until his death Aug. 21, 1947.

Dates: 1948-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph W. Booth, Alpine, 1885-1886

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197230364694], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Includes poems, stories, life and work (mostly black smithing and farm work) in Alpine, Utah and learning blacksmith trade in Cache County, Utah. Entries date from July 1, 1885 to October 31, 1886.

Dates: 1885-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems / Joseph W. Booth diaries

Joseph W. Booth diaries, 1885-1928

 Series
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains holograph diaries written by Booth, dated from between 1885 and 1928. Includes descriptions of his life in Utah, his missionary work in Turkey, and his travels. Also includes some poetry and mission records.

Dates: 1885-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems, 1885-1928

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Handwritten diaries and poems. These journals were kept from 1885 to 1928 when Booth was in Alpine, Utah, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, and in Turkey and Armenia as a missionary and as mission president.

Dates: 1885-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

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