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Found in 2714 Collections and/or Records:

David C. Collier letters and an autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 863
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copies of letters written between 1864 and 1868. The volume is entitled: "Letters Sent During Mountain & Colorado Trips." Also included is a typewritten autobiography entitled: "The Man of the Mountains: The Life of David C. Collier." The author is listed as "An Old-Timer" who is believed to be Collier himself.

Dates: 1864-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David C. Collier letters and an autobiography

Joab Collier and Theodocia Keeler Collier papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217900]
Identifier: MSS 1729
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiographies, diaries, correspondence, patriarchal blessings, and miscellaneous materials. Typescripts and photocopies of many of these items are also found with the collection. Some of the materials have been bound into books. The collection relates primarily to Joab Collier (1855-1918) and Theodocia Keeler Collier (1858-1912). The Colliers were Mormons who lived in Provo, Vernal, and in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joab had many occupations including that of bricklayer. The...
Dates: 1847-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joab Collier and Theodocia Keeler Collier papers

Theodore Collier missionary journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481348]
Identifier: MSS 2118
Scope and Contents

Account his service as a missioinary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas, part of the Central States Mission. He labored in Houston and several other communities in southeast Texas.

Dates: 1922-1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Theodore Collier missionary journals

Wilkie Collins letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320977]
Identifier: MSS SC 2262
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 14 January of an unspecified year. Collins responds to a person named Harry who had requested Collins send him his autograph.

Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilkie Collins letter

H. B. Colton letter

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4205
Abstract

Amusing letter from a bored and overworked railroad office worker.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / H. B. Colton letter

Combat Films and Research interviews on Helen Foster Snow

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233606299]
Identifier: MSS 6027
Scope and Contents

Contains six DVDs (three reference copies and three preservation copies) containing eight interviews with individuals who knew Helen Foster Snow. Individuals interviewed are An Wei, Huang Hua, Lu Cui, Gong Pusheng, Liu Lizhen, Lu Wanru, Israel Epstein, and Yu Jianting. Interviews were migrated from 16 mm film to DVD by Combat Films and Research and Dodge Billingsley, and were used in the production of the documentary Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution (2000).

Dates: 1999-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Combat Films and Research interviews on Helen Foster Snow

James Wyckoff compend of chronology, metaphysics, and biblical criticism

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484730]
Identifier: MSS 332
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes and essays relating to the chronology and criticism of the Bible and to metaphysics.

Dates: approximately 1820
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Wyckoff compend of chronology, metaphysics, and biblical criticism

Charles C. Comstock letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306117]
Identifier: MSS SC 847
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters and reports sent to Charles C. Comstock concerning his search for the bodies and possessions of his daughter, son-in-law Albert A. Stone, and grandson who all perished when the ship "Brother Jonathan" sank near Crescent City, California 30 July 1865. One letter contains copied accounts of the disaster. The remainder relates to the efforts to identify the victims of the shipwreck either through physical appearance or through artifacts.

Dates: 1865-1866
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles C. Comstock letters received

William Elsey Connelly research papers on Wild Bill Hickok

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1200
Scope and Contents

Materials include a number of correspondence and newspaper clippings related to William Connelley's research regarding Wild Bill Hickok. Dated from 1925-1927.

Dates: 1925-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Elsey Connelly research papers on Wild Bill Hickok

Sanpete County World's Fair Association constitution and meetings minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489556]
Identifier: MSS 566
Scope and Contents

Handwritten constitution and meeting minutes taken by Martha E. Harmon. The organization was formed to collect materials for an exhibit of women's work from Sanpete County for a display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.

Dates: 1892-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sanpete County World's Fair Association constitution and meetings minutes

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