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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2714 Collections and/or Records:

John Whitmer letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045805]
Identifier: MSS 1221
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1 March 1871, and addressed to "Dear Children." The item was written in Far West, Missouri. Whitmer wishes his children good health and extends an invitation to them to visit him. Also included are salutations from Whitmer's son, Jake Whitmer.

Dates: 1871 March 1

John Whitmer letters received

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045839]
Identifier: MSS 1224
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters and a postcard received by John Whitmer and his family. The letters focus on family news, including a letter from Alexander Whitmer complaining of the conditions of the Union Army during the Civil War, a letter from David P. Whitmer lamenting the death of his child, Harry G. Whitmer, and a postcard announces the birth of a baby boy to members of the Whitmer family in 1916.

Dates: 1864-1916

Orson F. Whitney and Zina B. Smoot Whitney correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232585338]
Identifier: MSS 8669
Scope and Contents

Materials include photocopies of correspondence between Orson F. Whitney and Zina B. Smoot Whitney in addition to photocopies of correspondence from Abraham O. Smoot, Margaret T. Smoot Dusenberry, and some of their other friends, relatives, and associates. Most of the letters are concerning personal family matters and religion. Dated approximately 1868-1898.

Dates: approximately 1868-1898

Orson F. Whitney papers

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197239116061]
Identifier: MSS 15
Scope and Contents

Materials include correspondence, blessings, missionary certificates, letters, scrapbooks, poetry, other writings, newspaper clippings, documents, travel souvenirs, and other materials owned, written by, or relating to Orson F. Whitney, his family, and his acquaintances. Dated approximately 1842-1931.

Dates: approximately 1842-1964

James Whittaker diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230353937]
Identifier: MSS 7440
Abstract

Photocopy of the James Whittaker diary, tracing Whittaker's life from January 1851 to July 1852.

Dates: 1851-1852

Elisha Whittney letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237767]
Identifier: MSS SC 743
Scope and Contents

Letter-press copy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1857 and addressed to Julia Ann Babbitt. Whittney writes about the estate of Julia's husband, Almon W. Babbitt, who had been killed by Indians in 1856.

Dates: 1857

John Andreas Widtsoe letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349158]
Identifier: MSS 4016
Abstract

A letter from John Andreas Widtsoe

Dates: 1916

John Andreas Widtsoe letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323534]
Identifier: MSS SC 2380
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter dated 31 March 1932 and addressed to Francis W. Kirkham, Mormon author and businessman. Widtsoe tells Kirkham how some statistics on the Mormon Church were compiled.

Dates: 1932 March 31

John Andreas Widtsoe letter to Francis W. Kirkham

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349786]
Identifier: MSS 4058
Abstract

A letter from John A. Widtsoe to Francis W. Kirkham in Salt Lake City, 1943.

Dates: 1943

Eugene Howard Wiggins diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 900
Scope and Contents Photocopies of four volumes of diaries and a one volume thought book kept while the author served as a Mormon missionary in the Southern States Mission. Wiggins travelled without "purse or script" meaning he was without financial support and had to rely on handouts and the good will of his contacts for support.He tells of sleeping on park benches, about having troubles with bed bugs, and about confrontations with those hostile to his work. He spent some time working among the...
Dates: 1921-1922