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Latter Day Saint women -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Virginia Kimball Geisler papers, 1920s-2017

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Family papers of Virginia Kimball Geisler, including her testimony, letters, photographs, funeral papers, and ephemera. Dated 1920s to 2017.

Dates: 1920s-2017
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr family history collection

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr papers, 1978-2020

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include the personal history of Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr, mainly in the forms of a personal journal kept in day planners. The contents include her marriages and divorce, her familial struggles, her occupation as a Store House worker, and her many church assignments. Includes photographs and letters from her time living in different cities and mementos from her years in elementary school to high school. Dated approximately 1978 to 2020.

Dates: 1978-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr family history collection

Clarissa Alger Whitney : wife of Francis Tuft Whitney, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa Hancock Alger

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329804]
Identifier: MSS SC 3084
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Clarissa Alger Whitney by an unknown author. The date of composition is uncertain. Clarissa was born on 2 June 1830 in "The East and grew up in the environment of danger, mobbings, journeys attendant to the removal of the Saints from Nauvoo [Illinois], the Morley and Hancock settlements, Winter Quarters [Nebraska], and the crossing of the Great American desert to the Great Salt Lake Valley." One of her...
Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Young family correspondence, circa 1846-1928

 Sub-Series — Box 19: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599437], Folder: 10-11
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a variety of correspondence from relatives of the Young family and friends, including Wilford Woodruff and Ezra T. Benson, and others. Materials relate to daily life, family relationships, church affairs, and local events. Dated circa 1846-1928.

Dates: circa 1846-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas

Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young articles from the Exponent, circa 1872-1901

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains a compendium of exponent articles for Zina D. H. Young. Articles pertain to Mormon life, the Relief Society, and concerns for women especially in the Utah area. Dated circa 1872-1901.

Dates: circa 1872-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas

Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young incoming correspondence, circa 1847-1897

 Sub-Series — Box 18: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599429], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence from family members, such as son-in-law Charles Card, daughter Zina Y. Card, and from peers (Relief Society Presidency), and occasionally church leaders (Heber J. Grant, Lorenzo Snow). Dated circa 1847-1897.

Dates: circa 1847-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas / Brown family correspondence

Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young meeting minutes, circa 1891-1898

 Sub-Series — Box 19: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599437], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes and notes and records of Relief Society/church meetings that involved primarily Zina D. H. Young but also including Zina Card. Minutes discuss congregational events and planning. Dated circa 1891-1898.

Dates: circa 1891-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas

Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young outgoing correspondence, circa 1868-1895

 Sub-Series — Box 18: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599429], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence to family members, primarily children, and to peers and friends. All topics regard daily life and family events. Dated circa 1868-1895.

Dates: circa 1868-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas / Brown family correspondence

Zina Presendia Young Williams Card incoming correspondence, circa 1875-1931

 Sub-Series — Box 18: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599429], Folder: 3-7
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from peers and family members, primarily husband Charles Ora Card, as well as her mother, Zina D.H. Young, and other peers and family members. Letters discuss daily life and family events. Dated circa 1875-1931.

Dates: circa 1875-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas / Brown family correspondence

Zina Presendia Young Williams Card outgoing correspondence, circa 1876-1920

 Sub-Series — Box 18: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233599429], Folder: 8-9
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to friends, husband, children, and other family members. Letters discuss daily life and family events. Dated circa 1876-1920.

Dates: circa 1876-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers / Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for Four Zinas / Brown family correspondence

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