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Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 210 Collections and/or Records:

Oliver Boardman Huntington papers

 Collection — Box 3
Identifier: MSS 162
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries, ephemera, and patriarchal blessings produced by Oliver Boardman Huntington and his son, Oliver B. Huntington. Items document the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Latter-day Saint exodus to the West, and the establishment and early development of Utah. Materials date from between 1843 and 1932.

Transcriptions of most items also available.

Dates: 1843-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography
Image of Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobio...

Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS770_F3_F2_F1
Dates: 1868-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jacob Huffman and Margaret Staley Huffman patriarchal blessings, approximately 1848-1861

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484094], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 734 File 3
Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessings given by William Draper in the Pleasant Valley Branch, Iowa. Not dated.

Dates: approximately 1848-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / S. LeRoy Richards papers

James Franklin Brooksby papers, before 2014 August 2

 File — Box 106: Series 2; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233285276], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

File includes an emailed copy of James Franklin Brooksby's obituary, a brief military autobiography, and a brief history of the 379th Bombardment Group. There is also a map of Europe showing his 35 flight missions during the war. Dated before August 2, 2014.

Dates: before 2014 August 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps

James Little patriarchal blessing, 1854 February 14

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232537040], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 357 Item 1
Dates: 1854 February 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emma Priscilla Evans Little papers

Ann Prior Jarvis autobiographies and a biography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2049
Scope and Contents Two handwritten autobiographies, a biography of George Jarvis (1823-1913), miscellaneous materials, and photocopies of these items. Ann was born in England and married George Jarvis at age sixteen. She and George were converted to the Mormon Church in 1848. George worked as a sailor to earn money for the journey to Utah. They arrived in Salt Lake City around 1860 and moved to St. George, Utah in 1861. Ann had eleven children. Anne recounts the major events of her life and writes about her...
Dates: 1871-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

J.B. Milner phrenological chart

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 31197233294625], Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 790
Dates: 1857-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / L. John Nuttall papers

Jesse Knight patriarchal blessings, 1856-1919

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231562650], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1434
Dates: 1856-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Knight papers

Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection, 1845-1970

 Series
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Collection contains journals, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and other papers of Jesse Nathaniel Smith, dating from 1836 to 1970. Includes information on the Smith family, and Smith's activities as a settler and community leader in Snowflake, Arizona. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and Parowan, Utah, and in...
Dates: 1845-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers

Jesse Nathaniel Smith patriarchal blessing by Silas S. Smith, date of production unidentified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230232339], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1 Item 5
Dates: date of production unidentified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers / Jesse Nathaniel Smith collection / Jesse Nathaniel Smith genealogy and blessings

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