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Found in 877 Collections and/or Records:

William Harrison Maughan missionary journal

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4109
Scope and Contents Materials include William Harrison Maughan's original journal that he kept from February 1875 to July 1876 while serving a mission in England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1874 to 1876. It describes Maughan's sickness in England and his efforts to preach to the people, including family members and other ministers. The journal ends in July 1876 and has some details about Maughan's return to the United States. Dated 1875 to 1876.Also includes photocopy of...
Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Harrison Maughan missionary journal

Maxham family genealogies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340116]
Identifier: MSS 86
Scope and Contents

The folder contains six items that are photocopies of handwritten and typewritten genealogies. The materials were probably assembled around 1982 by Maxham family members in Utah that were members of the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maxham family genealogies

The maze of Mormonism

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307438]
Identifier: MSS SC 957
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a speech critical of the doctrines of the Mormon Church probably written in 1970. Dr. Martin attacks that faith as having false teachings in a number of areas, but his main emphasis is on the Mormon view of God and the Trinity.

Dates: 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The maze of Mormonism

D. M. McAllister galley proofs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310309]
Identifier: MSS SC 1259
Scope and Contents

Galley proofs of an article by McAllister which was published in the September 1917 issue of the Improvement Era, A Mormon Church periodical. The article explains that Mormon temple ordinances are essential to salvation. The sheets bear holograph corrections and a note by Joseph F. Smith, the 6th president of the Mormon Church. Smith's note suggests that the article be published as a four page tract.

Dates: 1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / D. M. McAllister galley proofs

McDonald and Durfee family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231042182]
Identifier: MSS 6589
Abstract

The McDonald and Durfee family histories contain three family histories and one family group record.

Dates: 1981-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / McDonald and Durfee family histories

John McEwan diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1051
Scope and Contents Materials include a handwritten diary detailing McEwan's experiences from 1843 to 1858. The diary includes brief entries about his travels from Ireland to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843, and patriarchal blessings for both McEwan and his wife, Amanda. The majority of the journal contains writings on McEwan's experience as a member of the Elk Mountain Mission to negotiate for land with the Ute Indian tribes in southeastern Utah, from May to October 1855, including getting lost in the mountain...
Dates: 1843-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John McEwan diary

William Anderson McGinley journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629679]
Identifier: MSS 4108
Scope and Contents The journal of William Anderson McGinley, officially bears the name, "Loose thoughts, rambles in the South, southern scenes, the aimless dreams of one and twenty, the 'ominous gatherings' of idle hours commenced in the early part of my 22nd year, 1852." He accounts of leaving home on 28 January 1852 and studying at Mount Pisgah (Arkansas?) in November young McGinley has entered. This journal records in an interesting and chatty manner William's struggles to abandon a rather dissipated...
Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Anderson McGinley journal

William Patterson McIntire daybook

 Item — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232542131]
Identifier: Vault MSS 806
Scope and Contents

Volume mainly consists of notes for business transactions. Also included are notes from sermons of several prominent Church leaders, including Joseph Smith, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Willard Richards, Oliver Cowdery, Heber C. Kimball, Amasa Lyman, William W. Phelps, Parley P. Pratt, George Albert Smith, Vonson Knight, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff. Also includes genealogical information about the McIntire family. Dated 1840-1856.

Dates: 1840-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Patterson McIntire daybook

Dedicatory prayer : an address by President David O. McKay at the dedication of the The Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523957]
Identifier: MSS 2858
Scope and Contents

Dedicatory prayer offered by President David O. McKay, President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the dedication of The Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, December 17, 1958.

Dates: 1958 December 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dedicatory prayer : an address by President David O. McKay at the dedication of the The Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

Clifford F. McKinney slides of David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233636411]
Identifier: MSS 8311
Scope and Contents

Materials include seven slides taken by Clifford F. McKinney of President David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine on September 14, 1953 for the meeting and reopening of the mine. There are pictures of President McKay in the mine and talking to the miners.

Dates: 1953 September 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clifford F. McKinney slides of David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine

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