Religion
Found in 877 Collections and/or Records:
Utah letters collection : letters from men and women living in or with connections to Utah
This collection consists of fifty-one letters from men and women in Utah from 1853 to 1914. These letters are mainly personal correspondence. Personal letters by friends and family, 1853-1914.
Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857
Unpublished typewritten booklength history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Dale Van Atta research papers
This collection consists of research files regarding Mormon splinter groups.
Bruce A. Van Orden collection of life histories
Contains copies of life histories written by international members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and collected in 1995 by Van Orden during his work as a professor of religion at Brigham Young University. The histories contain accounts and information about conversion, emigration from other countries to Utah, and polygamy. Materials collected in 1995.
Vatican Security letter to the Army of Philip II
Letter from the security at the Vatican to the army of Philip II. The Church gives the names of people traveling Europe and preaching revolutionary ideas about freedom of religion. The nation of Spain is blessed because of its faith to the church. At the bottom of the document the secretary of Philip II put the King's symbols as a sign of approval. Dated 1563.
Vernuenftige und liebreiche Vorstellung zur gewinnung derer die an der Wahrheit der Religion gewissen, oder dieselbe leitsinning verachten = Representations raisonabler & chartiblies pour gagner ceux qui doutent dela verite' de la religion on qui par segerte' la meprisent
The author of this document is unknown. It is an introduction on how to win those who know about religion but despise it. The manuscript is written in a single hand and is believed to have been copied by the grandmother of the count of la Roegetta when she was a young girl likely as a school project.
Video recordings on polygamy and on blacks and the priesthood
Voices of Remembrance Foundation oral history collection
Collection contains transcribed interviews of 93 different people conducted by the Voices of Remembrance Foundation at Dixie State College, bound in seven volumes. The interviews occurred between 1968 to 1980, and the transcriptions produced through grant funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.
Nelson B. Wadsworth papers
Handwritten notes on the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, photocopies of typewritten notes and letters from Margarito Bautista to John Butchereit, Church of the Firstborn tracts and the periodical, "Ensign" (1961-1965), one copy of "Mtn West" (1979) which contains an article on the John Singer family, and miscellaneous documents.
Walker and Pratt families papers
Collection includes diaries, biographical information, genealogies, and other materials related to the Ann Agatha Walker Pratt family created between 1848 and 1974. Notable items include Ann A. W. Pratt's journal and a handwritten poem by Parley P. Pratt.