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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 870 Collections and/or Records:

John Edwards journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Norma Larson Elliott papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8264
Scope and Contents Materials include Norma Larson Elliott's Book of Remembrance, correspondence to her from missionary family members, financial records, journal notebooks, and ephemera. Also included is scrapbooks and family history of Norma's siblings, MayBelle, Gladys, and Marsden; history of the towns Lakeside, Snowflake, and Taylor, Arizona; family history and reunions; and personal and family history of both Norma and her husband, John Budge Elliott. Also includes biographies and photographs, Norma's and...
Dates: 1913-2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph T. Ellis papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 49
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten financial records and diary. Ellis records his financial transactions and presents a diary for the years 1896 and 1897. He writes about his life in Spring City and about his work in the Manti temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1868-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jessie L. Embry research on the Mormon Church in Canada

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3882
Scope and Contents Collection includes photocopies of materials from the national archives of Canada regarding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada between 1875 and 1905. Papers include correspondence, telegraphs, and newspaper clippings. Includes information on polygamy, land acquisition of Mormons in Raymond and Cardston, Alberta, agricultural prosperity of Mormons at Lee's Creek and other areas, interaction between Mormon settlers and the Canadian government, and a record of actions...
Dates: 1989-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Emeline letter to her sister, Walpole, New Hampshire

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323781]
Identifier: MSS SC 2451
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated July 24, 1832, with "Dear Sister" on the top of the first page as a salutation. The item was addressed to Joseph Mason of Walpole, New Hampshire. Emeline informs her sister that she has just been baptized into a Protestant church about 50 miles west of Palmyra, New York and no longer fears death or hardship.

Dates: 1832 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Church of England parish records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217884]
Identifier: MSS 1748
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten copies of vital records taken from the Parish registers of Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, Wilden, Wilstead, Potton, and Clifton in England. The records include lists of baptisms, marriages, and burials. The materials were compiled in 1934 by an unknown person. The items list dates from 1545 to 1812.

Dates: 1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eph and Verena : a Hatch family history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2236
Scope and Contents Autobiographical and family history of the Hatch family, privately published. The family lived in Provo, Utah. It deals with life in the mid to the end of the 20th Century in a primarily Mormon community. Some of the most important topics in the volumes include: Mormon missionary work, local and churchwide music, and the everyday events of a family in the mid to latter portion of the twentieth century. Includes Hatch's planning and architectural work for BYU Physical Plant as well as Provo...
Dates: 1920-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Episcopalis cathedrae Albanen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290953]
Identifier: Vault MSS 479
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is the lives of the bishops of Albano from the foundation of the See in 309 AD to the year 1699. Also includes are a few notes related to the construction of a cathedral in Albano Laziale. A few problems with the decoration are mentioned.

Dates: 1699
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Epitome dell bolle che riguardano gl'istituti de pubblica

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290086]
Identifier: Vault MSS 456
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copies of papal bulls from the 13th to the 18th centuries in Italian. The materials deal with institutions of public charity, schools, and prisons in Rome. The item includes an index of the bulls arranged chronologically by pope.

Dates: 1204-1751
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Monk Bernard essays on Catholic Church doctrine

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290151]
Identifier: Vault MSS 469
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of short essays. They deal with the doctrines of the Catholic Church roughly from the years 1500 to 1700. Topics include the doctrine of baptism, the nature of the Apocryphal books, explanations of certain scriptures from the Bible, the celibacy of priests, papal infallibility, the existence and nature of God, the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and the development of the Protestant Churches.

Dates: 1700
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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