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Found in 870 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Richardson Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2175
Scope and Contents

Contains research notes, draft manuscripts, genealogical data, photographs, maps, news clippings, correspondence, and short Latter-day Saint publications, relating to her books: Heartbeats of Colonia Diaz (1972), and Charles Edmund Richardson, Man of Destiny (coauthor, 1982). Also includes personal correspondence.

Dates: 1913-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Benjamin F. Johnson papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317114]
Identifier: MSS SC 1912
Scope and Contents

The collection contains handwritten letters, a reminiscence, and a draft for an obituary. The reminiscence is by Sarah Melissa Johnson and relates to her life growing up in Nauvoo, Illinois. She mentions how her father was called to protect the Prophet Joseph Smith whom they considered to be in danger.

Dates: 1881-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Smith Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239235846]
Identifier: MSS 8911
Scope and Contents

Includes two copies of Thomas Smith Johnson's 1846 autobiography detailing his life from birth to his time in Nauvoo, Ilinois and heading west to the Salt Lake Valley. Materials dated 1846.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Record of the Elmer Wood Johnson family : 18 May 1854 - 1 January, 1957, 1960

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330828]
Identifier: MSS SC 3215
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of micriofilm copies. The materials are genealogies of descendants of Elmer Wood Johnson (1854-1936).

Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph W. Jones letter to H. W. Bigler

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284022]
Identifier: Vault MSS 112
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1894, and addressed to H. W. Bigler of St. George, Utah. Jones writes about relatives and family genealogy.

Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lorin Franklin and Ivie Maude Huish Jones papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6651
Scope and Contents Contains materials primarily created or collected by Lorin Franklin and Ivie Maude Huish Jones during the time he served as president of the Spanish American mission (1943-1954), or items created or collected by their granddaughter, Janelle Brimhall Lysenko, in the process of writing Mission to the Lamanites: The Story of Lorin Franklin Jones and Ivie Maude Huish Jones (worked on in the 1990s and 2000s, published in 2008). Items include books, pamphlets, magazines, articles, interviews,...
Dates: 1913-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Smith portraits : a search for the prophet's likeness

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2072
Abstract

Items include research notes and materials regarding the many different representations of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Contains copies of these likenesses, and also contains information on the different artists who have created them, particularly Sutcliffe Maudsley. A large portion of the material deals with the death mask of Joseph Smith, and its comparison to his portraits.

Dates: approximately 1975-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Stuart and Carita Kadison collection of C. R. Savage photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2943
Scope and Contents Contains 105 photographs, taken mainly by C.R. Savage, of scenes around Utah, especially Salt Lake City. There are also a few photographs in the collection of nature scenes in Colorado, Wyoming, and California. Several photographs of Brigham Young and his residences are in the collection, as well as important buildings pertaining to the history of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including the Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall, and the Lion, Beehive, and Gardo...
Dates: approximately 1860-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Kane family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS P 426
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Kane family, as well as images of monuments and buildings related to the family members and their activities. Also includes numerous photographs of E. Kent Kane's visit to Utah and tour of the state with Heber J. Grant.

Dates: approximately 1920-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

J. K. Kane letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233282588]
Identifier: Vault MSS 12
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter, dated September 3, 1846, and addressed to Judge J. K. Kane. The item grants permission for Mormons to spend the winter of 1846 and 1847 on Indian lands.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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