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Tithes -- Latter Day Saint churches

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

General Tithing Store ten cents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322874]
Identifier: MSS SC 2608
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed bill for ten cents issued by the General Tithing Store House of the Mormon Church. The currency was "good only for meat at the General Tithing Store House."

Dates: 1889

John R. Howard tithing receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244912]
Identifier: MSS SC 692
Scope and Contents

Printed document with handwritten entries. Receipt for tithing in kind totaling $3.75 by John R. Howard of the Salt Lake City 20th Ward.

Dates: 1880

J. Edward Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 722
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a 216 p. typescript entitled "Zion and Her Law" with a 71 p. appendix and 24 p. index. Also includes a typescript of an 11 p. talk given by Johnson in 1965 on Latter-day Saint Church doctrine, and TLS's concerning the provenance of the collection.

Dates: 1965-1977

M. Monroe letter to Bishop William B. Preston

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227642607]
Identifier: MSS 6010
Scope and Contents

Includes one handwritten letter from M. Monroe of Clifton, Oneida County, Idaho, to Bishop William B. Preston discussing the distribution and repayment of tithing funds in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1883

Office of the President records on economy suggestion, 1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 3 Sub-Series 20
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Records of the Office of the President under Ernest L. Wilkinson on various administrative topics, including the Church School System, federal aid, finance, enrollment statistics, and general correspondence between administration. Dates of record keeping from 1937 to 1960.

Dates: 1957

Randers Branch tithing book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233248787]
Identifier: MSS 7707
Scope and Contents

Contains one book of tithing records of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Denmark between 1885 and 1889. Includes entries for the branches in Randers and Aarhus.

Dates: 1885-1889

George Reynolds letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231036200]
Identifier: UA 208
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Reynolds to Abraham Smoot authorizing an order for $1,000 labor and merchandise tithing for the Brigham Young Academy.

Dates: 1884 December 29

Russell family business transactions, 1885 October 20-1893 June 29

 File — Box 6: Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233277620], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 7 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains Russell family business transactions, including receipts, bank books, and tithing receipts from the Bishop's Storehouse. Envelope contains 28 tithing receipts. 8 items, dated October 20, 1885 to June 29, 1893.

Dates: 1885 October 20-1893 June 29

Tithing script

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310564]
Identifier: MSS SC 1300
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed tithing script for the Logan Branch of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1875

Brigham Young letter to David Evans

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294328]
Identifier: Vault MSS 692
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter addressed to David Evans, a bishop in Lehi, Utah, dated March 2, 1866. The letter instructs Evans not to collect tithing from Thomas Taylor, a merchant heavily in debt from service to the poor. Only the signature on the letter is in Young's handwriting.

Dates: 1866