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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Bement and Alice Bement Fletcher correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225532875]
Identifier: MSS 3255
Scope and Contents Twelve letters written between Charles and his half-sister Alice. Also contains one letter from Maria Josephine Hill Searle to Sarah Julia Hill Bement, Alice's mother. Most of the letters are written by Charles in Kanosh, Utah, and sent to Alice in Salt Lake. However, two of the letters were written by Charles while he was on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois. The letters deal primarily with family and local matters. Some letters are fairly detailed...
Dates: 1869-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Benjamin F. Johnson family correspondence and ephemera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9512
Scope and Contents Letters of the Benjamin F. Johnson family spanning 1864 to 1915. Letters were often written from Latter-day Saint communities within Utah and Arizona, particularly Richfield, Utah, and Mesa, Arizona, and usually to or from women. Includes a small number of ephemeral items such as receipts, a small decorative card with a poem, a small broadside with a song for the Babbitt family reunion in 1909, and a handwritten poem. All items were found in a leather wallet owned by Benjamin F. Johnson,...
Dates: 1864-1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Abraham H. Cannon letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320183]
Identifier: MSS SC 2192
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 16 July 1892. Cannon turns over the rights of his stock and booklets to Zions Savings Bank and Trust Co.

Dates: 1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Angus M. Cannon letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324656]
Identifier: MSS SC 2536
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten letters with three receipts. Each item is signed by Angus Cannon. The letters are addressed to John M. Cannon. Angus writes largely about business and personal metters.

Dates: 1899-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Y. Card correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312768]
Identifier: MSS SC 1449
Scope and Contents

One typed and signed letter and photocpies of two typed letters. One was written by Card and the other two by Elizabeth W. Shafer. Card responds to Elizabeth W. Shafer about a lecture given by Mrs. McAllister on the horrible use of whole wheat which she assumed killed J. Y. Card's mother.

Dates: 1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George E. Carpenter letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324631]
Identifier: MSS SC 2534
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters all written to George Carpenter's brother, Joseph Carpenter of Manti, Utah. Two of the items were written while George was serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in the Samoan Islands. George writes about his family and his difficulties in finding work. He also complains about the Mormons, "as to the fearfully bloodthirsty Mormons ..."

Dates: 1892-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Carrington family letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3144
Scope and Contents Collection includes five letters, including: a letter from Albert Carrington to Calvin Saxton Woods Carrington [C. S.], 20 December 1884 (2 pages, signed, 21 x 13.5 cm.) discussing his son's search for a position as a music teacher, as well as relating the burning down of one "B. W." 's house; a letter from George Sims to Albert Carrington, 5 December 1855 (2 pages, signed, 24.5 x 20 cm.) [Carrington is on a trip with the First Presidency of the LDS Church to Fillmore, Utah, the first...
Dates: 1855-1884, bulk 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Benjamin C. Critchlow correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227613525]
Identifier: MSS SC 3267
Scope and Contents

The collection includes three letters written by Benjamin C. Critchlow between 1872 and 1887. The first is to his parents and dates from his mission; the second two were written to his wife Martha while he was hiding for polygamy.

Dates: 1872-1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Reynolds certificates and documents, 1863-1907

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 10 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains receipts, certificates, and other documents related to Reynolds. Includes his sentence to prison for practicing polygamy, and a petition for his pardon submitted to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Dated 1863-1907.

Dates: 1863-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Reynolds papers

George Reynolds writings, approximately 1877-1920

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 10 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains writings by or related to Reynolds. Includes records related to the concordance to the Book of Mormon, a draft of a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a biography of Reynolds by his daughter, Alice Louise Reynolds. Dated approximately 1877-1920.

Dates: approximately 1877-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Reynolds papers

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