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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

McDonald Family letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310499]
Identifier: MSS SC 1315
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typed correspondence between members of the McDonald Family. The items are primarily concerned with personal and family matters including letters home by members of the family serving missions for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1918-1951

Priddy Meeks correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2171
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence and patriarchal blessings of family members. Most of the items were written in Parowan and in Orderville, Utah and relate to family matters.

Dates: 1854-1892