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Latter Day Saints -- History

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Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Willard Richards family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1482
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of letters, legal documents, diary entries, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to the Richards family, including Willard Richards who served as an apostle in the Mormon Church. The items deal largely with family and Mormon Church matters including the missions of Willard and Levi Richards to England.

Dates: 1801-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Wickliffe Rigdon affidavits

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318930]
Identifier: MSS SC 2092
Scope and Contents

Printed, typewritten, and handwritten affidavits and miscellaneous items. Most of the items deal with legal matters in New York State relating to the affairs of John W. and Sidney Rigdon.

Dates: 1830-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Short stories by J. E. Broaddus, approximately 1900-1954

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8608 Series 1 Sub-Series Sub-series 1
Scope and Contents Materials include manuscripts of J. E. Broaddus's short stories. Some are works of fiction while others take the form of essays. In addition, some are written under the name of J. E. Broaddus, while others are written under his pen name, Will Hail. The short stories "Trail of Glory" and "Glory Trail" are early versions of the beginning of the longer work "Intolerance." The short story "Spanish Gold" is an early version of a section of "People of the Hills." Materials dated approximately...
Dates: approximately 1900-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. E. Broaddus papers / J. E. Broaddus manuscripts

Skabelund family papers

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197239282541]
Identifier: MSS 9670
Scope and Contents Collection includes a scrapbook owned and created by Norma Hancey Skabelund that documents the family's travels on an "L.D.S. Sociables Tour," that took them through Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, New York, Washington, D.C., Colorado, and Nebraska, stopping at various historical sites of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The scrapbook includes a souvenir travel album with recorded thoughts in the album by Norma, and a tour booklet. Collection also includes a Zion's Boys & Girls...
Dates: 1939-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George A. Smith letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350362]
Identifier: MSS 4158
Abstract

Photocopied holograph letter from George A. Smith, writing from the historian’s office in Salt Lake, to his cousin, Silas S. Smith.

Dates: Other: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Carter Staines letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340181]
Identifier: MSS 108
Abstract

The folder contains a printed, undated letter. Internal evidence suggests that the item was written sometime in the 1870s. Staines gives the prices and conditions for travelling from New York City to Ogden, Utah.

Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Wilson Sterrett journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1642
Scope and Contents

Handwritten journal accompanied by its photocopy, along with Simeon R. Sterrett's typewritten missionary blessing and its photocopy. The journal describes W. W. Sterrett's mission, how an Indian chief, Black Pine, saved his life, and also contains his family's genealogy, a record of temple ordinances, and copies of patriarchal blessings.

Dates: approximately 1850-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Tuba City, Arizona history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305119]
Identifier: MSS SC 766
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of a newspaper article that appeared July 24, 1932, in the Arizona Republic which discusses the history of the Mormon settlement in Tuba City and the settlement of the Navajos on a reservation in that area.

Dates: 1932 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

“Uncompahgre Trail” by Gilbert W. States, approximately 1900-1945

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8608 Series 1 Sub-Series Sub-series 4
Scope and Contents

Materials include Gilbert W. States's manuscript "Uncompahgre Trail." It tells a story of a family moving west in the 1800s and is based on his family history. Materials dated approximately 1900-1945.

Dates: approximately 1900-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. E. Broaddus papers / J. E. Broaddus manuscripts

Biographical sketch of the life of Samuel Wagstaff

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339456]
Identifier: MSS SC 3343
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Samuel Wagstaff was born in 1820 in England, married Lucy Webb in 1840, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He migrated to Utah in 1862 and settled in American Fork. Samuel went to prison for polygamy in 1888 and died in 1897. The title page of the item states, "by Ada W. Barratt." At the end of the biography is written, "Sketch written by Bertha N. Sager."

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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