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Social Life and Customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1842 Collections and/or Records:

A brief life story of Anne Boletta Mortenson Williams Dillman / as compiled by Maria Schnebly Dillman

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239281949]
Identifier: MSS SC 1501
Scope and Contents

One volume titled, "A Brief Life Story of Anna Boletta Mortenson Williams Dillman," compiled by Maria Schnebly Dillman on March 17, 1978. Biographical story includes Anna's family history and her experiences as a woman in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona. Volume also includes photographic prints of Anna and her family.

Dates: 1978 March 17

Isaura Bentley Abegg diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1642
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries for the years 1952, 1964, and 1966 through 1971. Abegg was a student at Brigham Young University in 1952 and was closely associated with the university in later years. She talks of her daily activities, association with Brigham Young University, and Church responsibilities.

Dates: 1952-1971

Account book and letters published in the "Deseret News"

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 767
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a copy of a handwritten account book, "Personal Account Book of John McLaws, Joseph City, Arizona;" a typescript volume of letters from colonists which appeared in the "Deseret News," describing in detail the history and development of the Mormon settlements on the Little Colorado River; and a copy of a hand-drawn map of Sunset, Arizona (1881).

Dates: 1881-1931

Laura J. Adamson account of a dream

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338961]
Identifier: MSS 127
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiographical account of a dream told by Laura J. Adamson. The story was written down by Susa Young Gates. Adamson relates that the dream gave her information relating to a brutal murder of Adamson family members, and she says that the murdered people came back from the dead to tell her to commit herself more fully to the Mormon faith.

Dates: 1916

Abraham Ackerman genealogy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318450]
Identifier: MSS SC 1982
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogy of Abraham Ackerman (1804-1869). The item lists the parents, wife, and children of Ackerman.

Dates: approximately 1900

An act in relation to Utah Library

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292041]
Identifier: Vault MSS 539
Scope and Contents Handwritten act of the Utah territorial legislature establishing the Utah Library. The librarian over the institution was under a two-year legislative appointment and was given a budget of $6000. The librarian was given authority to conduct all business relating to the library. The main purpose of the library was to provide materials for the legislature, but items could be made available to federal officials and private citizens of Utah at the discretion of the librarian. The document...
Dates: 1852

Adams family temple record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325331]
Identifier: MSS SC 2628
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into a "Temple Record" book which records the temple work done by proxy for members of the Adams family in Mormon temples. The material also includes information on the Adams family genealogy.

Dates: 1922-1956

Irene Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7810
Scope and Contents

Collection contains research materials and manuscripts for the Unofficial Manual for Bishops' wives, which includes articles, surveys, and correspondence. The collection also includes Adams' personal journals. Materials dated 1968-2011.

Dates: 1968-2011

James Adams estate papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315563]
Identifier: MSS SC 1780
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the wills and related estate documents of James, Lucian B., and James Lucian Adams, three generations of the same family, who all lived in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Dates: 1838-1932

James J. Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.

Dates: approximately 1910