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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 3407 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Evans music box photo album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9044
Scope and contents

19 silver print photographs taken by photographers in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. Photographs are of Alice Hazel Stallings Evans and members of her family at different ages throughout their lives. Dated approximately 1880-1910.

Dates: approximately 1880-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alice Evans music box photo album

Beth Mortensen Evans papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3207
Abstract

The Beth Martenson Evans papers contain papers, newspaper clippings, scrabooks, school projects,a diary, and genealogy of Beth Martenson Evans.

Dates: 1922-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Beth Mortensen Evans papers

Mark Evans interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1586
Scope and Contents

Typewritten transcript of an interview taken from the included reel to reel sound tape from the radio program "Mark my Words." The item was recorded in 1977. Evans interviews Milbourne Christopher, a magician and author.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mark Evans interview

Will Evans family papers and Navajo art

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4019
Abstract The first ten boxes consist of family papers, circa 1849-1990, and include: family genealogy information, interview notes, biographies, photographs, legal papers, ecclesiastical documents and records, missionary weekly planners, funeral programs, obituaries, correspondence of Thomas Evans, William Evans, and Richard P. Evans. Art and literature from Evans family members include: articles, sheet music, story on cassette tape, poems, chapters of books and journals by Will Evans, Richard P....
Dates: approximately 1849-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Will Evans family papers and Navajo art

Evelyn and Her Magic Violin

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: 1937-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner music compositions / Fred Steiner compositions / Fred Steiner radio compositions

Events in the early history of Tooele City

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524260]
Identifier: MSS 2973
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Tooele, Utah. Bevan writes about early settlement, the nature of housing, social organization, how the town got its name, and many other issues.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Events in the early history of Tooele City

Exponent II correspondence and poetry

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230345057]
Identifier: MSS 7009
Abstract

Collection contains letters written to, and poetry submitted to, Exponent II. The collection dates from 1978 to 1984.

Dates: 1978-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Exponent II correspondence and poetry

"Extortion", 1945-08-03

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: Broadcast: 1945-08-03
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner music compositions / Fred Steiner compositions / Fred Steiner radio compositions / This is Your F.B.I.: True Stories From the Files of the F.B.I.

Udney Hay Jacob manuscript extracts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337252]
Identifier: MSS 478
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of excerpts of a book published in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842. Jacob writes about the nature of marriage, fornication, and divorce. He states that women are the property of men and condones polygamy. The book was denounced by the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, as "trash." The historian Faun Brodie suggests that Joseph Smith used the work to see the possible reaction to an announcement on polygamy. The item also includes...
Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Udney Hay Jacob manuscript extracts

Extracts from English parish registers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312461]
Identifier: MSS SC 1429
Dates: 1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Extracts from English parish registers

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