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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Young and Seymour B. Young papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349323]
Identifier: MSS 513
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and an account of Joseph Young's death and funeral by his son, Seymour B. Young. Joseph writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and comments on various doctrines of that faith.

Dates: approximately 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Young and Seymour B. Young papers

Biographies of ancestors

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC53
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biographies of ancestors

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233170]
Identifier: MSS SC 53
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of ancestors of Rawlinson which relate life in numerous Utah communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included is an excerpt from the 1857 diary of James Farmer.

Dates: approximately 1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographies of ancestors

Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2947
Scope and Contents

Oral history of Catherine Bowles, from an interview conducted by Jenny Reeder.

Dates: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles

M. D. Canfield letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349224]
Identifier: MSS 3952
Abstract

Myron Davenport Canfield’s letter to his Uncle Ezra Canfield, dated 12 December 1836.

Dates: 1836
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / M. D. Canfield letter

The Czech and Slovak Republics : a case study / by Steven C. Page

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230352178]
Identifier: MSS 7420
Abstract

The Steven Page essay is a case study concerning the Czech and Slovak Republics, mainly addressing the activity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Communist rule of these republics.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Czech and Slovak Republics : a case study / by Steven C. Page

Edgar Lyon and family papers, 1915-1971

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2341 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Publications written by the Lyon family.

Dates: Other: 1915-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2341, Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. collection

Nellie McArthur Gubler family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7551
Abstract

This collection includes the personal, family, research, and religious papers and scrapbooks of Nellie McArthur Gubler.

Dates: 1849-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nellie McArthur Gubler family papers

Timothy and Elisa Gunn letter to Levi Benyamen

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292900]
Identifier: Vault MSS 729
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter by Gunn and his wife, Elisa, dated June 15, 1834 and addressed to Levi Benyamen in Massachusetts. This item describes the difficulties of raising crops in Connecticut and expresses strong anti-Mormon feelings. It also mentions Sidney Rigdon who was a Baptist minister and later joined the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1834 June 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Timothy and Elisa Gunn letter to Levi Benyamen

James Jack family papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3698
Scope and Contents

The James Jack family papers, 1863 - 1953 includes two (2) series: James Jack Papers, 1863 - 1913 and Family Papers, 1909 - 1953.

Dates: 1863-1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Jack family papers

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