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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 525 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. outgoing correspondence, 1945-1978

 Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232480712]
Identifier: MSS 2341 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Lyon's outgoing correspondence.

Dates: Other: 1945-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2341, Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. collection

Those golden girls of Market Street : Denver's infamous redlight district

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325588]
Identifier: MSS SC 2650
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. Also included is the completed and published item. Couch writes about the history of prostitution in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Those golden girls of Market Street : Denver's infamous redlight district

George J. Throckmorton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2408
Abstract

Contains case files, research materials, and photographs relating to the Mark Hofmann criminal investigation. Additional materials include oral histories, legal materials, book manuscripts, and related ephemera.

Dates: 1985-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George J. Throckmorton papers

David Thygerson autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 374
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of an autobiography with handwritten notes. Thygerson's account was probably written around 1938. He was born in Ephraim, Utah and went with his family to Colonia Dublan, Mexico to avoid prosecution for polygamy. He lived there until 1912 when he left because of the revolution in Mexico. He went blind in 1916 and settled in Manti, Utah in 1917. Thygerson writes about the mental problems associated with his blindness and comments about the attitude of local people on his...
Dates: approximately 1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Thygerson autobiography

William E. Timmins papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1899
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, articles, drafts, newspaper clippings, and notes. The materials relate to two articles by Timmins on Mormon cults and reincarnation and Utah state prison education. Some of the items deal with the issues of Sunday closing laws and the liquor by the drink issue in 1968.

Dates: 1932-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William E. Timmins papers

Oman Tracy notes and books

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237213]
Identifier: MSS SC 256
Scope and Contents

Typewritten list of books (photocopy) owned by Oman Tracy and a series of handwritten historian's notes arranged chronologically about the early history of Ogden, Utah and Weber County, Utah.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oman Tracy notes and books

Anthony Trollope letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294237]
Identifier: Vault MSS 689
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter by Anthony Trollope dated February 27, 1881. This item announces the death of Pam Rice.

Dates: 1881 February 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Anthony Trollope letter

Garry True unofficial tour of the Russian frontier paper

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349976]
Identifier: MSS 4103
Abstract

A paper written by Garry True for a history class at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1923
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Garry True unofficial tour of the Russian frontier paper

T. O. Tsakumo letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284931]
Identifier: Vault MSS 126
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated May 15, 1958, and addressed to a P. P. Perkins. Tsakumo writes to Perkins in fractured English, thanking Perkins for writing to him, and stating "On last night We stayed Hotel. I was happy. she was a Virgin. I did 3 times through night." This may refer to activities in Tokyo, Japan.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / T. O. Tsakumo letter

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 / Tuba City, Arizona history

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