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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Eureka, Utah

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9193
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of members of the Eureka Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after a church meeting, a biographical sketch of Mina Orton Davey, and notes describing the aforementioned photographs. The photographs are dated approximately 1915 and the biographical sketch is dated 1939.

Dates: approximately 1915-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Collection on Nauvoo Grape Festival

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9615
Scope and Contents

A collection of programs, clippings, scrapbook pages, paper ephemera, artifacts, photographs, and correspondence related to the Nauvoo Grape Festival in Nauvoo, Illinois, spanning the years 1938 to 1980. Much of the material appears to have been collected and assembled by members of the Lutz family.

Dates: 1938-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A community study of Provo City

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233410]
Identifier: MSS SC 35
Scope and Contents Typewritten student report submitted to Brigham Young University sociology professor Ariel S. Ballif. The report gives a brief history of Provo, Utah as well as details regarding population, economy, health, social welfare, churches, schools, and education. The report also includes four maps of Provo showing boundary development, location of schools, location of churches, and zoning districts as they existed in 1951. Also included in the report is a centennial brochure and a tourism...
Dates: approximately 1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sketch of the life of John Conder

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332923]
Identifier: MSS SC 3299
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of John Conder. Conder was born in 1849 and came to Utah in 1850. He settled in American Fork, Utah, married Hannah Hansen in 1867, and had eight children. Three of their children died with diptheria in 1879.

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

Conservative women opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1827
Scope and Contents

Papers, newsclippings, flyers, notes, correspondence, statements, and miscellaneous items relating to conservative women's groups. Most of the women were either Catholic or Mormon living in Hawaii. They express resistence to the Equal Rights Amendment and other liberal causes for women.

Dates: 1970-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Anne Elizabeth Copcutt continental Tour

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317551]
Identifier: MSS SC 1864
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and typescript of a handwritten diary including her genealogy. Copcutt describes her temporal and spiritual experiences during a trip to Europe.

Dates: 1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lavinia Corbin letter to Abel R. Corbin

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2872
Scope and Contents The letter is a detailed domestic and town gossip from a school teacher, Lavinia Corbin, to her brother, Abel R. Corbin, in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time that the letter was written, Lavinia was living in the same county as [sentence missing] Joseph Smith's marriage to Emma Hale and "glass looking"/disorderly conduct trials of the preceding decade (Chenango County, New York). The first half of the letter was written in MacDonough, New York, and the second half of the letter was written...
Dates: 1835
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Cowdery family and Vermont papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2055
Scope and Contents Contains documents from the Oliver Cowdery family and from the state of Vermont. Two documents, a deed and a notice of lost property, are signed by William Cowdery, Oliver's father. Also includes a land auction record from Wells, Vermont, and an original printed proclamation from the governor of Vermont regarding Shays' Rebellion (1786-1787). Other items include newspaper clippings from Vermont newspapers on 19th century Mormonism, Oliver Cowdery, and the Oliver Cowdery Marker dedication...
Dates: 1787-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Frank Cox collection of Huntington co-op record books

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233630166]
Identifier: MSS 8136
Scope and Contents

Contains record books with information on the Huntington co-op store. Includes records of resources and liabilities, as well as records of sales and purchases by the store. Dated 1881-1893.

Dates: 1881-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Martha Stubbs Cragun scrapbooks on Provo, Utah history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3149
Scope and Contents

Collection contains scrapbooks created by Martha Cragun while living in Provo. Includes newspaper clippings and photographs related to Provo, Utah history (1903-1951), especially concerning its citizens and events such as marriages, anniversaries, and deaths.

Dates: 1903-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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