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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:

Texas legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 360
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed legal documents and manufacturing labels from Texas. The signatures include those of Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, and James Bowie. The items relate to the activities of the Arkansas and Texas Land Company and the Comal Manufacturing Company.

Dates: 1826-1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The early settlement of South Weber

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345354]
Identifier: MSS 983
Scope and Contents

Contents include four typewritten transcriptions of Thomas Peek's history of South Weber, Davis County, Utah. Peek records the history of the establishment and hardships of the Latter-day Saint people in South Weber, including brief descriptions of the Morrisite War of 1862, the Utah War of 1857-1858, and the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The history was written in approximately 1900.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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 / 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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