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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:

Cache Valley's west side

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231984]
Identifier: MSS 687
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten speech "delivered by Mrs. Marybelle Pike before the Cache Valley Historical Society" 23 March 1955. Pike talks about the history of the west side of Cache Valley, Utah, including its early settlement. She presents anecdotes and data on several towns including Weston, Clifton, and Oxford in Idaho and Clarkston and Cornish, Utah.

Dates: 1955 March 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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

Zina Presendia Young Williams Card autograph album

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486123]
Identifier: MSS 309
Scope and Contents

Autograph book with hadwritten entries. These items are signatures and short messages of appreciation written to Card.

Dates: 1884-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Christopher Carpenter agreement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289005]
Identifier: Vault MSS 324
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed agreement stating that Christopher Carpenter will purchase land from James Richardson. The item is dated December 28, 1804 and the place is given as "Seline." This location has not been identified. It may have been in Missouri, perhaps near St. Louis.

Dates: 1804 December 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Christopher Carpenter agreement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288783]
Identifier: Vault MSS 337
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed agreement stating that Christopher Carpenter will deed land to Gabriel Cerre. The item is in Spanish, dated November 1803, and registered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1803 November
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A. V. Carr agreement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288981]
Identifier: Vault MSS 327
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed promissory note made out to Samuel Solomon. The item is dated 2 Nov. 1818 and was created in St. Louis, Missouri. Carr promises to give Solomon money.

Dates: 1818 November 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

C. W. Carter papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319540]
Identifier: MSS SC 2128
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a bound volume of handwritten notes. Carter describes various areas of Utah and presents short biographies of Mormon leaders. He also includes short notes on his photography business.

Dates: approximately 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Russell R. Casper biography of William Wallace Casper

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225537577]
Identifier: MSS 3714
Scope and Contents

Transcript of a biography of William Wallace Casper, with an emphasis on his service in the Mormon Battalion. Biography contains excerpts from a narrative account by William Casper. The edited biography is incomplete, documenting only brief elements of Casper's life.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Willa Cather letters

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 778
Scope and Contents Five handwritten, typewritten, and signed letters from author Willa Cather. Four of the items are addressed to a "Mr. Wyer." Mr. Wyer" may be referring to Malcolm Glenn Wyer, who was librarian at the Denver Public Library at the time, where Cather had often done research. Cather tells Wyer about her social activities and contacts. Also included is a letter from Cather to "Miss McNully," a reviewer. Cather praises McNully's well-written review and laments the poor quality of many reviews of...
Dates: approximately 1926-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Celestial

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317304]
Identifier: MSS SC 1888
Scope and Contents

Typewritten play dealing with various people and their experiences in New York City.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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