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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 322 Collections and/or Records:

Utah pioneer day ribbon, Fairmont Park

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523700]
Identifier: MSS 2722
Dates: 1918 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Val L. Ball papers, 1945-2001

 File — Box 43: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005338], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 1 File 959
Scope and Contents note

Materials include book containing history of Val L. Ball during his experience in World War II and the Korean War. Also contains legal documents, many photographs, newspaper clippings, and other paper artifacts. A map at the end shows his movement during both conflicts. Dated 1945-2001.

Dates: 1945-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for multiple wars / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Van Buren Bros. folders, approximately 1910

 File — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227645279], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 4170 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains sample folder produced by Van Buren Bros., a manufacturing business operated by the Van Buren family beginning in 1909.

Dates: approximately 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vasco M. Tanner collection on the South American Expedition / Vasco M. Tanner research on Chester G. Van Buren / Chester G. Van Buren dissecting set and folders

Vernon Hanks papers, 2020 June 24

 File
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 2 File 8
Scope and Contents

Sacrament tray created by Vernon Hanks, and recording of a narrative by Hanks, dated June 24, 2020. Also contains four digital photographs of different models of Hanks' sacrament tray as posted on its listing online.

Dates: 2020 June 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of Mormon folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on sacrament trays during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vernon Hanks sacrament tray, 2020 June 22

 Item — Carton 1: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197239124057], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 2 File 8 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Contains a home-use sacrament tray, custom designed by Stylish Engraving, ordered June 22, 2020. The sacrament prayers for bread and water are engraved in the wood, as well as an engraving of the Christus. The tray is collapsible.

Dates: 2020 June 22
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of Mormon folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on sacrament trays during the COVID-19 pandemic / Vernon Hanks papers

Viking paddle

 Item — Item 1: [Barcode: 31197239251439]
Identifier: MSS 9201
Scope and Contents

Contains a wood initiation paddle for the Viking social unit at Brigham Young University. The paddle is inscribed as being for "Scrud--Peterson". Signatures of other Viking members are written directly on the paddle. Materials dated 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

Watch, chain, and locket necklace, 1944-1945

 File — Oversize 26: Series 1; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197239139758]
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 4
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Marsh Butler papers / Richard Marsh Butler WWII artifacts

Kenneth Dale Wells papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1611
Abstract

Kenneth D. Wells autobiographical files contain personal papers, research, and photographs and materials dealing with Ken and Ruth's work with the Family Foundation in El Salvador, as well as with the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Dates: 1908-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Whistle, approximately 1914

 File — Box 87: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 17 [Barcode: 31197233285086], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 17 File 1740
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain metal whistle with cord, "the kinglet" stamped on the side. Dated approximately 1914.

Dates: approximately 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project artifacts and photographs

WhiteHouseWalkabt face masks, 2020 July 31

 File — Carton 1: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197239124057], Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 1 File 7 File 1
Scope and Contents

Contains four cloth masks custom ordered from WhiteHouse Walkabout, Serita White's Etsy shop. Personalized with designs for missionaries in the Sendai, Japan, Charleston, West Virginia, and Brazil São Paulo South missions, and one Brigham Young Universit mask. Ordered July 30, 2020 from Etsy.com.

Dates: 2020 July 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of Mormon folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on masks during the COVID-19 pandemic / Serita White narrative and face masks

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