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Found in 1668 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Stubbs autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325372]
Identifier: MSS SC 2633
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Stubbs joined the Mormon Church in 1840, worked as a baker in England, migrated to Utah in 1853, witnessed a grasshopper plague in American Fork, Utah, and experienced an Indian attack at a fort in 1855 near Moab, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Peter Stubbs autobiography

Samuel Leo Stutz history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316025]
Identifier: MSS SC 1845
Scope and Contents

One typewritten dictation by Leo Samuel Stutz regarding Zina Card and one typewritten paper containing comments by Keith Shaw about Stutz's views of Card.

Dates: 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Leo Stutz history

Caleb E. Summerhays mission journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2271
Scope and Contents

Caleb E. Summerhays mission journal, 1892, includes three pages of genealogical information and a photograph of two missionaries (?) with a native.

Dates: 1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Caleb E. Summerhays mission journal

Susan Martha Bayard Weir papers, 1875-1892

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 7
Scope and Contents note

Contains journals and scrapbooks of Susan Martha Bayard Weir dated from January 1, 1875 to November 17, 1892. The first year of the journal was kept while lived at West Point and the remainder while she lived in New York City and Garrison, New York. It is a detailed daily journal recounting family events, business, visits, correspondence, achievements and relationships, as well as the social and cultural activities in which she and other family members were involved.

Dates: 1875-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 511, Weir family papers

John C. Swensen photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8424
Scope and Contents Materials include 553 photographs taken by John C. Swensen. The majority of the photographs were taken in Utah, but there are also photographs taken in the states surrounding Utah, especially Idaho and California, and some photographs in locations on the Eastern coast of the United States. There are many photographs of people, especially family and friends. There are also photographs of important events, including the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the 1915...
Dates: approximately 1900-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John C. Swensen photographs

William D. Swords collection of Ellison and Pritchard family materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6250
Abstract

Letters, postcards, cards, scrapbooks, photographs, booklets, pamphlets, notebooks, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items that belonged to the Ellison and Pritchard families, dated circa 1883-1955.

Dates: approximately 1883-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William D. Swords collection of Ellison and Pritchard family materials

James and May Booth Talmage family stories and recollections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8858
Content Description A collection of stories and recollections about James and May Booth Talmage. Includes copies of signed letters from James E. Talmage to his granddaughters, both typed and handwritten from 1929-1933; and, memories of May and James Talmage by their granddaughters. Also includes a transcription of an interview with John R. Talmage by Shannon Howells prior to John's death in 2001, where he shares biographical information and memories of his parents. Also includes a typescript of an article about...
Dates: 1895-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James and May Booth Talmage family stories and recollections

James E. and Merry May Booth Talmage letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8324
Scope and Contents

Contains the correspondence between James E. Talmage and his wife Merry May Booth Talmage. The letters, written between 1891 and 1932, discuss family life, James's career, and personal travel.

Dates: 1891-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. and Merry May Booth Talmage letters

Merry May Booth Talmage history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227636963]
Identifier: MSS 3981
Scope and Contents

Merry May Booth Talmage history, undated, is seven page typed history of Merry Talmage. Author is unknown.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merry May Booth Talmage history

Merry May Booth Talmage papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1607
Scope and Contents Collection of documents related to May Booth Talmage, wife of James E. Talmage. Includes the original personal diary she kept from 1887 to 1892. Also includes a photocopy of the diary. The majority of the collection is photocopies of personal and family correspondence from 1890 to 1934 exchanged between May and James Talmage and their children. Also includes correspondence with other family members, friends, colleagues, and Mormon Church members. Most of these items were written while May...
Dates: 1887-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merry May Booth Talmage papers

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