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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

Image of Conveyance by Gaspar de Camporgnago, Beatricis Stanghis, and Barbara Stanghis
Image of Conveyance by Gaspar de Camporgna...

Copy of Articles of Incorporation and all amendments of Brigham Young University

 File — Box 145: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233268132], Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 1085 Series 3 Sub-Series 6
Dates: Record Keeping: 1976-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on administration / Office of the President records on administration

Coray family financial records, date of production not identified

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197231055747], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1422
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Coray family papers

George Corn Jr. deposition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241553]
Identifier: MSS SC 473
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal document written in Lexington, Kentucky which was taken in evidence in the case of Robert Daniel et al. vs. Stephen Trigg's Estate before the Kentucky Supreme Court. Concerns Daniel's activities in relation to property of the estate which included slaves and horses.

Dates: 1792 March 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Correspondence, memos, and legal papers

 File — Box 144: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233268124], Folder: 10
Identifier: UA 1085 Series 3 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, memos, and legal papers concerning NCAA vs. HEW, private school legislation, controversy over religious discrimination in connection with tuition programs, The College Law Digest, legal separation between Brigham Young University and the Church. Also includes a draft of proposed new articles of incorporation and by-laws for Brigham Young University.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1976-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on administration / Office of the President records on administration

Correspondence regarding land ownership, 1933-1944

 File — Box 9: Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197230225556], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1963 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File 2
Scope and Contents

Photostats, original and official copies, some of which are signed, and transcribed typescript copies. Dated 1933 to 1944.

Dates: 1933-1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lily Klasner papers / Lily Klasner correspondence / Lily Klasner research correspondence

Court order for a road survey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241603]
Identifier: MSS SC 478
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal document in which residents of Danville, Virginia are ordered to examine possible routes for a public road between Danville and the court house.

Dates: 1785
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oliver Cowdery legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230239011]
Identifier: MSS SC 355
Scope and Contents

Two signed documents, one a stipulation in an estate settlement and the other a petition for divorce, from Walworth County, Wisconsin. Cowdery acted as attorney in both cases.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oliver Cowdrey stipulation in estate settlement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237197]
Identifier: MSS SC 258
Scope and Contents

Signed legal document for a case in Walsworth, Wisconsin District Court in which Cowdery was the attorney.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Cragun papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239291955]
Identifier: MSS 9118
Content Description

Contains papers related to James Cragun, including letters, financial documents, legal documents, church documents, and ephemera from Indiana and Utah. Includes content related to his years as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Utah pioneer, primarily from a financial perspective. Dated 1843-1868.

Dates: 1843-1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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