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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

Oversize, 1850-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contents include a collection of Robert S. Ellison's maps, mostly dealing with historical landmarks and famous old west battles. Materials dated 1850 to 1935.

Dates: 1850-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Spurrier Ellison papers

Papers of Whitney family children, 1957, 1843-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers from seven of Whitney's children, including correspondence, legal records, and personal papers dating from between 1843 and 1900. Materials document a range of family and personal activity, such as missionary service, colonization efforts, and business activities.

Dates: 1957; 1843-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers
Image of Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. Gustavus Hills
Image of Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. ...

Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. Gustavus Hills

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS6_B5_F44_I2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. Gustavus Hills, 1842 September 15

 Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233283982], Folder: 44
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item 2
Dates: Other: 1842 September 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of legal and municipal records

Patriarchal blessings given by John Smith, 1853-1911, bulk: 1911 March

 File — Box 2: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232548880], Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten copies of five patriarchal blessings given by John Smith, son of Hyrum Smith, in March 1911. Blessing recipients include Mary Peel, Olga Kratt, Wilhelma Heldebrand, Alive Eveline Ledferd, and Elizabeth Arnetta Paulseth.

Also includes a handwritten copy of a patriarchal blessing given by John Smith, uncle to the Prophet Joseph Smith, given in June 1853 to Helen Maria Fisher.

Dates: 1853-1911; Majority of material found within 1911 March
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Smith papers / John Smith personal papers

Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593530]
Identifier: MSS 8768
Scope and Contents

Contains digital copies of papers related to Jean (Jane) Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce. Includes marriage and other legal documents for her progenitors and children, letters, receipt for her burial plot, and her original handwritten diaries from 1851 and 1878. The 1851 diary documents Jean (Jane) Rio's journey from England to America to join the Latter-day Saints in Utah, including her trials crossing the ocean by ship and the plains. Dated 1780-1878.

Dates: 1780-1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Pectol vs. D.U.P. Wayne County history, 1948-1951

 File — Carton 21: [Barcode: 31197239267799], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 7996
Scope and Contents

Regarding the decision for Wayne County to discard the history that Ephraim Portal Pectol had written.

Dates: 1948-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ephraim Portman Pectol papers

People's Canal & Irrigation Company complaint , date of production not identified

 Item — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239274704], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 5 Item 99
Scope and Contents

Draft of a complaint by the People's Canal and Irrigation Company from a meeting held March 07, 1896.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President correspondence / Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence
Image of Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo
Image of Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS6_B5_F44_I4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo
Image of Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS6_B5_F44_I5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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