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Latter Day Saints -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Corbett journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315514]
Identifier: MSS SC 1777
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten journal of a Mormon missionary in New York City. The missionary's name is believed to have been Joseph Corbett.

Dates: 1869-1870

Amos Botsford Fuller diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487568]
Identifier: MSS 292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Fuller kept these diaries while on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ohio and New York State. He worked primarily in upper New York State and in Medina and Stark Counties in Ohio. Fuller writes of his daily activities and his missionary work. The items are in pencil and are much faded.

Dates: 1837-1838

Notes on early foundations of Mormonism

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9058
Scope and Contents Contains two bound booklets of notes by a non-Mormon in or around Liverpool, England, possibly a preacher, for an anti-Mormon speech or article titled "Mormonism." Includes references to the visions and revelations of Joseph Smith, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the founding of Mormonism. One set of notes writes in direct response to a work by B. H. Roberts, and both sets of notes are nearly identical in content. Includes direct quotes from the 1890 edition of the Doctrine and...
Dates: approximately 1890

Seventy Years of Mormonism in Northwestern Monroe County by Charles J. Ingerson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8570
Content Description

Contains the history of the Rochester 2nd Ward located in upstate New York from 1910-1980. The paper follows the growth and development of the ward. Also includes some photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Mormonism in Rochester. Materials are dated approximately 1910-1980.

Dates: Approximately 1910-1980