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Latter Day Saint women -- Idaho -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Thea Daniel collection on Irene Smart Weaver and Retta Hanks Gilbert

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233644225]
Identifier: MSS 8303
Scope and Contents

Contains nine audio cassettes of the personal oral histories of Irene Smart Weaver and Retta Hanks Gilbert, two Latter-day Saint women from Idaho and Utah. Dated 1966-2002.

Dates: 1966-2002

Amy LeFevre Haycock autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316314]
Identifier: MSS SC 1807
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of Amy LeFevre Haycock accompanied by three of her poems, "Last Picture of My Mother," "Dear Brother," and "To My Father." She spent many years homesteading in Idaho.

Dates: approximately 1935

Carl Otto Holm papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1894
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries, autobiographies, and a ledger. Also included are typescripts of some of the items. Holm writes about his life in Idaho, his mission for the Mormon Church in the Western States, his excommunication from the Mormon Church over a dissagreement on polygamy, and his family. With the materials are diaries of Holm's wife Victorina Holm in Sweden.

Dates: 1898-1950

Cleo Grigg Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1799
Scope and Contents

Research notes, genealogies, family histories, correspondence, biographies, and legal documents. The materials relate to the origins of the Gregg family in America and includes information on the family from that time.

Dates: 1955-1982

Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337195]
Identifier: MSS 468
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, two typewritten letters, and two biographies. In her autobiography, Parkinson writes about her life in Utah and Idaho, the polygamous marriage of her husband, and her attitude towards the Mormon Church. Also included is a brief biographical statement of Parkinson's daughter telling of Ellen's last years. The two letters are from Isaac B. Nash to "Vie" stating that he was given a three-month sentence for polygamy. The biography is of Mary Cramer...
Dates: 1885-1940

Lydia Susanna Goaslind Purnell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1796
Scope and Contents Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, histories, biographies, genealogical group sheets, patriarchal blessings, diaries, and land indentures in Idaho. The correspondence are between Purnell, her husband, and other relatives and deal largely with family matters. One of the letters is an account of the Battle of Bear River in 1863 by an observer. Purnell also writes to many persons about family history. Purnell also writes about being a polygamous wife and the various persecutions by...
Dates: 1875-1942

Miranda C. Stringham autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312149]
Identifier: MSS SC 1523
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typed autobiography by Miranda Campbell Stringham and a newsletter by the Riverview Ward of the Mormon Church in Idaho. Stringham talks about her early years, education, marriage, children, grandchildren, and church assignments. The newsletter is for Stringham's ward and includes a spiritual message, reports events for the coming month, and contains a birthday calendar.

Dates: 1978

Miranda C. Stringham diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1859
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with photocopies of the materials. The items relate to Stringham's family, her activities in the Mormon Church, her writing, and her missions for the Mormon Church in the Northwestern States and Texas.

Dates: 1941-1969