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Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 biographical records, 1933-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series II
Scope and Contents

Contains the biographies of various members of the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1933-1969.

Dates: 1933-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 minute and roll books, 1929-1975

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series I
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains the mintute books kept by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1929-1975.

Dates: 1929-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records, 1929-1994

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II
Scope and Contents

Series contains minutes, yearly programs, member biographies, and newspaper articles created by the activities of or collected by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah society. Dated 1929-1994.

Dates: 1929-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs

Yesharah Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 730
Scope and Contents The Yesharah Society records contain items created by and collected by the society in the course of its operations. These items include a constitution and by-laws of the organization, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets and programs, newspaper clippings and articles, scrapbooks, histories and biographies, music, and photos. The records come from the two Provo Chapters, Orem, Logan, and Salt Lake. The society was founded in Provo, Utah, in 1929 and the records go up to nearly the...
Dates: 1928-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Yesharah Society sheet music, 1929-2009

 Series — Box 10: Series IV; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197230221027], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains sheet music for “A Prayer” by Charles H. Gabriel the theme song for Yesharah; sheet music for “Yesharah” by Elizabeth Fotzer Bates; lyrics on small sheets of paper for “Yesharah” with “A Prayer” on the back; sheet music and lyrics for several songs written by Minnie I. Hodapp; small paperback hymnal; sheet music with lyrics for Yesharah written and composed by Elizabeth Fetzer Bates. Dated 1929-2009.

Dates: 1929-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records

Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1765
Scope and Contents

Ledger books, schedule books, a history, a deed, receipts, reports, and correspondence. The materials relate to the Girl's Canyon home in Provo Canyon, Utah, for the Mutual Improvement Association of the Mormon Church. The items document the financing and the operation of the camp.

Dates: 1928-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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