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Latter Day Saint women -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Wanda McGregor Snow correspondence and miscellaneous items

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319466]
Identifier: MSS SC 2136
Scope and Contents

Newsletters, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous items. All of the materials deal with various aspects of Snow's life, especially her teaching career.

Dates: 1939-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elizabeth Beswick Tanner autobiography and program

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045193]
Identifier: MSS 1191
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a three-page autobiography. Tanner writes about her marriage, her conversion to the Mormon Church, and her subsequent life in Ohio, Missouri, and Iowa. The date of the composition of this item is uncertain. Also included is a typed copy of a program of the 1885 reunion of the Tanner family in Payson, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1850-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2198
Scope and Contents Includes three reminiscent accounts written in 1880, 1885, and 1895, reflecting on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Also includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to Utah,...
Dates: 1880-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eliza Westover letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335546]
Identifier: MSS 371
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter with a typescript of the item. Westover writes to "Lew" in response to his questions about the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). She outlines her life and tells of her conversion to the LDS Church, her life in Nauvoo, Illinois, the death of Joseph Smith, and her migration to Utah.

Dates: 1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Women's History Symposium

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331594]
Identifier: MSS SC 3005
Scope and Contents

Video tape of Elaine Cannon's (LDS Young Women's General President) talk "Young Women of Mormondom," March 25, 1982.

Dates: 1982 March 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Women's Research Institute correspondence, approximately 1978-1997

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197225547220]
Identifier: MSS 3312 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence related to the Women's Research Institute. Materials date from approximately 1978 to 1997.

Dates: approximately 1978-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Women's Research Institute records

Women's Research Institute files on Relief Society, approximately 1978-1997

 Series — Carton 5: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197225547261], Folder: 10-13
Identifier: MSS 3312 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains subject files regarding the history and administration of the Relief Society. Materials date from between approximately 1978 and 1997.

Dates: approximately 1978-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Women's Research Institute records

Women's Research Institute files on religion, approximately 1978-1997

 Series — Carton 4: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197225547253]
Identifier: MSS 3312 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains subject files related to the finances, doctrines, and religious practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint doctrine.

Dates: approximately 1978-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Women's Research Institute records

Women's Research Institute files on Young Women, approximately 1978-1997

 Series — Carton 5: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197225547261], Folder: 14-16
Identifier: MSS 3312 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains subject files related to the Young Women program of the Church. Materials date from between approximately 1978 and 1997.

Dates: approximately 1978-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Women's Research Institute records

Women's Research Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3312
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, reports, and files on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and women, articles, and files on Mormon relations and issues related to women. Includes personal and corporate records produced and compiled by Ida Smith documenting her tenure as director of the Women's Research Institute at Brigham Young University between 1978 and 1983. Also contains personal correspondence and research files, as well as documenting her work with the BYU Alumni Association....
Dates: approximately 1978-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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