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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Occupy Provo broadside collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239115444]
Identifier: MSS 8960
Scope and Contents

Two broadsides produced by Occupy Provo calling for protests in downtown Provo, Utah. Dated December 3, 2011 and February 4, 2012.

Dates: 2011 December 3; 2012 February 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Of one heart

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329457]
Identifier: MSS SC 3017
Scope and Contents Personal history of Ray and Madge Watters. Contains recollections of Madge's childhood in Burrville, Utah; Ray's childhood in Richfield; their experiences during World War II in America, France, and Germany, including pictures and diagrams; family activities; associations with friends; and school, work, and church experiences in Orem, Utah, beginning in 1957. Ray worked at Brigham Young University as a professor in the Health Science Department in the College of Physical Education,...
Dates: 1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Office of the President records on politics, 1963

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 6 Sub-Series 61
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, memos, articles and adresses. The topics include the Peace Corps as well as political issues at BYU. Dated 1963.

Dates: 1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President records / Office of the President records

Netherlands official correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 484
Scope and Contents The materials were assembled under thematic guidelines. The manuscripts include official correspondence and letters as well as published political pamphlets, decrees, and broadsides. They cover the years 1526 to 1761 with most of the materials in two volumes dated within the 1660s. The issues treated are largely governmental, diplomatic, and political both on the national level and within the province of Zeeland but also include such materials as contracts of the Dutch East India Company...
Dates: 1526-1761
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ohio Court of Common Pleas affidavits

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323526]
Identifier: MSS SC 2379
Scope and Contents

Handwritten affidavits. Sarah Griffith apparently had attempted to obtain a farm from Edward Bosley, located near Kirtland, Ohio, but she claimed that the terms of the agreement were improperly met. Griffith then approached the court of Lake County, Ohio in an attempt to get the purchase agreement enforced. Griffith maintained that the farm was purchased by worthless script put out by the Mormons when they lived in Kirtland.

Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ohio Montgomery County Court letter of attorney

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310135]
Identifier: MSS SC 1232
Scope and Contents

Handwritten "Letter of Attorney" of the Montgomery County Court in Ohio.

Dates: 1806; 1806
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lewis Oleson journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 737
Scope and Contents

Handwritten journal listing the names of Mormons convicted of polygamy from 3 November 1884 through 24 December 1888. The names are organized by date of conviction and levied fines are noted. Accompanying the journal is an alphabetical listing and seventeen photostat prints of the original document.

Dates: 1884-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Evan Dee Olsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6124
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies about Evan Dee Olsen written by his mother Katie Olsen and a scrapbook of sketches and photographs from Evan Dee Olsen's time in the Army and as a prisoner of war during World War II. Also included are other ephemera dealing with his life. Dated 1941-1949.

Dates: 1941-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Olson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9056
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a variety of correspondence, papers, photographs, and ephemera of the Delilah King Olson family. Collection materials document the life of Delilah King Olson in Fillmore, Utah, and the lives and the careers across the world of three generations of her family, including insight into everyday rural Utah life and political campaigns. Dated 1871-1947.

Dates: 1871-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Harris Olson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337930]
Identifier: MSS 2713
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Olsen was from Blanding, Utah, and she was trained as a nurse at the University of Utah. During the war, she served in Camp Roberts in California. She married Ernest Olson in 1944.

Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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