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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Persifor F. Smith letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233620795]
Identifier: MSS 7694
Scope and Contents

A letter was written by Persifor F. Smith on January 28, 1858. The letter is five pages long and is addressed to Virginia Congressman Charles J. Faulkner, who was a Virginia politician and President Buchanan's Minister to France. Persifor references the Utah War of 1857 and 1858 in his letter.

Dates: 1858 January 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

R. H. Smith letter to John Saltar, Sr.

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239250837]
Identifier: MSS 8995
Scope and Contents Letter (one folded sheet, 32 x 39 cm folded to 32 x 20 cm) from R.H. Smith in Hancock County, Illinois, to his uncle, John Saltar, Sr., in Pemberton, New Jersey. Smith recounts the experiences of Saltar's son, John Saltar, Jr., in the Battle of Nauvoo. The younger Saltar was part of the anti-Mormon forces who attacked the city. Smith provides some details from the anti-Mormon perspective about the battle, including the number of forces involved and the number of casualties on each side. He...
Dates: 1846 October 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Samuel H. B. Smith speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336213]
Identifier: MSS 1045
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed speech given at a "populust rally at the Salt Lake Theatre, October 27th 1899."

Dates: 1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Vesta Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1659
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to American Mothers Inc., the Young Women program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Washington, D.C. Stake of the Church, the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, and other topics in which Smith took part. Includes an autobiography, journals, files, correspondence, photographs, financial papers, programs, newsletters, handbooks, and membership lists, genealogical papers, reports, scrapbooks, family histories, and ephemera. Materials...
Dates: approximately 1941-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Smith certificate of appointment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236546]
Identifier: MSS SC 207
Scope and Contents

Handwritten certificate of appointment to the office of a judge advocate in the Missouri Militia by Lieut-Governor William H. Ashley who signed the order.

Dates: 1824
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A. O. Smoot affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343979]
Identifier: MSS 183
Scope and Contents

Handwritten affidavits sworn before Smoot as mayor of Provo, Utah. The manuscript was apparently recorded by Smoot who seems to be responsible for much of its wording. The item deals with disturbances by United States soldiers in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A. O. Smoot letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531455]
Identifier: MSS 3175
Scope and Contents One letter written from the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office, from Abraham O. Smoot to Brigham Young. Smoot informs President Young that despite being nominated for Mayor of Salt Lake City, he prefers to decline. He had already served for 9 years in that capacity. Also, a letter from Margaret T. Smoot, one of Abraham O. Smoot's wives, to a person whose identity has not been determined. The letter is four pages long, with Margaret's signature following the first three pages. The last page looks...
Dates: 1866-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Reed Smoot correspondence with Alpha May Eldredge Smoot

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294500]
Identifier: MSS 7945
Scope and Contents

Contains six letters written by Reed Smoot to his wife, Alpha May Eldredge Smoot, between the years 1903 and 1906. The letters mainly report on family life. Smoot writes from Washington D.C., where he is serving as a United States Senator. His letters tell about the experiences he is having, his responsibilities as a senator, as well as responding to letters that his wife had sent him.

Dates: 1903-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Reed Smoot letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334119]
Identifier: MSS 1115
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two typewritten letters and a certificate. The letters were addressed to Daniel B. Hill Richards, a Utah lawyer. The items recommend Richards for the position of consul general in Cairo, Egypt, and discuss strategy to be used against those who were attempting to unseat Smoot from the United States Senate.

Dates: 1903-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Helen Foster Snow papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2219
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the life and career of Helen Foster Snow. Includes interviews, correspondence, articles, essays, reviews, drafts, photographs, negatives, artifacts, audiovisual recordings, and other materials concerning the political climate in China during the Japanese invasion, the lives of Communist leaders and followers, and the Chinese Cooperative movements. Although materials were mainly created during the course of Helen Foster Snow's time as a foreign correspondent...
Dates: 1726-2000; Majority of material found within 1930-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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