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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Biography and memorabilia of Robert Mylchrist Cannon

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 943
Scope and Contents

This collecion consists of 4 biographies, 2 resumes, awards, letters, magazine articles, and photocopied newspaper photos and articles referring to Cannon.

Dates: 1945-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography and obituary of Emma Bailey Gunnell

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341429]
Identifier: MSS 2639
Scope and Contents

Typed copies of a one-paragraph biography of Gunnell and of her obituary. Emma B. Gunnell was in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from 1943 to 1963. She served in field hospitals in Europe and in the Philippines. During the Korean War, she served in Hawaii. Gunnell achieved the rank of major.

Dates: 1993-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Beverly Rasband Dixon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341486]
Identifier: MSS 2632
Scope and Contents

Typed Biography of Beverly Rasband Dixon. She was born in 1920 in Heber City, Utah, served as a nurse for the United States Navy during World War II, and was stationed at the Oak-knoll Naval Hospital in the Bay Area of California. She married Sheldon Schaerrer Dixon in 1946 and died in 2000.

Dates: approximately 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Dora Maiben by James W. Nicholes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341155]
Identifier: MSS 2605
Scope and Contents

Typed biography of Dora Maiben. Dora was born in 1886 in Provo, Utah, and died in 1978, in Bountiful, Utah. She studied nursing at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a nurse with the United States Army in France during World War I, and cared for United States personnel stationed in Germany after the war. She later served in the Balkans and then returned to Utah. She never married.

Dates: 1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240597]
Identifier: MSS SC 374
Scope and Contents

Brief typewritten life sketch of the 1886 mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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

George A. Black papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 735
Scope and Contents Collection contains letters and other documents related to George A. Black and his family. Most of the items relate to Black's tenure as Secretary of Utah Territory, which spanned from 1870 to 1876. He corresponded with several prominent leaders in Utah and Washington, D.C., including Brigham Young, George Q. Cannon, Daniel H. Wells, Ulysses S. Grant, and Benjamin Harrison, and the collection includes documents signed by each. The collection includes certificates for Black's appointment as...
Dates: 1862-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Black Hawk committee meeting minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320886]
Identifier: MSS SC 2233
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into a book of blank pages. The entries relate to the meetings of the "Black Hawk Committee" of Springville, Utah. The organization commemorated the Black Hawk War between the whites and Indians of Utah. Also included are financial records and a list of men from Springville who participated in the war.

Dates: 1897-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Black Hawk War company roster sheet

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 311679232559457]
Identifier: MSS 8857
Content Description Handwritten roster, in dark pencil, for the second and fourth platoons of an unidentified "Company D." There are twelve men listed in the 2nd platoon and 13 in the 4th platoon. Along with names, there are columns to indicate the number of horses, saddles, sabers, guns, pistols and rounds of ammunition. A number of men are listed as being sick, absent or unavailable. The date on the document corresponds to the beginning of the last period of active service for the Utah Territorial militia,...
Dates: 1865 November 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Smith Black autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 742
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Black wrote this account when he was in the Utah Penitentiary for polygamy. The autobiography starts in the year 1877 when Black was living in Deseret, Utah. He writes about his life in Deseret, his avoidance of federal officials while resisting arrest for polygamy, and his subsequent incarceration in prison.

Dates: 1889-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wilford Black legislative papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6167
Abstract

Letters, notes, legislative bills, reports, audits, and other legislative papers of Utah State Senator Wilford Black, circa 1975-1981.

Dates: circa 1975-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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