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Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Jacob Kemp Butterfield correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327600]
Identifier: MSS SC 2841
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typed copies of correspondence. Butterfield writes to his mother and other family members. Butterfield writes about his missionary work for the Mormon Church in Missouri; his association and employment with Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church; and his life in Missouri, Illinois, and Missouri. He also writes about his service with the Mormon Battalion. Also included is a biography of Abel Butterfield.

Dates: 1837-1886

Harriet Silver and Simeon A. Dunn letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 619
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters from Harriet Silver Dunn addressed mainly to her family in Vermont. Also included are two items signed both by Harriet and by her husband Simeon Dunn, two letters written by Oscar H. Silver, and miscellaneous missives.

Dates: 1830-1870

Pratt family correspondence, 1841-1893

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 497 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence to and from the Pratt family and the Snively family. Includes letters by Parley P. Pratt, as well as from the extended family of Pratt's wife Hannahette S. Pratt and her sister Susanna S. Young. Also includes certificates and other documents related to the family. Materials date from between 1841 and 1893.

Dates: 1841-1893

Richards family correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 305
Scope and Contents Contains nine handwritten and signed letters to and from members of the Phinehas Howe Richards family. The letters are from LDS Apostle Franklin D. Richards to his parents, Phineas and Wealthy D. Richards; from Phineas Richards to Wealthy D. Richards; from Jennetta Richards to Wealthy D. Richards; from George Spencer Richards to Phineas and Wealthy D. Richards; and from Mary E. Dewey to Wealthy D. Richards. The materials deal largely with family and Mormon-related issues in Ohio, Missouri,...
Dates: 1838-1846

Russell family correspondence, 1831-1860

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 497 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains letters written by and to the Russell family between 1831 and 1860. The letters focus on news from extended family members in Canada, but also relate to Isaac Russell's church service.

Dates: 1831-1860

Isaac Russell correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 497
Scope and Contents

Materials primarily contain correspondence between Russell and his family and letters to and from members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes some correspondence between Parley P. Pratt and his family. Most of the letters are originals, except for a string-bound typescript copy of some letters dealing with Isaac Russell, the originals of which are not contained in the collection. Dated 1828-1893.

Dates: 1828-1893

Stovall family papers, 1838-1977

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the family of Mary Stovall Richards, her mother, Victoria Goulding Stovall and her grandmother, Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding. Includes books on mothering and cooking as well as French children’s booklets used in raising the family. Also includes correspondence with other family members and family friends, and biographical information variously compiled by the three women for genealogical purposes. Majority of the items are from the family’s time in Chicago,...
Dates: 1838-1977