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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Controversial literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Orson Hyde Elliott autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364256]
Identifier: MSS 2059
Scope and Contents

Writes of his family's conversion to the Mormon Church prior to his birth; move to Nauvoo, Illinois, 1844; Iowa, 1846; and Utah, 1852. Discusses his disillusionment with Mormonism; and travels in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Includes mention of Brigham Young; plural marriage; Corinne, Utah; and several other topics. Some characters and words are difficult to read in this multi-generation photocopy.

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

Rose W. LeBaron writings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329051]
Identifier: MSS SC 2928
Scope and Contents

Religious essays on priesthood; polygamy; his family's apostasy from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and other topics relating to the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times. Includes essays on priesthood by Joseph W. Musser and Ervil M. LeBaron. Simple typescript format, pages photocopied on rectos only.

Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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