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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1102 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Graves letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2510
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Rex Taylor. One item was typed. They were all written in Mallorca, Spain. Graves writes mainly about personal and family matters. He mentions that he considers "Sorley" (probably Charles Hamilton Sorely) to be the best poet of his generation whom he once met and about whom he once wrote a poem.

Dates: 1952-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert Graves letters and photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290102]
Identifier: Vault MSS 463
Scope and Contents Personal correspondence of Robert Graves to Derek Savage. The letters deal with Graves' opinion on poetry, his concern for getting his works published, and family matters such as his misgivings of the school system in Spain where he lived. Some of the materials explain some of Graves' literary techniques and provide insight into how he created his works. The collection includes three photographs. One is of his sons William aged 10 and Juan aged 6. Another photograph is of William and...
Dates: 1943-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Dorothy Elizabeth Green papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312974]
Identifier: MSS SC 1544
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typed letters, typed journal entries, and newsclippings. Also included are a typed tribute from Dorothy's twin brother, Samuel Dean Green; a brief summary of Dorothy's career; and papers relating to her memorial service aod the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Fort Douglas Officers Club. Within the collection is also a color photograph of the headstone of her grave.

Dates: 1945-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Dorothy Elizabeth Green papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1880
Scope and Contents

Certificates, correspondence, requests, orders, and a scrapbook which includes many photographs. The materials relate to Green's assignments in the Army and a bill allowing her to stay in the Army long enough to receive retirement.

Dates: 1943-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nancy Davida Hanks Green letters to Emma W. Hanks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227621692]
Identifier: MSS 3249
Scope and Contents

Bound transcriptions of letters between Nancy Hanks Green and her mother, Emma Hanks, from between 1934 and 1939. Also includes transcribed copies of the letters.

Dates: 1934-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Gregg family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217611]
Identifier: MSS 1754
Scope and Contents

Genealogies, correspondence, histories, biographies, and miscellaneous items. Also included is a 430-page, typed book with handwritten corrections by Cleo Grigg Johnson entitled: "Five Generations of Mormonism: a Grigg family genealogy embracing the Ancestry, Life and Descendants of Dr. Anderson Irvin Grigg." The materials relate to the Grigg family of Utah and Idaho.

Dates: 1956-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alexander Greig letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531398]
Identifier: MSS 3077
Scope and Contents The letter, from Alexander Greig to a "Mr. Jeffery," is about a trip that Greig took to the west with a friend to see about his setting up a doctor's practice somewhere. He provides a brief, paragraph-long description of Nauvoo, which they passed through. "The People however [despite the Prophet's recent death] seemed perfectly quiet, and tranquil. The city looked rather miserabl[e] a great many small houses clustered together on a small Mississippi bottom many of which required eminently...
Dates: 1844 August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Grey family property records for Pennsylvania, 1900-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains deeds, property records, legal documents, and other material related to the Grey property in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania dating from between 1900 and 1949.

Dates: 1900-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Zane Grey papers / Grey family real estate records

Attested copy of correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240480]
Identifier: MSS SC 379
Scope and Contents Handwritten copy of a letter which was furnished to Professor Horatio O. Ladd of the University of New Mexico by the authority of General Grierson. Includes correspondence between the Secretaries of War and Interior and three endorsements requesting appropriate action in regard to problems between settlers on Navaho reservation land on the San Juan River, New Mexico, and the Navaho. This correspondence includes a letter from W.C. Endicott, Secretary of Interior and a letter from Lamar to...
Dates: 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George W. Groo letter to Joseph R. Walker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241413]
Identifier: MSS SC 443
Scope and Contents

ALS in which Groo seeks employment with Walker's mercantile and banking firm. Complains of mistreatment by the Mormon Church authorities because of his "liberal tendencies" in the previous Salt Lake City, Utah elections. Includes note: with note "Ans July 29/74".

Dates: 1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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