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Latter Day Saint churches -- Controversial literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Scott Faulring interview drafts, 1952-1982

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1580 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The bulk of this collection grew out of Faulring's Senior Seminar project. In addition to the extensive oral history interviews, Scott Faulring compiled a comprehensive bibliography of the Tanners' works; collected other known interviews with the Tanners, including those conducted by James D'Arc and Roger Flick; and also helped organize a photographic record of the Tanners and their place of business. Besides the final draft, this collection contains the actual tapes of the interviews with...
Dates: Other: 1952-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1580, Scott Faulring research collection on Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Scott Faulring research on the Tanners, 1959-1985

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1580 Series 4
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The bulk of this collection grew out of Faulring's Senior Seminar project. In addition to the extensive oral history interviews, Scott Faulring compiled a comprehensive bibliography of the Tanners' works; collected other known interviews with the Tanners, including those conducted by James D'Arc and Roger Flick; and also helped organize a photographic record of the Tanners and their place of business. Besides the final draft, this collection contains the actual tapes of the interviews with...
Dates: Other: 1959-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1580, Scott Faulring research collection on Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Scott Faulring research on U.S. District Court Case: Ehat vs. Tanner, 1983-1984

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1580 Series 5
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The bulk of this collection grew out of Faulring's Senior Seminar project. In addition to the extensive oral history interviews, Scott Faulring compiled a comprehensive bibliography of the Tanners' works; collected other known interviews with the Tanners, including those conducted by James D'Arc and Roger Flick; and also helped organize a photographic record of the Tanners and their place of business. Besides the final draft, this collection contains the actual tapes of the interviews with...
Dates: Other: 1983-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1580, Scott Faulring research collection on Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Timothy Sum letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312248]
Identifier: MSS SC 1399
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter written from Ohio. The item describes the Mormon religious fervor in the Ohio area with a great deal of anti-Mormon sentiment and rumor.

Dates: 1834
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Timothy Sum letter

Upton Sinclair's opinion of the Mormon Church

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327543]
Identifier: MSS SC 2833
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts from the writings of Upton Sinclair. Sinclair presents a negative opinion of the Mormon Church including, "Seldom has a priestly caste evolved a more perfect system for separating its devotees from their cash."

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Upton Sinclair's opinion of the Mormon Church

Wesley P. Walters affidavits

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317619]
Identifier: MSS SC 1877
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of five affidavits, an invitation to hear Walters speak, and court proceedings (1826). The affidavits confirm under which circumstances Walters found the 1826 court record. The record states that Joseph Smith (1805-1844) "the glass looker" was fined $2.68.

Dates: 1826-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wesley P. Walters affidavits

David J. Whittaker collection of non-Mormon Nauvoo and Illinois area newspaper extracts from 1845

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232562907]
Identifier: MSS 7685
Scope and Contents Contains a volume of typescripts of extracts from non-Mormon newspapers around the Nauvoo, Illinois, area (south-eastern Iowa and various counties throughout Illinois). Articles deal with Mormon topics, primarily expressing the reaction of non-Mormons to the Mormon presence and influence in Illinois and reporting on the physical conflicts between the Mormons and anti-Mormons in 1845. Papers are crudely bound together with string through two punched holes. Arranged in alphabetical order by...
Dates: [between 1982 and 2012]
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David J. Whittaker collection of non-Mormon Nauvoo and Illinois area newspaper extracts from 1845

Robert Wilson scrapbook

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349299]
Identifier: MSS 3988
Abstract

One scrapbook of newspaper clippings and notes, compiled by Robert Wilson from 1868-1869.

Dates: 1868-1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Wilson scrapbook

Works of Elias

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227632897]
Identifier: MSS 4201
Abstract

1 published volume called the Works of Elias, and accompanying explanatory letters, 1923-1963.

Dates: 1923-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Works of Elias

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231237931]
Identifier: MSS SC 979
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letters

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