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Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:

Joshua K. Whitney missionary blessing, 1863 April 9

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233284006], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Blessing given to Whitney by Wilford Woodruff, Amasa M. Lyman, and Lorenzo Snow, setting him apart for a proselyting mission to Europe, 9 April 1863.

Dates: 1863 April 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Joshua K. Whitney papers

Joshua K. Whitney patriarchal blessing

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S2_SS3_SSS3_B7_F6_I1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joshua K. Whitney patriarchal blessing, 1845 February 3

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233284006], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessing given to Whitney by John Smith, dated Nauvoo, Illinois, July 3, 1845.

Dates: 1845 February 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Joshua K. Whitney papers

Abraham Alonzo Kimball family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232476082]
Identifier: MSS 2322
Scope and Contents This collection contains two journals belonging to Abraham Kimball, Sr. which record his missionary service from 1877-1879 and papers which include personal and Church related papers spanning the years between 1887-1888. Also included in the collection are family patriarchal blessings and histories, as well as two journals of Abraham A. Kimball Jr. which chronicle his mission to the Southern States from 1896-1898. This collection contains personal records of the Kimball family. Included...
Dates: 1875-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Alonzo Kimball family papers

Jesse Knight papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1434
Scope and Contents

Collection includes various biographical materials of Jesse Knight, such as patriarchal blessings, the biography of Knight by Inez Knight Allen, funeral tributes to Jesse Knight, legal and financial records of the Blue Bench Irrigation Company, and correspondence concerning the Jesse Knight Trust Fund established for Brigham Young University students. Also included are writings about Knight by Mark Allen. Materials dated approximately 1856 to 2000, with the bulk dated 1856 to 1960.

Dates: approximately 1856-2000; bulk 1856-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Knight papers

Newel Knight autobiography

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8414
Scope and Contents Contains photocopies of Newel Knight's original autobiography. The autobiography was prepared by Knight's wife, Lydia, in 1871, twenty-four years after Knight's death. The manuscript covers material from 1800 to 1846, but it mostly focuses on events between 1830 and 1846 when members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were living in the East Coast and the Midwest. The autobiography contains information about the early Church, traveling west in 1846, and Knight's own family as...
Dates: 1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Knight autobiography

Clark S. Knowlton collection of Mary Albrea Shumway Knowlton papers

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232512423]
Identifier: MSS 6092
Abstract

Biographical papers on Mary Albrea Shumway Knowlton, including photocopies of patriachal blessings and letters, dated 1913-1922. Compiled by her son, Clark S. Knowlton in 1967.

Dates: 1913-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clark S. Knowlton collection of Mary Albrea Shumway Knowlton papers

Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231063816]
Identifier: MSS 6234
Abstract

The Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing relates her experiences with her illnesses, her families, and being LDS.

Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing

L. John Nuttall phrenological chart

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197233294617], Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 790
Dates: 1857-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 790, L. John Nuttall papers

John Heber Lloyd notes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319458]
Identifier: MSS SC 2133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes recorded in a bound volume. Also included is a photocopy of that item. The notes relate largely to family matters and include birth records and patriarchal blessings. Also included are notes relating to wood work on the interior of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Heber Lloyd notes

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