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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Narrative studies of families and the tracing of their lineages and histories. For lineages of people, or purebred animals in tabular or diagrammatic form see [Genealogical tables.]

Found in 636 Collections and/or Records:

Charles B. Reynolds letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232571809]
Identifier: MSS 8470
Scope and Contents

Letter, written by Charles B. Reynolds to newspaperman and historian, Don Russell, about Cpt. John Williams Gunnison. Dated 1942.

Dates: 1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles B. Reynolds letter

Rich family family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237007]
Identifier: MSS SC 260
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten personal histories, correspondence and genealogy charts of the Rich family.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rich family family history

William F. Rigby family history

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232507779]
Identifier: MSS 6132
Abstract

This collection contains the William F. Rigby family history.

Dates: 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Rigby family history

R.M.R. S.S. growth unfinished, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 13: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232588720], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 7950 Series 3 Item 2
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7950, Montell Seely papers / Montell Seely sound recordings

Robert and Meservy family records

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232560323]
Identifier: MSS 8836
Scope and Contents Collection includes two family record books related to the Meservy and Robert families coming out of the Isle of Jersey. The first record is a copy of a book titled "Genealogie de la Famille Messervy," and is a record of the Messervy family line on the Isle of Jersey extending into France and England as far back as 1400. This genealogical record contains the history of Jersey and possible origins of the Messervy name. Adjacent to the published pedigree charts for the family are records of...
Dates: 1899-2015
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert and Meservy family records

Donald Wilford Robinson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6802
Scope and Contents Collection contains a certificate for the Karl G. Maeser award and sixteen (16) volumes of journals, documenting Donald Wilford Robinson’s mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the southern United States from 1948 to 1950. Donald records each day of his mission in great detail. He relates teaching appointments, street meetings, tracting experiences, scriptures he studied and his own testimony of the gospel. The journals begin with his account of graduation and...
Dates: 1948-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Donald Wilford Robinson papers

Rock Canyon / by Leslie Liechty, 1978

 File — Box 5: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197230230275], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1845 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

This article details the beginnings and history of the Rock Canyon Water Company in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1845, Leslie E. Liechty collection of Rock Canyon Water Company materials / Leslie Liechty family history and articles on Rock Canyon area

Twila Porter Rockwell family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7702
Abstract

Collection arranged by subject beginning with Anna Porter Seaman diaries, Norene Porter diaries, then other materials.

Dates: 1896-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Twila Porter Rockwell family papers

Jo Ann Sloan Rogers collection of Charles Ora Card family scrapbooks

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197232578598]
Identifier: MSS 8927
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks created by Jo Ann Sloan Rogers, a descendant of Charles Ora Card, documenting the history of the Charles Ora Card family and his descendants in Utah, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada. Also includes the Civil War diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette and the biography of Isaac Julian Harvey, a California pioneer. Dated approximately 1842-1968.

Dates: approximately 1842-1968; Majority of material found within 1903-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jo Ann Sloan Rogers collection of Charles Ora Card family scrapbooks

Rose M. Hinton family papers, circa 1928-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 14 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains the family journals of the Hinton family. These journals include clippings, photographs, and other documents relating to daily life, childrens' births, education, and careers of Rose Marie and Harvard Hinton. Files include mention of their history in Lehi, Utah, their missions abroad, Harvard's education and career as an attorney, and family events. Various files relate to genealogy, including published histories of the Hinton family in Utah as well as specific histories of...
Dates: circa 1928-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 14, Rose M. and Harvard R. Hinton papers

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