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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 639 Collections and/or Records:

Smith family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238450]
Identifier: MSS SC 324
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Silas Sanford Smith, Mormon colonizer of Utah and Arizona in the 19th century. Also includes biographies of Albert Ricks Smith, Jesse Joel Smith, John Aikens Smith, Martha Eliza Smith, Sarah Ann Ricks Smith, Sarah Ann Smith, Silas Sanford Smith Jr., and Stephen Augustus Smith. 56 pages.

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

John L. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 680
Scope and Contents Contains seven journals of John Lyman Smith, and other autobiographical manuscripts, as wells as a bound typescript volume of an autobiography/journal. The journals include accounts of persecutions in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, pioneering in Utah, Lyman's two missions to Europe, and his service as president of the Swiss-Italian and the Swiss-Italian-German missions. There is also a contemporary account of the cricket-and-seagull episode in Salt Lake in 1848, Lyman's service as a member of...
Dates: 1792-1950; Majority of material found within 1846-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Byron Smith papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233610507]
Identifier: MSS 8056
Scope and Contents

Contains several documents relating to Joseph Byron Smith's family history and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint. Includes a letter to the editor written by Smith and its response, a couple of letters from Smith's father, Joseph Bailey Smith, regarding family history, and documents relating to the Joseph Smith, Sr. Family Reunion, such as invitations and information. Dated 1923-1975.

Dates: 1923-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Kermit H. Smith papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233255180]
Identifier: MSS 8917
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to the life of Kermit H. Smith, including a copy of his family's history (written in 2014), and materials from his 1949-1952 mission to Argentina. Includes letters, photographs, and other documents. Materials dated approximately 1949-1952 and 2014.

Dates: approximately 1949-1952; 2014
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lorenzo Wickliffe Smith and Blanche Rogers Smith histories

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232564309]
Identifier: MSS 9086
Scope and Contents

Contains an autobiography of Lorenzo Wickliffe Smith, an autobiography of Blanche Rogers Smith, and a history of Lorenzo and Blanche's life together. The autobiography of Lorenzo and the history of Lorenzo and Blanche were compiled by Norman D. Smith, their son, approximately 1970-1979. The autobiography of Blanche was written by her in 1973. These histories contain stories of their childhoods in Snowflake, Arizona and married life in southern Arizona as businessowners of a dairy farm.

Dates: approximately 1970-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Ellen Stoddard Smith family history and genealogy

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231062750]
Identifier: MSS 1464
Scope and Contents

The records trace her ancestors through the British and Spanish nobility and early American settlers. Collection includes the genealogical records of these individuals.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Smoot, Reed, 1892-1941

 File — Box 161: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015113], Folder: 4
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1892-1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr family history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9189
Scope and Contents Includes letters, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, and printed ephemera related to the Kimball and Geisler families and their histories, collected by Ruth G. Snarr. Letters include mission correspondence, family events, and career-related papers. The photographs and scrapbooks, which document the range of the collection (late 1800s to 2020), show portraits of family members, the places which they lived (Salt Lake City area) and important events, like marriage and funerals. The collection...
Dates: approximately 1865-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Erastus Fairbanks and Artemisia Beman Snow family temple records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8792
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials relating to the family temple work of Erastus Snow and Artemisia Beman Snow. Materials include five volumes of records of Mormon temple ordinances performed by and for the Erastus and Artemisia Beman Snow family between 1884 and 1930. Volumes include three volumes of "Temple Record" books and one untitled temple record book, for the Beman side of the family; one "Record of the Dead" book kept by Erastus Snow for the Snow side of the family; and one "L.D.S....
Dates: 1884-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Some thoughts for the new year / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

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