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Histories (Literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of significant events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution, often with an explanation of the causes.

Found in 1183 Collections and/or Records:

Tan Bound Journal , 1959 August 11- 1960 December 26

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197227641385], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1923
Scope and Contents

185 pp.

Dates: 1959 August 11- 1960 December 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1923, A. Sherman Christensen papers / A. Sherman Christensen Journals

Tan bound "West's Appointment Book for Judges and Lawyers", 1978 January 1- 1978 December 31

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197227641542], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1923
Dates: 1978 January 1- 1978 December 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1923, A. Sherman Christensen papers / A. Sherman Christensen Journals

John A. Taylor collection of Dixon Taylor Russell company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7977
Scope and Contents Contains materials related to the Dixon Taylor Russell company records. Includes several photographs of windows displays and furniture advertisements for their goods. Also includes advertising pamphlets for the company, typewritten histories of the company, and other materials. Finally, contains newspaper clippings of advertisements and articles on the company. Also includes business agreements and contracts, as well as George Taylor Sr.'s Last Will and Testament and court proceedings...
Dates: 1936-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John A. Taylor collection of Dixon Taylor Russell company records

Samuel W. Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 716
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, research materials, and drafts relating to Taylor's histories, novels, articles, plays, and motion picture scripts. The materials relate to a wide range of Mormon related topics and to other subjects.

Dates: 1940-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel W. Taylor papers

Teddy B. Parker papers, 1938-1946, approximately 2000

 File — Box 20: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 11; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005148], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 515
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers of Teddy B. Parker regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1941 to 1946. Includes a history of Richfield, Utah’s military involvement and organization as well as the history of the 40th, or Sunshine Division. Discusses the role of Kunming in the war effort against the Japanese. Also includes sixteen pages of photocopied photographs (1938-1941), a page from the Salt Lake Tribune (1941), a letter to his mother (1945), and his record of honorable...
Dates: 1938-1946; approximately 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Field Artillery

Tell us some more about your funny family

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489309]
Identifier: MSS 542
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copy of a typewritten history. Georgius Cannon writes humorous stories about his ancestors, George and George Q. Cannon, and about other members of his family. The item was "written about 1932 and reedited in 1962."

Dates: 1932-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Tell us some more about your funny family

The Tennessee massacre

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335801]
Identifier: MSS 1256
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a typewritten essay. Livingston recounts the murders of two Mormon misisonaries and their protectors at Condor's Farm, Cane Creek, Tennessee, on 10 Aug. 1884. She also relates how the bodies were retrieved by her father, B. H. Roberts, while he was disguised as a common tramp.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Tennessee massacre

Tenth Ward Oral History Project case file on Dorothy and Orson Cannon, 1987 January 20

 File — Folder MSS OH 2111: Series 18
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 18 File 1
Dates: 1987 January 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Tenth Ward Oral History Project case files

Tenth Ward Oral History Project case file on Lois Moser , 1987 February 9

 File — Folder MSS OH 2112: Series 18
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 18 File 2
Dates: 1987 February 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Tenth Ward Oral History Project case files

Tenth Ward Oral History Project case files, 1987

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 18
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Tenth Ward Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, 1987.

Dates: 1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

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