American letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
John Brown letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531448]
Identifier: MSS 3174
Scope and Contents
One letter (3 pages), dated 17 April 1845, written from Nauvoo, Illinois, by John Brown to his wife, Elizabeth Crosby Brown, who was residing in Athens, Monroe County, Mississippi. The letter informs his wife that he is working on the Nauvoo temple and has been instructed by Brigham Young to stay there and work on it through the fall and winter as well. He says that Brigham Young has declared that a woman cannot perform work for deceased men in the temple but only for women. He wishes her to...
Dates:
1845 April 17
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Brown letter
Sharon Bruneel collection on Camiel Bruneel
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236182]
Identifier: MSS 8832
Scope and Contents
Includes a map of Belgium, a family tree of Franklin Camiel Bruneel's family, letters written by Camiel Bruneel to Leiza (presumably a nickname for his wife Lydie), and typed transcriptions of these letters, and the book "As Ever Yours CB" written by Sharon Bruneel about Camiel's life experience moving from Belgium to Idaho. Materials dated approximately 1930-2006.
Dates:
approximately 1930-2006
Gilbert L. Seybold letter
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232583762]
Identifier: MSS 8164
Dates:
1865
Whitmer family papers and photographs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531463]
Identifier: MSS 3198
Scope and Contents
Three items, as follows: 1) Civil War letter dated 13 September 1864, "Camp near St. Joseph, Missouri," written from A. [Alexander] Whitmer to his father, John. 1 pg. writes that one boy has been discharged and that some of the boys are homesick; 2) Printed program for the "Sunday School and Religion Convention of the Far West District." St. Joseph, Missouri, Jan. 16-17, 1915; 3) Prints of 26 digitally scanned photographs relating to the Whitmer family. Most are unidentified except for a few...
Dates:
1864-1915
Marzetta Stevens Willardson papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231207710]
Identifier: MSS 1605
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, typed, and photocopied personal papers of Marzetta Willardson. The collection includes poems, essays, and short stories in rough and finished forms as well as correspondence and other assorted materials.
Dates:
1968-1979