Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Bicknell's daughter, Jane Adeline Bicknell Young. Calvin Bicknell writes largely about family matters and states that he has never joined the Mormon Church. Jane was married to Joseph Young, a Mormon Church leader.

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters from Harriet Silver Dunn addressed mainly to her family in Vermont. Also included are two items signed both by Harriet and by her husband Simeon Dunn, two letters written by Oscar H. Silver, and miscellaneous missives.

Scope and Contents

Contains letters addressed generally to the editors of Exponent II, incoming and outgoing correspondence from various people, and letters to and from Exponent editors Claudia Bushman, Susan Howe, Nancy Dredge, and Sue Booth-Forbes. Also contains correspondence to and from other Exponent II staff members, such as Mary L. Bradford, Diane McKinney, Grethe Peterson, and Laural Thatcher Ulrich. Materials dated 1970s-1997.

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 19, 1877, written in Salt Lake City, Utah, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gardiner writes that she has prayed and received a dream. She desires to be sealed to a good man.

Scope and Contents Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Mary E. Lightner. Includes handwritten originals and photocopies of correspondence including correspondence to Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many prominent Mormon women while in Utah. Also included are personal histories, autobiographies, speeches, articles pertaining to her life while in Minersville, Utah, along with patriarchal blessings and a statement relating to her marriage to Joseph Smith. Dated...

Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessing given to Mary E. Lightner by Johnathan Crosby in Minersville, Utah on February 5, 1874.

Scope and Contents

Speech given by Mary E. Lightner on July 24, 1889. The speech addresses her own persecutions as an early Latter-day Saint as well as the general trials and tribulations of all early Latter-Day Saints.

Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography as told through letters written by Mayland during World War II. Most of these items were written to family members. She was stationed in Missouri and Texas during the war. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jun. 1943 and married Lawrence Mayland on 22 Sept. 1945.

Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from Hawkins dating from between 1986 and 1998. These letters include holiday and celebratory cards, as well as letters documenting her missionary service in Puerto Rico.

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 5 Feb. 1873, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Reynolds writes about his concerns for the state of the Salt Lake Theatre.