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Provo (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:

Lectureship series on the changing world

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343771]
Identifier: MSS 111
Abstract

The folder contains a printed broadside announcing a series of lectures to be given at the Community Church in Provo, Utah in March and April 1937. The lecturers include a university professor, a Christian minister, and a Jewish rabbi.

Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Provo Manufacturing Company ledger sheets

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232488897]
Identifier: MSS 874
Scope and Contents

Handwritten ledger sheets listing financial transactions in association with Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1875-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Stephen C. Leet account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343557]
Identifier: MSS 191
Scope and Contents

Handwritten accounts of financial transactions for a funeral home in Provo, Utah. Also included are correspondence relating to caskets and miscellaneous receipts.

Dates: 1890-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Leslie Liechty family history and articles on Rock Canyon area, 1965-1995

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1845 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

This series contains a book of the Liechty family history and articles on the Rock Canyon area in Provo Utah, written between 1965 and 1992.

Dates: Other: 1965-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Leslie E. Liechty collection of Rock Canyon Water Company materials

Lewis and Clark exposition

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1689
Scope and Contents

Handwritten assignments. These items were done by school children at schools in Provo, Utah. The topics covered include: writing (grades 1-4) and writing (grades 4-8), arithmetic (grades 2-8), geography and history (grades 4-7), and language and grammar (grades 1-8). These assignments were bound into books with "Lewis and Clark Exposition 1905 Provo Public Schools" on the spines.

Dates: 1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Leslie E. Liechty collection of Rock Canyon Water Company materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1845
Abstract

Collection includes by-laws, articles of incorporation, minutes, ledgers, account books, certificates, biographies, and histories. The materials relate to the founding and operation of the Rock Canyon Irrigation Company from its beginnings to its purchase by Provo City in Utah.

Dates: 1880-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A. W. Lillywhite collection of statements about Curtis B. Hawley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339928]
Identifier: MSS 66
Scope and Contents Contains handwritten statements and a newspaper clipping. The materials relate to a Curtis B. Hawley who was implicated in an "Episode of a Pay Roll Robbery and a Double Hanging in Gila County in the Autumn of 1880." An article in the "Arizona Republican" on 19 April 1922 stated that Hawley was a Mormon. A letter written by A. W. Lillywhite requests information from Mormons about the authenticity of Hawley being a Mormon. The statements are by people who knew Hawley when he worked near...
Dates: 1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Look on the side that's bright

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322247]
Identifier: MSS SC 2339
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem written on Brigham Young Academy stationary. The stationary is dated 189-. The poem is signed by "Thos. Jones Jr." The poem suggests that people be optimistic about their lives.

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

Manavu Ward records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217942]
Identifier: MSS 1773
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, ward history, biographies, certificates, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to the history of the Manavu Ward in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1920-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Heber Robert McBride autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 501
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography and a photocopy of the item. McBride was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his parents in 1856, and migrated to Utah. McBride writes about migrating to Utah in the ill-fated handcart company led by Edward Martin. He tells about the hardships he and his family faced. "We used to pray that we might die to get out of our misery." In Utah, McBride lived in Ogden, Provo, and Huntsville. He served as a scout during the Black Hawk...
Dates: 1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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