Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
J. H. Sherman letter to Smith Tuttle
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232572286]
Identifier: MSS 8617
Content Description
Materials include a letter from J.H. Sherman in Carthage, Illinois, to Smith Tuttle in Fair Haven, Connecticut. The letter is primarily regarding Sherman paying taxes on Tuttle's property in Nauvoo and Commerce, Illinois, including some for property he owned on Joseph Smith's Addition in Nauvoo. Dated November 19, 1847.
Dates:
1847 November 19
Hyrum Smith papers
Collection — Oversize 4: [Barcode: 31197233641825]
Identifier: Vault MSS 774
Scope and Contents
Collection includes diaries, letters, property records, bibles and family records related to Hyrum Smith. Includes diaries of missions taken by Hyrum, the 1834 Hyrum Smith family bible, with family record dating up to 1872, and material used by the School of the Prophets in Kirtland, Ohio. Dated 1831-1872.
Dates:
1831-1872
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Hyrum Smith papers
Hawkins Taylor autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235233647]
Identifier: MSS 8616
Content Description
Materials include a photocopy of a typewritten transcription of Hawkins Taylor autobiography. The memoirs include information throughout his whole life, including early life in Kentucky and political activities in Iowa and Nauvoo. He describes several interactions related to law enforcement with the Mormons, including arresting Hyrum Smith and being involved in the Battle of Nauvoo when the Saints were driven out in 1846. He ends describing his later political career with Abraham Lincoln....
Dates:
approximately 1880's
John Telford photographs of historic Mormon architecture
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8654
Scope and Contents
Materials include photographs by John Telford of historic Tabernacles, meetinghouses, and other buildings built by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of these are large prints, some of which are mounted for an exhibition. There are also negatives and transparencies of these same buildings as well as some showing Temples. There are also materials relating to an exhibition of these photographs, specifically an introductory poster and copies of some captions. These...
Dates:
approximately 1995-2010
Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. microfilm reels, 1923-1979
Series — Carton 4: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231567196]
Identifier: MSS 2341 Series 3
Dates:
Other: 1923-1979
Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. outgoing correspondence, 1945-1978
Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232480712]
Identifier: MSS 2341 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Lyon's outgoing correspondence.
Dates:
Other: 1945-1978
Emmeline B. Wells collection
Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 805
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence of Emmeline B. Wells, 1898-1923; papers and poems either by or about Emmeline B. Wells; a certificate to the Columbian Exposition in 1893; handwritten documents written by Emmeline B. Wells or family; priesthood blessings; photocopies of photographs; original and typescript of ledger book (Emmeline B. Wells' copy with marginal notes) recording Utah Suffrage Association membership and "Relief Society Minutes, Nauvoo, 1842-1844;" diaries of Emmeline B....
Dates:
1842-1923
Clarissa Alger Whitney : wife of Francis Tuft Whitney, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa Hancock Alger
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329804]
Identifier: MSS SC 3084
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Clarissa Alger Whitney by an unknown author. The date of composition is uncertain. Clarissa was born on 2 June 1830 in "The East and grew up in the environment of danger, mobbings, journeys attendant to the removal of the Saints from Nauvoo [Illinois], the Morley and Hancock settlements, Winter Quarters [Nebraska], and the crossing of the Great American desert to the Great Salt Lake Valley." One of her...
Dates:
approximately 1930