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Palmyra (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Church Historical Sites

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197227655476]
Identifier: MSS 3817
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs and postcards of various historical sites relating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These sites include: Nauvoo, Orderville, Kirtland, Palmyra, and various LDS temples. Portraits of people include: Joseph Smith, C.S. Forester, and General Fremont with his wife and daughter. Also included in the collection is a book titled American Frontier Photography and a photograph of the 1955 Utah State Senate 31st session.

Dates: Approximately 1850-1985

James R. Clark papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2295
Abstract

This collection contains materials used by James R. Clark in writing the six volumes of Messages of the First Presidency. The material covers the years 1824 -1984. It also contains several drafts of each of the volumes.

Dates: 1824-1984

Ann Gurney letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3058
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter to her parents, 1835. Quaker letter from Ann Gurney to her parents in Farmington, NY, on 29 November 1835, describing her experiences on a trip west on the Erie Canal into the Palmyra area.

Dates: 1835 November 29

James R. Clark index card boxes, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2295 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Notecards on Adam, the origin of man, Old Testament prophets, the Council of the Fifty, the Pearl of Great Price, cosmology, etc.; also biographies and assorted biographical information.

Dates: Other: undated

James R. Clark index cards, 1951-1970

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2295 Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Boxes containing 5 x 8" index cards for the years 1951-1970 and 3 x 5" index cards for the years 1961-1970.

Dates: Other: 1951-1970

James R. Clark newspaper clippings about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1824-1971

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2295 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Typescripts of pertinent newspaper articles (1824-1950), bibliographical information for LDS scriptures, rough drafts of volumes 1-4 of "Messages", unpublished pamphlets and books, audio reels and cassette tapes of Church-related people and events, filmstrips, typescripts and photocopies of "Messages" source material, correspondence, notes, unbound/uncut copies of volumes 5 and 6 of "Messages", pertinent student papers, etc.

Dates: Other: 1824-1971

James R. Clark publications, 1886-1984

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2295 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Unbound drafts and draft sections of volumes 2-5 of Clark's compilation series "Messages of the First Presidency"; also photocopies and notes of research material, newspaper clippings, indexes, issues of the Ensign, Church officers' interview questions, copies of speeches, etc.

Dates: Other: 1886-1984

James R. Clark publications II, 1916-1955, 1970-1974

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2295 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Photocopy and original of volume 5 manuscript, volume 5 rough draft, uncut volume 6 manuscript, photocopies of source material for volume 6 (1935-1951), photocopies of and notes on lesson material, rough draft and page proof of "The Story of the Pearl of Great Price," notecard index of articles (by subject), assorted Church-related cards and pamphlets, Orson Pratt reference notecards (alphabetical), etc.

Dates: Other: 1916-1955; Other: 1970-1974

Robert O. Lowe collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2264
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the personal research files of the donor (about 6500 pages) on the history of the town and area of Palmyra, New York; American political pamphlets and election memorabilia, including pins and posters; uncirculated American stamps, many contain autographs like Neil Armstrong, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, and etc.; and historic postcards (including 362 on the Palmyra, New York area) and greeting cards collections.

Dates: 1960

Steven Phelps Palmyra transactions

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349653]
Identifier: MSS 4128
Scope and Contents

Collection contains fourteen manuscript debt notes, in sheets of three or four notes each. Notes are signed by Stephen Phelps in Palmyra, New York, and dated August 30, 1800. The notes are for twenty dollars each, with one in the amount of $17.32, and some notes allow an extra year for payment. The debt notes total $277.32. Collection includes five separate sheets or slips of varying sizes.

Dates: 1800