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Essays

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 924 Collections and/or Records:

Nym Wales essay "Productive Co-operatives - A Rear Line Defense", 1927 May 1

 Item — Box 35: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227637748], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Essay #7, written by Nym Wales: "Productive Co-operatives - A Rear Line Defense"; includes cover and preface. Dated May 1, 1927.

Dates: 1927 May 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow papers on China / Helen Foster Snow documents written in Chinese

Odds and ends from my old files, approximately 1935-1937

 Item — Box 26: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227637839], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Dates: approximately 1935-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow papers on China / Helen Foster Snow writings and correspondence from Beijing

Office of the President essays

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7496
Scope and Contents

Contains thirty-six word processed essays written by various members of the faculty of Brigham Young University. These essays are on a variety of topics and were written for the Office of the President essay contest. Essays were then chosen to be in a group which was to be reviewed by President Holland and his associates. The collection dates from circa 1985 to 1986.

Dates: 1985-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

On leftists / by Helen Foster Snow, approximately 1936-1937

 Item — Box 24: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227637813], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Dates: approximately 1936-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow papers on China / Helen Foster Snow writings and correspondence from Beijing

On what theme is Faust based? / by Helen Foster Snow, approximately 1929

 Item — Box 21: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637789], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Dates: approximately 1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Origin of the Hawaiian people

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337229]
Identifier: MSS 481
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten essay. The item includes translated folklore from the native peoples of Hawaii. Johnson argues the the Hawaiian traditions support the thesis that the Hawaiians are descendents of Adam, as found in the Bible, and of Lehi, a figure from the Book of Mormon.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Our American Flag and what it represents / Gail S. Halvorsen, 2017 July 19

 Item — Box 64: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232560737], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Dates: 2017 July 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen writings on airlift and other topics

Our responsibility of judgment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322379]
Identifier: MSS SC 2322
Scope and Contents

Typewritten essay. Ferguson writes from the Mormon perspective and states that humans are moral agents and have the ability to choose right from wrong. He is also negative on communism.

Dates: approximately 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

An overland journey from San Francisco to New York by way of the Salt Lake City

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2217
Scope and Contents Handwritten copy of an article published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San Francisco, California to New York City in 1865. Verney was a well-educated traveler and his description of the overland route is extensive. Stage coach traveling was exhausting and Verney describes both the rough conditions and his fellow travelers. Trouble with...
Dates: 1866
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Paper: an essay in simple and complex sentences, 1878

 Item — Box 9: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227606735], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 2
Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. Talmage papers / James E. Talmage student materials

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