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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 877 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Smoot journals and letter, 1889-1892

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3315 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains journals and a letter created and collected by Smoot during his service as a Latter-day Saint missionary in Samoa and Tonga between 1889 and 1892. Also includes transcriptions of the journals prepared by Loretta Nixon.

Dates: 1889-1892

Brigham Young sermon

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230352343]
Identifier: Vault MSS 2563
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten sermon delivered by by Brigham Young at the Bowery in Salt Lake City, Utah on 21 April 1850. Young talks about the Mormon beliefs relating to the means of salvation and how it is attained.

Dates: 1850 April 21

Brigham Young University address recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 750
Scope and Contents

Recordings of addresses given by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other persons at Brigham Young University and in other settings, including: Department of Education meetings, 1954-1955; "Faith in Action" series aired on NBC Radio, 1950s; Church stake and ward meetings; and other forums. Among the speakers are Heber J. Grant, Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson, Hugh B. Brown, Joseph Fielding Smith, J. Reuben Clark Jr., David O. McKay, and Henry D. Moyle.

Dates: 1938-1966

Flora Robertson Brimhall autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336411]
Identifier: MSS 458
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Brimhall writes about her family background, her youth in Spanish Fork, Utah, her marriage to George H. Brimhall, and gives her reflections on polygamy. As an adult, she lived in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1938

Diego Miguel Bringas y Encinas list

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233282810]
Identifier: Vault MSS 31
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of state of settlement of the missions of Sonora, Mexico. "Estado de la Poblacion de las Missiones de la Sonora, arreglado al Plan, y decreto del Exmo S. Virrey, en este presente Ano do 1774."

Dates: 1774

Bronson family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364751]
Identifier: MSS 1654
Scope and Contents

Genealogical work sheets, records of completed ordinance work in Mormon temples, family histories, correspondence, biographies, baptismal records, and miscellaneous items. Most of the items contain genealogical records of the Brunson, Bronson, or Brownson families. Also included is a genealogy of the Gould family.

Dates: 1910-1939

Dorothy P. Brown papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8468

John Brown letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531448]
Identifier: MSS 3174
Scope and Contents One letter (3 pages), dated 17 April 1845, written from Nauvoo, Illinois, by John Brown to his wife, Elizabeth Crosby Brown, who was residing in Athens, Monroe County, Mississippi. The letter informs his wife that he is working on the Nauvoo temple and has been instructed by Brigham Young to stay there and work on it through the fall and winter as well. He says that Brigham Young has declared that a woman cannot perform work for deceased men in the temple but only for women. He wishes her to...
Dates: 1845 April 17

Ray F. Brown speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319839]
Identifier: MSS SC 2122
Scope and Contents

One typewritten letter, one reprint from "The Presbyterian Tribune" (Nov. 1940), and one handwritten note addressed to "My dear Fitzroy." The typewritten letter contains the typescript of an address given by Ray F. Brown before the Hymn Society of America and is titled "Organ Accompaniment For Congregational Hymn Singing." Brown complains about the "two of the main deterrents to congregational singing."

Dates: 1940-1947

Robert L. and Rosemary Brown letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8102
Scope and Contents

Contains letters written to Robert and Rosemary Brown from several individuals discussing the Browns' book and their research. Materials date from between 1981 and 1982.

Dates: 1981-1982