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Found in 870 Collections and/or Records:

William Anderson McGinley journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629679]
Identifier: MSS 4108
Scope and Contents The journal of William Anderson McGinley, officially bears the name, "Loose thoughts, rambles in the South, southern scenes, the aimless dreams of one and twenty, the 'ominous gatherings' of idle hours commenced in the early part of my 22nd year, 1852." He accounts of leaving home on 28 January 1852 and studying at Mount Pisgah (Arkansas?) in November young McGinley has entered. This journal records in an interesting and chatty manner William's struggles to abandon a rather dissipated...
Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Patterson McIntire daybook

 Item — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232542131]
Identifier: Vault MSS 806
Scope and Contents

Volume mainly consists of notes for business transactions. Also included are notes from sermons of several prominent Church leaders, including Joseph Smith, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Willard Richards, Oliver Cowdery, Heber C. Kimball, Amasa Lyman, William W. Phelps, Parley P. Pratt, George Albert Smith, Vonson Knight, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff. Also includes genealogical information about the McIntire family. Dated 1840-1856.

Dates: 1840-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Dedicatory prayer : an address by President David O. McKay at the dedication of the The Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523957]
Identifier: MSS 2858
Scope and Contents

Dedicatory prayer offered by President David O. McKay, President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the dedication of The Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, December 17, 1958.

Dates: 1958 December 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Clifford F. McKinney slides of David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233636411]
Identifier: MSS 8311
Scope and Contents

Materials include seven slides taken by Clifford F. McKinney of President David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine on September 14, 1953 for the meeting and reopening of the mine. There are pictures of President McKay in the mine and talking to the miners.

Dates: 1953 September 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Monte Burr McLaws papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2089
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of research files on various historical topics, including war, Mormon history, Utah territorial journalism, family history, American history, and world history. Includes lecture and research notes on McLaws' history classes and research, as well as notes on his work with the Genealogical Society of Utah and oral family history materials. Materials dated from 1955 to 1996.

Dates: 1955-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William E. McLellin journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8360
Scope and Contents

Collection contains digital copies and transcriptions of William E. McLellin's original journal of 1871-1872, written after McLellin broke with all organized religion in 1869. It contains about 200 pages of his commentary on scripture and religious doctrines (a mixture of Mormon doctrinal theology, personal opinion, and traditional Christian theology). The style of this journal and the occasional address McLellin uses suggest he may have been writing this journal for publication.

Dates: 1871-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Meeting of the male members of the 18th Ward

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347707]
Identifier: MSS 1287
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten list of those attending meetings dated 27 Sept. 1858. It was "moved and seconded" to organize a ward police.

Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A memorandum of the family of Daniel d'Estrange and of Charlotte his wife who escaped from France in the year of 1685 in the persecution under Louis XIV and came to America in the year 1688 and settled at New Rochelle in the County of Westchester, then Province of New York

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225551578]
Identifier: MSS 3893
Abstract

Small memorandum book by John Strang written for his niece, 1819.

Dates: 1819
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David Merrill letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323369]
Identifier: MSS SC 2432
Scope and Contents Handwritten letter dated 13 March 1820. Merrill writes to the Rev. Nathaniel Stacy in Hamilton, New York. Merrill urges Stacy to "come over and help us" by conducting a debate between J. Foster, a Universalist preacher, and Joseph Baker, a Methodist preacher. Merrill anticipates a favorable outcome for the Universalists. This item documents some of the religious activities in New York State at about the time when Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church, claimed...
Dates: 1820 March 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Marriner W. Merrill letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348143]
Identifier: MSS 1366
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 14 July 1890. Merrill writes that he will be unable to attend an upcoming celebration in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1890 July 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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