Skip to main content

Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 870 Collections and/or Records:

Wayne B. Hales personal papers, 1916-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5672 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains personal journals, scrapbooks, planners, letters, and photographs of Hales. Dates range from 1916 to 1980.

Dates: 1916-1980

Harriet M. Webb letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231063808]
Identifier: MSS 6236
Abstract

The Harriet M. Webb letter is a letter from Harriet M. Webb to her posterity. It was written in 1930 and was to be opened in 1980. The letter includes a brief personal history as well as the testimony of Harriet M. Webb.

Dates: 1930

Letters received by Rose Glen Webster

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233436]
Identifier: MSS SC 37
Scope and Contents

Letters received and an announcement of a lecture. One of the letters is from "the Concord" congratulating Webster on her correspondence on Mormonism. The other letter is from Elder W. H. Smith of Chattanooga, Tenn., in response to questions about the numbers of Mormons in various states.

Dates: 1897-1904

John W. Welch chiasmus papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3776
Scope and Contents

Contains the documents and studies related to Jack Welch's research into chiasmus in scriptural and other ancient texts. Includes articles and books related to chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, Old and New Testaments, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price, as well as the works of Homer and ancient Jewish literature. Also includes Welch's correspondence with scholars, publishers, and readers regarding the impact and reception of his work. Dated 1787-2011, bulk 1953-2011.

Dates: 1787-2011; Majority of material found within 1953-2011

Daniel H. Wells temple records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232480464]
Identifier: MSS 1561
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of books recording the temple work completed for the ancestors of Wells. They include listings of the Wells, Welles, Chapin, Kellog, and numerous other families. The materials show individuals' names, birth and death dates, the temple ordinances performed, and by whom and when these temple rites were conducted. Some of the names are of persons living as early as the Middle Ages.

Dates: 1867-1932

Emmeline B. Wells centennial memorial exercises

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340017]
Identifier: MSS 72
Scope and Contents

The folder contains a printed invitation asking Junius F. Wells to come to the dedication of a statue of Emmeline B. Wells to be held on 29 February, circa 1928. Heber J. Grant gave the invocation and Governor George H. Dern accepted the statue.

Dates: approximately 1928

Emmeline B. Wells diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 510
Scope and Contents Contains Emmeline B. Wells's original diaries from 1844 to 1920. Her often daily entries spanning nearly 80 years present pragmatic descriptions of daily activities along with her own daily opinions, insights, and impressions. The accounts are often lengthy and detailed. Volume 1 begins with her departure from Massachusetts in 1844 and also includes her journey from Nauvoo, Illinois, with other Saints headed West. Other volumes provide insights into her roles with the Woman's Exponent and...
Dates: 1844-1920

Emmeline B. Wells letters to Barrymore Hillard

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8417
Scope and Contents

Materials include two letters from Emmeline B. Wells to her great-grandson Barrymore Nugent Hillard. The letters are dated November 1903 and November 1906. They contain Wells' inquiries about her family and her admonitions for Hillard to be a good boy. They also include some information about Wells' life and feelings about her life at the time. Dated 1903 and 1906.

Dates: 1903-1906

Ephraim Weston letter

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239255059]
Identifier: MSS 3820
Scope and Contents Materials include a handwritten letter written April 10, 1844 in Hancock, New Hampshire. The letter is addressed to close family friends, the James Cunningham family of Rockford, Illinois. The letter includes memories of past interactions as well as an update on the Weston family. Notably, Weston asks for informatin about the Mormons, explaining that some of his friends are falling the "false delution" of Joseph Smith. He also notes that his uncle has sold his property and intends to join...
Dates: 1844 April 10

Betty Holladay Westwood newspaper clippings on Ervil M. LeBaron

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340983]
Identifier: MSS SC 2936
Scope and Contents

Contains clippings from San Diego area newspapers regarding Ervil LeBaron, leader of the Mormon fundamentalist polygamist group, "The Church of the Lamb of God," and the San Diego murder trial of LeBaron's polygamist wife, Vedona White.

Dates: 1978