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Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 870 Collections and/or Records:

Phineas Leland Whipple sermons and lectures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1784
Abstract

The sermons and lectures of Reverend Phineas Leland Whipple, 1811-1944.

Dates: 1811-1844

Alfred White letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323484]
Identifier: MSS SC 2431
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 29 Oct. 1832. The item was written to White's sister, Lucy White Young, of Williamstown, Massachusetts. White fears that his mother and sister will go to hell for not furthering the doctrine of "divine election" or predestination. White's ideas represent religious attitudes in the same county from which Joseph Smith (1805-1844), first president of the Mormon Church, left two years before. White also expresses concern for Lucy's sick child.

Dates: 1832 October 29

White horse prophecy

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 244
Scope and Contents

Handwritten prophecy supposedly related by John J. Roberts and Edwin Rushton in 1843 by Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and written down some time later. The item is called the "White Horse Prophecy" or the "Horse Shoe Prophecy." The dating of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1900

David Whitmer letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320779]
Identifier: MSS SC 2244
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter. Whitmer writes to a Robert Nelson affirming that he did see an angel as it states in the introduction to the Book of Mormon. Whitmer states that "the Book is true."

Dates: 1887

Newel Kimball Whitney certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045094]
Identifier: MSS 1018
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed and handwritten certificate dated July 1838. The item affirms that Whitney was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1838 July

Newel Kimball Whitney papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 76
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, financial and legal documents, church records, military records, manuscript revelations, poetry, journals, and other material by Whitney and his family. The records document the ecclesiastical functions, political activities, and finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when it was headquartered in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Utah. The bulk of the material is from the Illinois Era (1839-1846), with papers relating to the steamship...
Dates: 1817-1910; 1957

Orson F. Whitney and Zina B. Smoot Whitney correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232585338]
Identifier: MSS 8669
Scope and Contents

Materials include photocopies of correspondence between Orson F. Whitney and Zina B. Smoot Whitney in addition to photocopies of correspondence from Abraham O. Smoot, Margaret T. Smoot Dusenberry, and some of their other friends, relatives, and associates. Most of the letters are concerning personal family matters and religion. Dated approximately 1868-1898.

Dates: approximately 1868-1898

Orson F. Whitney papers

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197239116061]
Identifier: MSS 15
Scope and Contents

Materials include correspondence, blessings, missionary certificates, letters, scrapbooks, poetry, other writings, newspaper clippings, documents, travel souvenirs, and other materials owned, written by, or relating to Orson F. Whitney, his family, and his acquaintances. Dated approximately 1842-1931.

Dates: approximately 1842-1964

David J. Whittaker collection of non-Mormon Nauvoo and Illinois area newspaper extracts from 1845

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232562907]
Identifier: MSS 7685
Scope and Contents Contains a volume of typescripts of extracts from non-Mormon newspapers around the Nauvoo, Illinois, area (south-eastern Iowa and various counties throughout Illinois). Articles deal with Mormon topics, primarily expressing the reaction of non-Mormons to the Mormon presence and influence in Illinois and reporting on the physical conflicts between the Mormons and anti-Mormons in 1845. Papers are crudely bound together with string through two punched holes. Arranged in alphabetical order by...
Dates: [between 1982 and 2012]

John Andreas Widtsoe letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327113]
Identifier: MSS SC 2678
Scope and Contents Typewritten letters addressed to S. Norman Lee and dated 9 Oct. 1947 and 15 Nov. 1949. Widtsoe responds to Lee's questions on the doctrines of the Mormon Chuch. Witsoe writes that the Word of Wisdom prohibition of "hot drinks" means that coffee, tea, cola drinks, and the South American drink called "Mate" are unacceptable because they contain caffeine. He also writes that Blacks will eventually be given the priesthood in the Mormon Church. He further states that the second president of...
Dates: 1947-1949