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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence Marcellus Barker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223105948]
Identifier: MSS 2057
Scope and Contents Includes journals, notebooks, an autograph album, letters, and articles relating to his mission in Australia. Five journals document his missionary activities in Sidney, Tasmania, Adelaide, and Perth, including encounters with RLDS missionaries. Notebooks contain a statistical record of his missionary activities, and missionary references, including notes on polygamy and on the RLDS Church. Autograph album contains messages from missionaries, Church members, and other friends in Australia....
Dates: 1905-1987

Diggle family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223103141]
Identifier: MSS 2208
Scope and Contents Mainly letters to the Samuel and Sarah Diggle family, in Iowa, from relatives, including Elizabeth W. Andrew and George Openshaw, Salt Lake City; Nancy W. Butterworth, Mary Diggle, and Mary Banks, Heywood, Lancashire, England; and Robert B. Whitaker, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Topics include family news, plural marriage, Brigham Young, and the family of Joseph Smith Jr. Envelopes accompany several of the letters. Includes letters from children of Elizabeth Andrew and Nancy Butterworth. Also...
Dates: 1854-1893

C. A. Hall letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348176]
Identifier: MSS 1363
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters, addressed to John M. Cannon, a Mormon businessman in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hall writes to defend the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) in its dispute over lands in Independence, Missouri, with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1892-1894

E. Cecil McGavin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 26
Abstract

Collection includes the correspondence, research, and manuscripts of the historian E. Cecil McGavin. The collection dates from circa 1925-1960.

Dates: approximately 1925-1960

Mormon splinter groups collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232482296]
Identifier: MSS 1634
Scope and Contents

Papers, research notes, and correspondence. These items relate to the numerous off-shoots of the two largest Mormon denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church or LDS Church) and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS church) and their leaders. Also included is a photocopy of a letter by the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).

Dates: 1844-1976

Frederick Madison Smith letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321645]
Identifier: MSS SC 2302
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letters addressed to Frank S. Hawkins. Smith responds to Hawkins' request for information.

Dates: 1939-1944

Hyrum Jenkins Smith diaries and correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231211019]
Identifier: MSS 1631
Scope and Contents

Diaries and correspondence. Hyrum's correspondence is between family members and church leaders including his father, who was serving as a mission president in Canada, and Frederick Madison Smith (1874-1946), historian for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Dates: 1835-1940

Israel A. Smith letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321439]
Identifier: MSS SC 2299
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letters addressed to "Dear Brother," Frank S. Hawkins. Smith acknowledges receiving materials from Hawkins and comments on the "Book of Commandments" (Doctrine and Covenants) and on Paul, the apostle.

Dates: 1945-1962

Joseph B. Smith letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336189]
Identifier: MSS 1042
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten and signed letter dated January 5, 1923 and written in Salt Lake City, Utah. The item is addressed to Smith's son in Lofgreen, Utah. Smith writes about the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and about David Hyrum Smith, one of its prominent leaders.

Dates: 1925 January 5

Joseph Byron Smith correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335991]
Identifier: MSS 1047
Scope and Contents

Typewritten letter dated 24 May 1962 and addressed to the editior of the "Saint's Herald" of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith writes in response to an article in the Saint's Herald about the Mormon Church in Utah relating to its stand on Blacks holding the priesthood. Smith refers to several verses of scripture to show that the stand is correct. A letter acknowleding Smith's letter is also attached.

Dates: 1962

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