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St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1877-

Administrative History

The St. George Temple (est. 1877) is a religious facility operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Saint George, Utah.

Citation:
DeMille, J. F. The St. George ... c1977 (subj.) t.p. (St. George Temple) p. 1, etc. (St. George Latter-day Saint Temple; est. 1877, St. George, Utah)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Directory of General Authorities and Officers, 1982: p. 5 (St. George Temple)

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Record proceeding at the direction of St. George Temple

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232539152]
Identifier: MSS 617
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpt from a diary. The item is a typed copy of Woodruff's diary entry for 1 Jan. 1877. Woodruff was present at the "direction" of the St. George Temple in St. George, Utah, and offered a "Dedication Prayer" which he wrote into his diary. This dedication was for part of the temple.

Dates: 1877 January 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Record proceeding at the direction of St. George Temple

Samuel William Goold reminiscence and journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2067
Scope and Contents Tells about his parents' conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales; his experiences during the 1850s and 1860s in the Abersychan branch of the Church in Wales; emigration to Utah in 1867, including experiences in the company of Brigham Young Jr.; and experiences while residing in St. George and Monroe in southern Utah. Several pages record LDS priesthood ordinances he performed from the 1890s to 1910s, including children's blessings; baptisms; confirmations; and...
Dates: 1901-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel William Goold reminiscence and journal

C. R. Savage photograph of the St. George Temple

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225554523]
Identifier: MSS 3858
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one photograph of the St. George Temple taken by C.R. Savage.

Dates: approximately 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / C. R. Savage photograph of the St. George Temple

School of the prophets

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 124
Scope and Contents

Handwritten meeting minutes of the School of the Prophets in Provo, Utah. The intention of the school was to educate members of the Mormon Church in doctrines of the faith. The topics discussed related to Mormon and to Provo topics. An emphasis was placed on getting workers to go to St. George, Utah to help construct the Mormon temple there.

Dates: 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / School of the prophets

John L. Smith diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316850]
Identifier: MSS SC 2047
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary by John L. Smith while living in St. George, Utah. Smith records his daily activities, which included temple work at the Mormon St. George Temple, guarding the temple, and attending meetings of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John L. Smith diary

John L. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 680
Scope and Contents Contains seven journals of John Lyman Smith, and other autobiographical manuscripts, as wells as a bound typescript volume of an autobiography/journal. The journals include accounts of persecutions in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, pioneering in Utah, Lyman's two missions to Europe, and his service as president of the Swiss-Italian and the Swiss-Italian-German missions. There is also a contemporary account of the cricket-and-seagull episode in Salt Lake in 1848, Lyman's service as a member of...
Dates: 1792-1950; Majority of material found within 1846-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John L. Smith papers

Edward Hunter Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2051
Scope and Contents This collection includes family correspondence, autobiographical and biographical material of Edward H. Snow, journals, notebooks, documents, and miscellaneous papers. There are also newspaper clippings and published materials about Snow, as well as several photographs of Snow family members. The correspondence is largely from Snow to his wife, Hannah, and was written at the time of Snow's mission to the Southern States in the 1880's. There are also letters from Snow's father, Erastus...
Dates: approximately 1865-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward Hunter Snow papers

St. George temple records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1663
Scope and Contents

Mormon temple records documenting the temple work which was done for various dead individuals by proxy. Many of the records are for the George Jarvis family.

Dates: 1910-1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / St. George temple records

St. George Temple sealings record

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349174]
Identifier: MSS 4014
Abstract

A temple record with recorded sealings from the St. George temple, 1881.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / St. George Temple sealings record

Totals of ordinance work in St. George Temple

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327196]
Identifier: MSS SC 2670
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of totals for ordinance work done in the St. George temple from 1877 to 1883. Farnsworth lists the numbers of ordinances performed in such categories as baptisms, endowments, ordinations, sealings and "Second Anointings."

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Totals of ordinance work in St. George Temple

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