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Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1804 - 1887

Biographical History

Citation:
Familysearch.org, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2013 (Eliza Roxey Snow; b. Jan. 21, 1804 in Becket, Mass.; parents: Oliver Snow and Rosetta Lenora Pettibone; baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 5, 1835; m. June 29, 1842 in Nauvoo, Ill. to Joseph Smith (1805-1844); m. June 26, 1849 in Nauvoo, Ill. to Brigham Young (1801-1877); d. Dec. 5, 1888)

Wikipedia, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2013 (Eliza Roxcy Snow; b. Jan. 21, 1804 in Becket, Mass.; d. Dec. 5, 1887 in Salt Lake City, Utah; taught school, noted poet and author; plural wife of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young; participated in organization of Relief Society, served as second president (1866-1887); lived in Hiram, Ohio, Kirtland, Ohio, Nauvoo, Ill.)

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Sterling E. Beesley collection of Mormon church music

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6838
Abstract

19th century LDS church music, photocopied by Sterling E. Beesley, 1991.

Dates: 1991

Zina Young Card photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 105
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs of various early church leaders, especially prominent women members. Includes images of Brigham Young's wives and family, Joseph F. Smith, George Albert Smith, Eliza R. Snow, and the Card family. Materials dated approximately 1830-1949.

Dates: approximately 1830-1949

C. W. Carter photographs and negatives of early Utah

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 133
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and negatives with images of Salt Lake City, Utah, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and other Utah residents.

Dates: approximately 1860-1899

Julius S. Dalley collection of Mormon materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3927
Abstract

Materials from the lives of Elizabeth R. Snow and Erastus Snow, 1851-1933.

Dates: 1851-1933

East family papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233634879]
Identifier: MSS 8091
Scope and Contents

Contains reminiscences of Edward Wallace East, a letter written by Eliza R. Snow to Willmirth Greer East discussing the gospel in the mid to late-1800s, and other materials related to the East family.

Dates: 1857-1893

Eliza R. Snow poetry, 1852, 1856

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 772 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains poetry by Eliza R. Snow for Thomas Bullock before he serves in the British mission and in celebration of the Mormon pioneers entering the Salt Lake valley. Dated 1852 and 1856.

Dates: 1852, 1856

Inscribed to sister Howard

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334804]
Identifier: MSS 1081
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten poem and a photocopy of the item in print. The poem apparently is an attempt to help someone facing bereavement.

Dates: 1864

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History special project records, 1995-2005

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains records for special projects carried out by the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute, including records on an Eliza R. Snow documentary, Mormon Studies leadership awards and symposia, a Yale Conference entitled God, Humanity and Revelation: Perspectives from Mormon Philosophy and History, international outreach efforts, agendas and proposals of the Council on Religious Endeavors (CORE), coordination with the Brigham Young University Special Collections and church archives, Mormon...
Dates: 1995-2005

Journal of Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233071]
Identifier: MSS SC 68
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a journal which gives accounts of Young's conversion to Mormonism, visits of church leaders, marriage to Brigham Young, exodus west, experiences in Utah and her feelings about women's suffrage and the practice of polygamy.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 12
Archival Object 4
Digital Record 2
 
Subject
Diaries 4
Letters 4
Material Types 4
American poetry -- 19th century 3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 3
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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Poetry 3
Latter Day Saints -- Poetry 3
Photocopies 3
Photographs 3
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2
Correspondence 2
Immigration and American Expansion 2
Nauvoo (Ill.) 2
Pioneers 2
Poetry 2
Relief Society 2
Utah -- History -- 19th century 2
Artifacts 1
Awards 1
Biographies 1
Canadians -- United States 1
Church music -- 19th century 1
Church music -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Church music -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 1
Church officers -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Correspondence 1
Church officers -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Photographs 1
Conference materials 1
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History 1
Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
Financial records 1
Histories (Literary works) 1
Home and Family 1
Images 1
Landscapes -- Arizona -- Photographs 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Texas 1
Latter Day Saint converts 1
Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah 1
Latter Day Saint women 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Diaries 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Photographs 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Suffrage 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Correspondence 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Correspondence 1
Latter Day Saint women authors 1
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
Latter Day Saints -- Texas 1
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 1
Literature 1
Log cabins -- Photographs 1
Manuscripts for publication 1
Minutes (Records) 1
Miracles 1
Music -- 19th century 1
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 1
Negatives 1
Newsletters 1
Paiute Indians -- Photographs 1
Poetry -- 19th century 1
Polygamy 1
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Polygamy -- Utah 1
Programs 1
Publications 1
Religion 1
Research 1
Research (Documents) 1
Research institutes -- Utah -- Provo 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs 1
Scribes -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
Scribes -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 1
Seminars 1
Sheet music -- 19th century 1
Social Life and Customs 1
Soldiers -- United States -- Photographs 1
Songs 1
Transcripts 1
Utah -- Emigration and immigration -- History 1
Widowhood 1
Winter Quarters (Neb.) -- History 1
Women poets, American -- History -- Sources 1
Youth Auxiliaries 1
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