Smith, Lucy, 1775-1856
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1775 - 1856
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Martha Coray notebook
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents
Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates:
1845
Photographs of Church history sites and figures
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 61
Scope and Contents
Collection includes glass negatives, lantern slides, metal plates, and a tintype of images related to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes images of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Native Americans, and other scenes.
Dates:
approximately 1840-1976
Orson Pratt letter to Lucy Mack Smith
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321280]
Identifier: MSS SC 2288
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 16 Jan. 1854 and addressed to Lucy Mack Smith (1775-1856), mother of the Joseph Smith (1805-1844) who was the first president of the Mormon Church. Pratt writes from Washington, DC and informs Smith that he has purchased some manuscripts and refers to his attempts to get a book published relating to the Mormons.
Dates:
1854 January 16
Smith family artifacts
Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233604435]
Identifier: Vault MSS 775
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of physical artifacts of Hyrum Smith and his son John Smith. These include a walking stick of Hyrum Smith, a walking cane of John Smith purchased while on his mission to Denmark, Hyrum Smith's metal scales, John Smith's pistol and carrying case, Hyrum Smith's razor and case (ownership of this item is dubious; it may have belonged to his grandson, Hyrum Fisher Smith), Hyrum Smith's coin purse and notebook, a knife of uncertain ownership, and six portraits (two of Hyrum...
Dates:
1832-1911
Enoch B. Tripp papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2032
Scope and Contents
Eighteen volumes of journals and other papers. Volumes document Enoch B. Tripp's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his missions to the state of Maine, his visit with Joseph Smith's mother (Lucy Mack Smith), wife (Emma Smith), and son (Joseph Smith III) in Nauvoo in November 1855, his participation in the Utah War in 1857, and his life in Salt Lake City. Tripp discusses anti-polygamy legislation, his time on the Mormon "Underground" to avoid arrest for practicing...
Dates:
1841-1908
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- Indians of North America -- Photographs 1
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