Job Smith autobiography and letters received
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography and photocopies of handwritten letters received by Smith. Also included are typescripts of Job Smith's "Recollections" of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and photocopies of handwritten and typewritten certificates. The letters are from prminent Mormon Church leaders. Also included is a photocopy of a handwritten patriarchal blessing received by Smith.
Dates
- 1860-1902
Creator
- Smith, Job, 1828-1913 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Job Smith autobiography and letters received must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical Sketch
Native of England and a convert to the Mormon Church who lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith was a basketmaker, pioneer, polygamist, and missionary to England and to California.
Extent
13 items (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Jean Wunderlich in 1984.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Jean Wunderlich; 1984.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Autobiographies
- Basket makers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Biographies
- Home and Family
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- California
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- England
- Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Letters
- Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
- Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
- Smith, Job, 1828-1913
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
- Social Life and Customs
- Title
- Regsiter of Job Smith autobiography and letters received
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2010 October 1
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States