Lorenzo Snow letter
Scope and Contents
The folder contains a printed letter addressed to B. F. Cummings, Jr. and dated 8 September 1894. The item is a form letter in which Cummings' name was handwritten. Snow, then president of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church, requests donations of books to build up the library of that temple.
Dates
- 1894
Creator
- Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901 (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 Lorenzo Snow letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1898 to 1901.
Lorenzo Snow was the son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Pettibone. He was born 30 April 1814 in Mantua, Portage County, Ohio. He was baptized June 1836 by John F. Boynton and confirmed by Hyrum Smith. In 1837, he was ordained an elder. He served several missions for the Church. He practiced plural marriage and was convicted of unlawful cohabitation in 1886. Snow served eleven months. He died in 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
1 folder (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The folder contains a printed letter addressed to B. F. Cummings, Jr. and dated 8 September 1894. The item is a form letter in which Cummings' name was handwritten. Snow, then president of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church, requests donations of books to build up the library of that temple.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Church Government
- Church libraries -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Cummings, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1855-1918
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents
- Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence
- Letters
- Libraries -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Salt Lake Temple -- History
- Title
- Register of Lorenzo Snow letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 March 24
- 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