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Research materials relating to John Cook Bennett
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1301
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Dr. Frederick C. Waite and Dale L. Morgan, printed material, and numerous notes and references relative to the life and activities of John C. Bennett.
Dates:
1804-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 801
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one small black photo album. The album was made by John F. Bennett for Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Smith in the 1930s. It is similar to other albums put together by Bennett but is uniquely arranged with the Smiths in mind. Bennett used images created by several notable pioneer photographers such as William H. Jackson, C. R. Savage, George E. Anderson, C. W. Carter etc. The photographs selected should be considered some of the most notable images depicting the pioneer...
Dates:
1847-1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates:
1948-1984
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ira Bennion diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1943
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Bennion records his activities from the time he left Salt Lake City, Utah through his first year as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England.
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John E. Bennion diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 981
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Bennion writes about his life in the Taylorsville area of Utah and in Rush Valley and Long Valley, Utah. He also lived for a time in Nevada. Bennion was married polygamously, participated in the Utah War of 1857-1858, had an encounter with an Indian in 1858, saw the first handcart company arrive in Salt Lake City in 1856, served on a mission to England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and participated in many other activities.
Dates:
1855-1877
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ezra Taft Benson letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1260
Scope and Contents
Typewritten and signed letter dated 31 July 1963 and addressed to Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972). The document concerns the book "The Politician," by Robert Welch and refers to a "Socialist-Communist" conspiracy against the United States.
Dates:
1963 July 31
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4060
Scope and Contents
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (writing from Washington D.C.) thanks Margaret Pitzer (Santa Cruz, California) for her recent letter. Margaret Pitzer has just visited Salt Lake City and has heard that Benson wants to run for a second term as Secretary of Agriculture. Benson corrects this rumor. He writes, "I am concerned only with being of service to the President and the American people during the present term," and that he is undecided about the next term. July 21, 1955. 1...
Dates:
1953 July 21
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph T. Bentley papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 848
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, reports, budget requests and other financial records. The materials relate to the LDS Church schools, institutes, and seminaries, not including those at Brigham Young University.
Dates:
1962-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Josephine Hinckley Bentley mission diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3934
Abstract
The Josephine Hinckley Bentley mission diary includes the photocopied account of Josephine's mission to California. The diary is from 1913.
Dates:
1913
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
C. Fred Berghout mission papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8169
Dates:
1926-1928
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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