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Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3260
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. Adams joined the Mormon Church in 1836 and served as missionary for that faith in Canada. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Dates:
approximately 1840-1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Adams autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates:
1857-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Alley papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 727
Abstract
Account and receipt books, family correspondence, diary of Stephen Webb Alley, genealogy, family history materials, and memorabilia of the George Alley family. Photographs include studio portraits of Lydia Ann Alley and Susan Hannah Alley Wells, polygamist wives of Mormon Church leader, Daniel H. Wells, and a portrait of George Alley's wife, Mary Symond Alley. A majority of the photos were taken by Salt Lake City photographer Charles R. Savage. The photographs are albumen and matte collodion...
Dates:
1834-1891
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Allred autobiography and journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4110
Abstract
The journal and autobiography of William Allred, an early member of the LDS church, 1819-1887.
Dates:
1819-1887
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Ambrose Foster appeal
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 434
Scope and Contents
Handwritten appeal dated 16 Oct. 1844 and filed on 21 Oct. 1844. Foster, a publisher of the Nauvoo Expositor, appeals a conviction for breach of ordinances in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Dates:
1844 October 16
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Marks arrest warrant
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 366
Scope and Contents
Handwritten arrest warrant, dated 28 Nov. 1842, and registered in Nauvoo, Illinois. Marks seeks the arrest of Thomas J. Hunter for slandering Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1842 November 28
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arrest warrant
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 402
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed arrest warrant, dated 6 Dec. 1842, and written in Nauvoo, Illinois. As mayor, Smith signs a warrant ordering the marshall of Nauvoo to arrest Amos Davis who had been accused of assault by William C. Walker. On the reverse is a statement saying that Davis was brought before a city court.
Dates:
1842
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents
Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.
Dates:
1893-2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Moana Bennett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3739
Scope and Contents
Collection of personal papers and production materials from Moana Bennett. Includes material concerning the play Because of Elizabeth and other plays.
Dates:
1950-1981
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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