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Melissa Brownell letter
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 777
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to "Beloved Sisters," dated June 26 of an unknown year. Internal evidence suggests the item may have been written in the 1880s, but this is uncertain. Brownell writes about men, marriage, and polygamy largely in negative terms. She mentions Mormon men bringing their polygamous wives to California.
Dates:
approximately 1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Schler Buckwalter autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1739
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Henry Shuler Buckwalter who served in Indian wars and helped Utah immigrants.
Dates:
approximately 1906
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Kenneth C. Bullock autobiographical sketch
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2982
Scope and Contents
Briefly recounts his early life in Pleasant Grove, Utah; family; educational and occupational experiences; and service in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dates:
1988
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert Lang Campbell journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 496
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains Campbell's original handwritten journal where he describes his missionary experiences in Scotland; emigration to Nauvoo, Illinois; experiences traveling to Utah as a Mormon pioneer; and duties as a Mormon Church leader. Dated 1843-1848. Campbell also added to the end of his journal handwritten transcriptions of his missionary certificate, his appointment to the Glasgow Conference, and a letter to the Church in Wales from Franklin D. Richards. Dated...
Dates:
approximately 1843-1941; Majority of material found within 1843-1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Angus M. Cannon diaries and letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 199
Scope and Contents
Collection includes three handwritten diaries dated 1885 to 1886 two letters from 1891. In his diaries, Cannon writes about his imprisonment at the Utah State Penitentiary for polygamy and his subseqent experiences as a stake president for the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. His letters are addressed to his sons George and John, and to Levi Colvin of Payson, Utah. Photocopies and typescripts of the diaries are also included.
Dates:
1885-1891
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ann Quayle Cannon biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1752
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed biography of Ann Quayle Cannon, a convert to the Mormon Church from the Isle of Mann, who died crossing the ocean to America. Much of the material was taken from John Q. Cannon's book, "George Cannon Ancestry: Posterity and Native Land".
Dates:
approximately 1955
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
E. V. Carter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 405
Scope and Contents
Handwritten record (plus photocopies) of Carter's journey frm Ohio to St. Louis via Wisconsin. ALS's dated Oct. 15, 24, 1845 (plus photocopies) to his wife, Mary Hine Carter, are revised transcripts of diary. Diary entry for November 13 describes a visit to the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.This is a journal kept by E.V. Carter during his journey from Tallmadge, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. He wrote of a lecturer, "Mr. Little John," at a Methodist house in White Pigeon Prarie,...
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Cedar City Stake Relief Society notes
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1543
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of the Cedar City Ward Relief Society minute book "A". The minute book contains descriptions of the Relief Society meetings and speeches concerning the spiritual welfare of the members of the Mormon Church. In addition, the minute book includes a membership list of the Mormon Relief Society in Cedar City.
Dates:
1856-1875
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Chauncy D. Harris interview, Chicago, Illinois
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2945
Scope and Contents
Comments on his early life and on the influence of his father, Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Also comments on attendance at the following institutions of higher learning: BYU, 1930-1934; University of Chicago, 1933, 1934, and 1937-1939; Oxford University, 1934-1936; London School of Economics, 1936-1937; and Kent State University, 1937. Includes comments on his early interest in geography, some of his teachers at BYU and the University of Chicago, and his...
Dates:
1986; 1986
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Gordon Childs papers on the Viola d'Amore
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8507
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to Gordon Childs’ research on, experience with, and study of, the viola d’amore. It includes his personal collection of viola d'amore music, his research on the viola d'amore, and other materials related to well-known contemporary viola d’amore players and composers. Dated 1602-2014 with the bulk being from 1935-1997.
Dates:
Publication: 1602-2014; Publication: Majority of material found within 1935-1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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