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Thomas E. Cheney papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1798
Scope and Contents
Twenty reel-to-reel tapes which record folk songs, typescripts of the recorded folk songs in two volumes, four volumes of folk songs, and one volume of Mormon folk tales. The materials relate largely to Mormon folklore and Mormon folk songs.
Dates:
1840-1963
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
R. A. Dowdle diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 530
Abstract
Five handwritten diaries, with photocopies, documenting Robert A. Dowdle's mission to the Society Islands. Also included is a journal of the MIA Stake Mission of the Utah Stake.
Dates:
1899-1902
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lowell M. Durham papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 8150
Scope and Contents
Contains sheet music, drafts, and clippings by Durham. Includes sheet music for his pieces, as well as compositions by composer Crawford Gates. Collection also contains several materials related to Durham's book on Maurice Abravanel, his research as well on Latter-day Saint musicians, and many newspaper and magazine clippings with news on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, and music programs at the University of Utah. Some personal papers are also included, such as notes, personal...
Dates:
1920-1994
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Neils P. Johnson song book
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2170
Scope and Contents
Handwritten songs in Danish copied by Johnson.
Dates:
approximately 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John D. T. McAllister papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 565
Scope and Contents
Short typewritten biography with genealogical data, typescripts of selected journal entries concerning crossing the plains, 1851, the corner stone ceremony for the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple, 1852, his mission to England, 1852-1856, and travel with a handcart company on his return. Also included are three poems he wrote, correspondence to his wife, Anne E., and to David H. Cannon, 1886-1895, covering family affairs, political views and temple business, and a description of the Washington...
Dates:
1851-1895
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mormon missionary songs
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1595
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of two typewritten Mormon missionary songs collected by Melvin J. Ballard while in the Northern States Mission for the Mormon Church.
Dates:
approximately 1895
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mormon pioneers : music collection
Collection — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2406
Scope and Contents
"The Mormon Pioneers" is the seventh album in the Columbia Records Legacy Collection and was produced by Goddard Lieberson with the aid of the Special Projects Staff: Charles Burr. Joan Meyers, Ira Teichberg, David Rubinson, John Simon, and Arlene Steibel. The songs contained in this album are songs that the Mormon pioneers sang as they migrated West and settled in Utah. The collection contains one 33 1/3 record of "The Mormon Pioneers"; a cassette tape copy of the record; and a printed...
Dates:
1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 20
Scope and Contents
Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...
Dates:
1958-1994
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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