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In memory of

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2502
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten poem. Ingersoll praises pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1939

Andrew Jenson : historian, churchman, traveler, missionary and author

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 606
Scope and Contents

Typewritten draft of a biographical sketch written for the Utah State Historical Society of a Mormon pioneer, missionary, author-journalist and assistant Latter-day Saint Church historian. It describes (mainly through excerpts from his autobiography) his activities in those capacities, as well as his emigration from Denmark to Utah and family data. Also included are two articles by Newell Knight and an article from the Salt Lake City Historian's Office pertaining to "Washington Square."

Dates: undated

Marshall family family history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 262
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of personal histories of members of the Marshall family, which include information about their emigration from England to Utah in 1856 and their pioneer journey on the first hand cart company, and poems and songs.

Dates: Date not identified

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

William Minshall Evans papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 803
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems and songs. Also included is a biography of Evans written by his granddaughter, Grace McLachlan Foxley, in 1940. The dating of the songs and poems is uncertain. At least one was written when Evans was on his mission in Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1870-1940

Margaret Blair Young papers

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9290
Scope and Contents A CD titled, "I am Jane" and labeled "BYU Black History Month; Margaret Young, Director; 2014." The disk contains a videorecording of a play directed by Margaret Blair Young about the life of Jane Manning and other African American members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It details the journey of Manning and her family as pioneers to Nauvoo, Illinois. It also illustrates the lives of other black pioneers. The performance is based on early Latter-day Saint history and...
Dates: 2014