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Leonard J. Arrington letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7667
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 28 folders, housed in 2 hollinger boxes. The collection is approximately 1500 pages long. This collection is a compilation of letters that Arrington wrote to his children once they were all out of the house. His secretary, Chris Croft, typed and xeroxed a large portion of the letters. However, later most of the letters were typed out by Arrington. The letters also contain a few diary excerpts and newspaper clippings that Arrington sent to his children. The letters...
Dates:
1972-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Association for Mormon Letters records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2205
Scope and Contents
Contains the corporate records of The Association for Mormon Letters, including financial records, meeting minutes, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, conference papers and conference planning materials, emails and listserve printouts, and promotional materials. Includes records kept by John Bennion during his term as president. Materials dated 1979 to 2014.
Dates:
1979-2014
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiography of Eliza Ann McKee Chambers
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7648
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten transcript of the autobiography, transcribed by Eunice Stella Iverson Gardner. The autobiography describes Chamber's life as a Mormon pioneer and includes descriptions of her daily activities, town dances, and visits from President Brigham Young. Includes a description of her marriage Joseph Chambers and her travels with her husband and children to various western states. A note is included at the end of the notebook from M. Ray Hiatt in 2001, whose wife was a...
Dates:
1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Barton Orville Aylesworth correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 826
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters sent to Barton Orville Aylesworth in response to his inquiries. Aylesworth asked these writers of both fiction and factual books to tell him about themselves and about their writings. The replies were mostly short, autobiographical, and often included lists of publications. The letters were usually hand-written and were signed by the authors. Most of the authors sent only one letter, but several sent two, including Bliss Perry (1860-1954), William Wetmore...
Dates:
1877-1906, 1894-1895
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Barton Orville Aylesworth correspondence
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 898
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of letters to and from Aylesworth. They request biographical information from important literary and political figures in America roughly at the turn of the century. Also included are the replies to these petitions. The responses often contain some biographical information and lists of works published by the authors. It is likely that Aylewsorth's request were attempts to collect autographs of prominent individuals.
Dates:
1891-1902
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A. S. Balestier letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2579
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated 6 Aug. 1895 and addressed to H. B. Tedrow, an autograph collector in Omaha, Nebraska. Balestier writes that Rudyard Kipling will return to Vermont in September and will only give his autograph to those who first contribute $2.50 to "The Tribune Fresh Air Fund" of New York.
Dates:
1895 August 6
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Maurice Barrès letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 892
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter in French dated April 20, 1904. Barres thanks "monsieur" for having dedicated a book to him and states he will get in touch with him latter.
Dates:
1904
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Battle hymn of the republic
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 537
Scope and Contents
Printed item commemorating the founding of the New England Women's Club. The item was hand addressed to Mrs. Mary J. Judah and signed by the president of the club, Julia Ward Howe, in November 1892. The item includes all five verses of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and an account by Mrs. Howe of how she came to write the poem.
Dates:
1892
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bedtime
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 388
Scope and Contents
Original pen and ink drawing, initialed, and dated 24 Feb. 1893. The item depicts a mother mouse holding a baby mouse with two other mice in a cradle. This is one of a set of six drawings intended to illustrate "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe," which was never published. It was later used in "Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes." It was also used in "The Tale of Two Bad Mice."
Dates:
1893 February 24
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Paul W. Belcher novel manuscript
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3924
Scope and Contents
Collection includes the original manuscript and a photocopy of Paul W. Belcher's novel, The Cruise of the Petrel. The manuscript is the fourth draft of the work. It is handwritten on lined paper, hand illustrated, has ten chapters, and is one hundred-forty pages in length. The story is about three boys, Jack, Paul, and Dick, who build a yacht and go on an adventure in the Great Salt Lake. They find radium on a mysterious island. There is also a love story that develops throughout the...
Dates:
1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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