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Thomas Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 679
Scope and Contents
Holographs and printed material. Contains a journal of Adams' mission to Great Britain, 1895-1897, including newspaper clippings about Mormonism in Ireland, and records of his correspondence and missionary work. Also included are a letter changing his mission call to Great Britain, 1895, genealogical data, and family histories of his father's family, William Adams.
Dates:
1895-1897
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
Mary Andrus papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1462
Scope and Contents
Collection contains an autobiography, certificates, family history, legal documents, letters, photographs, talks and tributes. Also includes material relating to the Latter-day Saint Church Spanish Fork, Utah 1st Ward Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association, 5th Ward Relief Society, Spanish Fork Public Library, the Icelandic Association, and Alma Archibald Andrus' journal (1909-1968).
Dates:
1902-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Washington Bean diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates:
1852-1897
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates:
1948-1984
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John A. Blythe journal
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 780
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Describes his trip from Salt Lake City to the site of Joseph City and daily life in the United Order in that town. The diary also discusses the author's departure on a supply trip to Salt Lake City and concludes with his arrival in St. George, Utah en route.
A one-page autobiographical sketch entitled "History of John A. Blythe, From his birth to Feb. 3rd, 1876" is also included.
Dates:
1876-1877
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Stephens Brown diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 69
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Brown writes about his life in Ogden, Utah, and in Arizona. He also tells about his activities in the Mormon Church including his missions for that faith to England, Tahiti, and the Navajo Indians.
Dates:
1857-1893
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Rulon Tingey and Josephine Omer Burton family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3135
Scope and Contents
Collection includes the papers of various members of the Burton family from 1834 to 2005, with the bulk of the material focusing on the life of Rulon and Josephine Burton. Materials include journals, personal and family correspondence, literary and manuscript drafts, personal and family scrapbooks, notebooks and other family records.
Dates:
1834-2005
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Asa Starkweath Calkin diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3138
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The diary is in two sections, 1850-1853 and 1855-1858. In the earlier diary, Calkin writes that he arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and talks about hauling wood and teaching school to provide for his family. In the later diary, Calkin writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England. He also worked in the office of tithing records in England. He includes copies of letters and blessings in his...
Dates:
1850-1858
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
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