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History of the beginning of Orderville, Utah
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1203
Scope and Contents
Mimeographed copy of a typewritten essay. Heaton describes the founding of Circleville, Utah, and the organizing of the "United Order" of the Mormon Church in that community.
Dates:
approximately 1967
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William H. Homer research papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 825
Scope and Contents
Collection includes handwritten and typewritten research notes, articles, genealogies, diaries, and biographies. Also included is Homer family correspondence. The family members lived in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. The notes relate to Homer's research on Martin Harris (1783-1875). Also included is a diary Homer's father, William Harrison Homer, Sr., kept while he was on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England from 1867 to 1868.
Dates:
1867-1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Alonzo Hyde letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 675
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter addressed to Mrs. Louisa W. Holmes, Hyde's aunt in Fulton, Illinois. The item was written in Kaysville, Utah, on 26 Nov. 1885. Hyde defends the beliefs of the Mormon Church particularly the practice of polygamy.
Dates:
1885 November 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Isgreen family correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 612
Scope and Contents
Holographs, two printed items and one typescript. The collection includes 28 letters written by or to members of the Isgreen family, 15 of which are written by or to Emil Isgreen. The correspondence is generally family news with a few business letters, two missionary letters from Wales and a description of Mattie Isgreen's travel in Hawaii. Also included are an invitation to a ball, 1896, the Democratic ticket for Provo, Utah, ca. 1900, and a thought on prayer.
Dates:
1894-1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Peter Johnson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1957
Scope and Contents
Handwritten correspondence, diaries, notebooks, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and genealogical materials. The correspondence are between Johnson and his wife, Hana, and were written while Johnson was on a mission for the Mormon Church in Sweden. The diaries were kept while Johnson was on his mission and after his return to Ogden, Utah. The certificates deal with Johnson's numerous callings in the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1872-1946
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Derby Johnson diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1506
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopied diaries. The initial thirty-two pages are autobiographical and tell of the first twenty-one years of the author's life. The journal entries are from December 2, 1871 to January 24, 1894. The years 1873 to 1876 are summarized. Johnson attended Deseret University and later taught there. He married Lucy A. Salisbury on November 29, 1869. He taught school in Washington and Kanab, Utah. Johnson served as a territorial legislator 1878-1882 from Kane and...
Dates:
1871-1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elisha Jones papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2870
Scope and Contents
Includes diary, notebook, and lecture report. Diary begins with ten-page reminiscence, 1858. Sporadic diary entries are dated 1858-1879. Notes, some dating as late as 1885 (after Elisha's death), interspersed throughout volume. Volume also includes two pages of minutes to a high priest's quorum meeting, 23 October 1860, presumably held in Sanpete County; and several pages listing family names. Notebook, without covers, contains financial entries dated about 1872-1880. Last item is a...
Dates:
1858-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Pidding Jones autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3139
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Jones writes about his early years in England and tells about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1847. He later served as a branch president for the Mormon Church in England. He writes about his migration to Utah by way of New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Louis, Missouri. He tells about settling in Nephi, Utah, and about later living in Cedar City, Utah. He also writes about his...
Dates:
1847-1883
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert Allen Jones diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 625
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Jones writes about his daily activies in Henefer and in Ogden, Utah, his mission to England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1890 to 1892, his occupations, and his various church callings.
Dates:
1888-1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas R. Jones postcards
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 3885
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of postcards to and from Thomas R. Jones between 1905 and 1912. The majority of the correspondence documents his service as a Mormon missionary. The collection also includes blank postcards with images of European countries and photographic postcards.
Dates:
1905-1912, bulk 1909-1912
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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