Showing Collections: 41 - 50 of 61
Parley P. Pratt papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, missionary journals, writings, discourses, sermons, mission records, genealogy records, legislative service records, and miscellaneous biographical materials covering 1837-1967.
Dates:
1837-1967
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Prichard letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 749
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 5 June 1849, and addressed to George Prichard of Garrettsville, Ohio. George is John's brother. John writes about family matters and reports on the condition of Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. John Prichard's familiarity with the Mormons may mean he was a member of that faith.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Pulsipher family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 558
Scope and Contents
Contains family genealogical data and biographical sketches, 1708-1970, by Juanita L.P. Brooks including an account of her marriage to L. Ernest Pulsipher, his illness and death, 1920-1921. Also includes two later accounts of this and a biographical sketch of Mary H. Leavitt by Brooks. The papers also include a handwritten collection of abridged speeches made by Mormon general authorities extracted from sermons and general conferences by John Pulsipher, 1854-1856, and minutes of Pulsipher...
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Reynolds letters
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 593
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters to his wife, Amelia. Twenty-eight itmes were written from 1879-1881 in the Utah Peniteniary while Reynolds was serving a two-year sentence for polygamy. Reynolds tells about prison life, reaffirms his dedication to the Mormon faith, and discusses family matters.
Dates:
1879-1887
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Sansom diaries and an autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3137
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries and an autobiography. Sansom writes about his early life in England, the death of his father, and his work in a woolen factory. He tells about his migration to Utah and his career as a trombone player in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also writes about the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. He tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England from 1873 to 1874. He writes mostly about his activities and those of...
Dates:
1873-1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Smith papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 554
Scope and Contents
Holographs with partial typescripts (photocopies) and typescript (photocopy). The journal tells of his life in England, Nauvoo, Illinois and Washington County, Utah, missions to England and Europe, and his life in the United Order as a polygamist. The journal 1860-1862 is written completely in Pitman shorthand. Record book includes family names and Latter-day Saint Church temple ordinances completed. Also included are an autobiographical sketch, an obituary, a memorium written by a...
Dates:
1840-1905
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Isaac A. Smoot papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 416
Scope and Contents
Typewritten diary, correspondence, certificates, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, and tributes. The diary was kept from 1953 to 1957 while Smoot was serving as president of the Northern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The other materials relate to the function of the postal service in Utah and to LDS Church matters.
Dates:
1934-1957
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Warren Stone Snow papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 376
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographical sketches (photocopies) of Snow and his wife, Mary Ann V. Snow; ALS's (with typed transcripts) to his fourth polygamous wife, Sarah E.W. Snow, with a few to their children; a certificate of election, a deed, and a family group sheet (photocopies). Letters contain information pertaining to relations with his plural family, his missionary experiences in England, and the building of the Manti, Utah Temple. Includes cover letter by donor.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Snow diary and biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 857
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies both of typescripts of excerpts from the diary of William Snow and of typescripts of two biographies of the same man. The authors of the biographies are unknown.William Snow was a captain of a wagon train en route to Utah, was sent to colonize in St. George, Utah with his families, became the bishop of the Pine Valley Ward and later, the patriarch of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. He was also a judge in St. George, Utah. The...
Dates:
1832-1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Henry Solomon's diary of the Arizona mission
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 790
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Discusses in detail the daily life of Mormon missionaries among the Indians on the Arizona frontier and the problems with the Indians that eventually forced the missionaries to withdraw to Kanab, Utah, in 1874. Some personal and family matters are also covered, including divorce from one of the author's plural wives. Excerpts from other records of Solomon's are included at the end of the record to cover gaps in the main diary. Notes by the compiler, P. T. Reilly, are...
Dates:
1873-1874
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 31
- Correspondence 28
- Letters 21
- Missions and Missionaries 21
- Diaries 18
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 18
- Autobiographies 13
- Mormons -- Utah -- History 11
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 8
- Polygamy -- Utah -- History 8
- Religion 7
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 7
- Publications 6
- Biography 5
- Certificates 5
- Mormon Church -- Missions -- England -- History 5
- Photographs 5
- Prisons -- Utah -- History 5
- Utah -- History 5
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 4
- Mormon pioneers -- History 4
- Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) -- History 4
- Photocopies 4
- Scrapbooks 4
- Social Life and Customs 4
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American 4
- Church Government 3
- Electronic books 3
- Genealogies 3
- Home and Family 3
- Manti (Utah) -- History 3
- Mormons -- Arizona -- History 3
- Mormons -- England -- Diaries 3
- Notes 3
- Ogden (Utah) -- History 3
- Provo (Utah) -- History 3
- Utah -- History -- 19th century 3
- Agriculture and Natural Resources 2
- Arizona -- History -- To 1912 2
- Articles 2
- Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 2
- Educators -- Utah -- History 2
- Lawyers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 2
- Mormon families -- History 2
- Mormon families -- Utah -- History 2
- Mormon missionaries -- England -- History 2
- Mormon missionaries -- Great Britain 2
- Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- History 2
- Mormon women -- Utah -- History 2
- Mormons 2
- Mormons -- Correspondence 2
- Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 2
- Mormons -- Utah -- Ogden -- History 2
- Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 2
- Parowan (Utah) -- History 2
- Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) 2
- Photographic prints 2
- Pioneers 2
- Poetry 2
- Politics, Government, and Law 2
- Relief Society 2
- Saint George (Utah) -- History 2
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History -- 20th century 2
- Territorial Government 2
- Tooele (Utah) -- History 2
- United orders (Mormon Church) -- Arizona -- History 2
- Utah -- Politics and government -- 19th century 2
- Washington County (Utah) -- History 2
- Advertising and Marketing 1
- Agriculture 1
- Albumen prints 1
- American Fork (Utah) -- History 1
- American poetry -- 19th century 1
- Arizona -- Description and travel 1
- Articles of incorporation 1
- Autographs 1
- Benediction -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Bills 1
- Biography -- 19th century 1
- Blanding (Utah) -- History 1
- Bunkerville (Nev.) -- History 1
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 1
- Businessmen -- Utah -- American Fork -- History 1
- Businessmen -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Biography 1
- Castle Dale (Utah) 1
- Cedar City (Utah) -- History 1
- Christian leadership -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Church and state -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- 19th century 1
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Official declaration (1890) 1
- Church officers -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Church work with Indians -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 1
- City and Town Life 1
- Civil Procedure and Courts 1
- Civil Rights 1
- Clubs and Societies 1
- Coal miners -- Utah -- Castle Valley -- History 1
- Coal mines and mining -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Colleges and Universities 1
- Council Bluffs (Iowa) 1 ∧ less
- Language
- Japanese 1
- Multiple languages 1
- Spanish; Castilian 1
- Names
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 22
- Utah. Militia 4
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 3
- Brigham Young Academy 2
- Maeser, Karl G. 2
- Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
- Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 2
- Adams, Charles, 1843-1927 1
- Adams, Thomas, 1860-1906 1
- Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
- Alley family 1
- Alley, George, 1792-1859 1
- Alley, Mary Symonds, 1796-1880 1
- Alley, Stephen Webb 1
- Andrus, Alma A. (Alma Archibald), 1884-1973 1
- Andrus, Mary, 1890-1975 1
- Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
- Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
- Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
- Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
- Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
- Bennett, Wallace F. (Wallace Foster), 1898-1993 1
- Blythe, John A. 1
- Brigham Young University 1
- Brooks, Juanita, 1898-1989 1
- Brown, James S. (James Stephens), 1828-1902 1
- Burton family 1
- Burton, Jo 1
- Burton, Robert Taylor, 1821-1907 1
- Burton, Rulon T., 1926- 1
- Calkin, Asa Starkweath, 1809-1873 1
- Cannon, Angus M. (Angus Munn) 1
- Cannon, John M. (John Mousley), 1865-1917 1
- Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites) 1
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy 1
- Church of Zion 1
- Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
- Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 1
- Cropper, Thomas Waters 1
- Crouch, Ebenezer 1
- De la Mare, Elizabeth, 1854-1953 1
- Evans, Israel Franklin 1
- Evans, Priscilla Livingston 1
- Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834- 1
- Grant, William, 1838-1916 1
- Greenwood, Alma 1
- Greenwood, Florence 1
- Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
- Hansen family 1
- Hansen, Jens, 1837-1917 1
- Harris, Martin, 1783-1875 1
- Heaton, LeGrande C. 1
- Henrie, Gerald 1
- Henrie, Susan Coleman 1
- Higgins family 1
- Homer, William H. (William Harrison), 1875-1964 1
- Homer, William H. (William Harrison),1845-1934 1
- Hyde, William Alonzo 1
- Icelandic Association of Utah 1
- Isgreen family 1
- Johnson, John Peter 1
- Johnson, William Derby, 1850-1923 1
- Jones, Elisha 1
- Jones, John Pidding, 1819-1890 1
- Jones, Robert Allen, 1854-1939 1
- Jones, Thomas R. (Thomas Rose), 1879-1967 1
- Kirby, Thomas Wright 1
- Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 1
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
- Lyman, Amasa M. (Amasa Mason), 1813-1877 1
- Lyman, Eliza Maria Partridge, 1820-1886 1
- Maeser, Reinhard, 1855-1926 1
- Maeser, Sarah Caroline Shepherd 1
- Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
- McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 1
- McKinney, Clifford F. (Clifford Farrell), 1903-1996 1
- Needham, John 1
- Nielsen, Charles M. (Charles Magnus), 1856-1940 1
- Nielson, Emma Wartstill Mecham, 1858-1920 1
- Nielson, Frihoff Godfred, 1851-1935 1
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1
- Peterson, Zola, 1889-1971 1
- Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 1
- Prichard, George 1
- Prichard, John 1
- Primary Association (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
- Pulsifer family 1
- Pulsipher, John, 1827-1891 1
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
- Reynolds family 1
- Reynolds, George, 1842-1909 1
- Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
- Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
- Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 1
- Smith family 1
- Smith, Charles, 1819-1905 1
- Smoot, Isaac A. 1
- Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 1
- Snow, Mary Ann V., 1821-1907 1
- Snow, Sarah E. W., 1840- 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more