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An appeal to the president of the United States
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 241
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy of a letter appealing to the president of the United States, James K. Polk. The item was copied in 1890, but the original was dated 1 June 1846. The letter states that the Mormons have been persecuted and appealed for aid. It is believed that Polk's call for volunteers to fight in the war with Mexico was an answer to this request. The "Mormon Battalion" was formed in consequence.
Dates:
1846 June 1
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Argosy Pictures Corporation business records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1849
Scope and Contents
The records provide insight into legal and tax aspects of film production, as well as documenting the search for suitable story material and researching aspects of a film before production. Includes correspondence; legal, financial, and personnel records; story ideas; a scrapbook; photographs; and other documentation.
Dates:
1939-1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
R. Arizpe letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1335
Dates:
1826
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Anthony Armstrong papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1510
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical materials, publishers' correspondence and contracts, and manuscripts for literary works. Anthony Armstrong flourished from 1924 to 1976 and was known for writing in several literary genres, including historical, humorous, crime, and country novels; humorous short stories; drama; nonfiction works; and film and radio scripts.
Dates:
1920-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Chester Alan Arthur pardon
File — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2036
Scope and Contents
Handwritten pardon issued by the office of the president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) and signed by him. The item pardons John J. Kelly of Utah for crimes of "bigamy or polygamy and unlawful cohabitation."
Dates:
1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arthur Lennig papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1776
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of books with handwritten corrections, correspondence, articles, research notes, short stories, and photographs. The materials relate to the history of motion pictures in the United States and to the career of the actor, Bela Lugosi.
Dates:
1900-1977
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Josette B. Ashford papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6137
Scope and Contents
Contains Josette Ashford's personal scrapbook of photographs, postcards, correspondence and clippings detailing her life from the early 1920s until about 1999 and course materials as a professor of French and Italian at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Also included are linguistics research and publications, handouts, articles, news clippings, poetry, and literary/linguistic analysis note card files from 1951 to 1990. It also includes her life history.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Isaac Asimov letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 508
Scope and Contents
Letters from Asimov to his editor, Walter I. Bradbury, and other members of the editorial staff at Doubleday and Company, Inc., including Betty Shapian, Tim Seldes, Natalie Greenberg, Gretchen Eisner, Laurence P. Ashmead, and Wendy Weil. The letters discuss some personal matters; contract provisions, royalty agreements, and publication rights; and manuscript corrections. They also trace the development and eventual publication of various books, including "Isaac Asimov's Biographical...
Dates:
1950-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Annie Atkin letters
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4240
Scope and Contents
Annie Atkin letters, 1914-1917 includes letters to and from Annie Tate Atkin. Letters from her mother, Elizabeth De La Mare Tate, comprise the bulk of the collection, with a few letters from her siblings Leland, Luella, Edith, and Charles (who was serving a mission in the LDS Southern States Mission).
Dates:
1914-1918
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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