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Beloit, Wisconsin letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1372
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from a clergyman of Beloit, Wisconsin to a Mrs. Boggs. The item contains reminiscences and personal experiences of the author as well as detailed physical and social descriptions of Beloit, Wisconsin, the authors new home. The author also describes the development of his church in Beloit as well as his plans to influence local politics and society.
Dates:
1846
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Bement and Alice Bement Fletcher correspondence
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3255
Scope and Contents
Twelve letters written between Charles and his half-sister Alice. Also contains one letter from Maria Josephine Hill Searle to Sarah Julia Hill Bement, Alice's mother. Most of the letters are written by Charles in Kanosh, Utah, and sent to Alice in Salt Lake. However, two of the letters were written by Charles while he was on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois. The letters deal primarily with family and local matters. Some letters are fairly detailed...
Dates:
1869-1889
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Terry Bender correspondence
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2116
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typewritten correspondence. The items relate to the value and accessibility of rare books. Many of the materials are also personal in nature and relate to the travels of Bender's friends.
Dates:
1962-1966
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Benjamin F. Johnson family correspondence and ephemera
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9512
Scope and Contents
Letters of the Benjamin F. Johnson family spanning 1864 to 1915. Letters were often written from Latter-day Saint communities within Utah and Arizona, particularly Richfield, Utah, and Mesa, Arizona, and usually to or from women. Includes a small number of ephemeral items such as receipts, a small decorative card with a poem, a small broadside with a song for the Babbitt family reunion in 1909, and a handwritten poem. All items were found in a leather wallet owned by Benjamin F. Johnson,...
Dates:
1864-1915
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Research materials relating to John Cook Bennett
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1301
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Dr. Frederick C. Waite and Dale L. Morgan, printed material, and numerous notes and references relative to the life and activities of John C. Bennett.
Dates:
1804-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wallace F. Bennett letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 819
Scope and Contents
The three letters of this collection were written on 1, 12, and 23 March 1962. The first and last of these were written by Bennett to William M. Timmins, Jr., (1936- ), and the second was written by Timmins. The letters deal with the topics of free trade and the lead-zinc mining industry.
Dates:
1962
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
Adam S. Bennion papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1
Scope and Contents
Speeches, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Bennion's personal, educational, business, and religious activities. The largest amount of the materials relate to his speeches. The bulk of correspondence is between other apostles and general authorities of the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1909-1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Howard S. Bennion genealogies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1889
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, family group sheets, parish registers, maps, notes, and genealogies. The materials relate to Bennion's genealogy and his efforts to learn more about his ancestors.
Dates:
1913-1967
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4060
Scope and Contents
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (writing from Washington D.C.) thanks Margaret Pitzer (Santa Cruz, California) for her recent letter. Margaret Pitzer has just visited Salt Lake City and has heard that Benson wants to run for a second term as Secretary of Agriculture. Benson corrects this rumor. He writes, "I am concerned only with being of service to the President and the American people during the present term," and that he is undecided about the next term. July 21, 1955. 1...
Dates:
1953 July 21
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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