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Grant Lee Benson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 304
Abstract
Lesson outlines, notes, scriptural references, grammar and vocabulary words, word lists, publications, patriarchal blessings, and correspondence. Most of the materials relate to the Tahitian language and Benson's attempts to master it and use it in his missionary work.
Dates:
1917-1921
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Frederick William Benteen letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3039
Scope and Contents
Photostat copies of four handwritten and signed letters dated 2 July, 23 July, 24 July, and 30 July of 1876. Each item was addressed to Benteen's wife. Benteen writes about the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which took place on 25-26 June 1876, and his actions in the encounter. Also included is a photostat copy of a 25-page handwritten account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Benteen on an uncertain date. With the collection are typescripts of one of the letters and the...
Dates:
1876 July
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ole Hendriksen Berg letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2363
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.
Dates:
1886 May 2
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bernardo de Arratia letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1342
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter written in Spanish. The letter is an appeal recorded by the Secretary of the Province of the Holy Gospel for missionaries to serve in New Mex1co.
Dates:
1746
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John M. Bernhisel letter
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 8
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 18 Aug. 1841, composed in New York, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Bernhisel writes concerning the purchase of land in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Dates:
1841 August 18
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William E. Berrett correspondence
File
Identifier: MSS SC 2785
Scope and Contents
Approximately 50 items of handwritten and typewritten correspondence. The materials deal with his work with the Mormon Church educational system, his research on various Mormon Church topics, and with personal matters.
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William E. Berrett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1955
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, speeches, a biography, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Berrett's work with the Utah Committee on Children and Youth, his research on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' relationships with African-Americans, and various documents pertaining to his career as a professor at Brigham Young University, his time in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also included is Berett's autobiography and a biography of B. H. Roberts, the Mormon historian. Materials dated...
Dates:
1836-1993
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A. Jackson Best letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 143
Scope and Contents
ALS's written to Best's brother which describe Chimney Rock, Nebraska and experiences with buffalo. Most of the remaining letters are to Best's wife, Ann, and their children telling of his life and work in Sacramento and Petaluma, California as a rancher and bricklayer. Also includes an example of a Gregory's Express Pocket Letter Book and an 1850 November 5 letter from Augustus Best to A. Jackson Best.
Dates:
1850-1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Glen Betenson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1986
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports of judician hearings, receipts, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The materials relate to legal matters in Salt Lake County, Utah, court cases, personal taxes, and to the "Gay Nineties Players" theater group.
Dates:
1949-1981
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Calvin Bicknell letters to Jane Adeline Bicknell Young
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 212
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Bicknell's daughter, Jane Adeline Bicknell Young. Calvin Bicknell writes largely about family matters and states that he has never joined the Mormon Church. Jane was married to Joseph Young, a Mormon Church leader.
Dates:
approximately 1856-1866
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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