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John Austin Abbott mission diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7963
Scope and Contents
Contains five volumes of photocopied pages from the mission diaries of John Austin Abbott. Abbott served in the New Zealand Mission, and these diaries detail his daily occasions. He talks about his time with the Mormon Church, their lives, the weather, and baptism numbers. Dated 1899-1901.
Dates:
1898-1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3260
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. Adams joined the Mormon Church in 1836 and served as missionary for that faith in Canada. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Dates:
approximately 1840-1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Adams diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2328
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Adams lived in Oakley, Idaho, and writes about his daily routine. He was concerned about his health, the weather, and farm work. He also tells about various meetings for the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1912-1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Adoption record from Manti Temple
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1937
Scope and Contents
Handwritten temple record. The item verifies that four women were adopted by proxy as daughters of the Mormon Apostle, Daniel H. Wells, and his wife, Eliza Wells. The four women were from the Lee family and died between 1847 and 1859.
Dates:
1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates:
1857-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James B. Allen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2183
Abstract
The collection of professional papers of James B. Allen, includes drafts and research files for various books, correspondence, class lecture notes and other papers. Manuscripts include those for The Story of The Latter-day Saints, The Company Town in the American West, Men with a Mission and Hearts Turned to the Fathers.
Dates:
approximately 1950-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mark K. Allen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2031
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, personal and professional papers, printed materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Brigham Young University professor of psychology, Mark K. Allen, his mother, Inez Knight Allen, and his grandfather who was a Utah businessman and financier, Jesse Knight. Allen's papers include professional records dealing with the tenure and chairmanship of the Psychology Department at BYU (1946-1975). Papers also deal with Allen as a student and his faculty years at BYU,...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The "Americanization" of Utah for statehood / Gustive O. Larson
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1300
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of book prior to publication. Presents the struggle of Utah for statehood, including all aspects and conditions relative to the practice of plural marriage and the issue of the "Woodruff Manifesto".
Dates:
1971
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Niels G. Anderson minutes
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2021
Scope and Contents
One handwritten minute book. The volume contains information concerning the membership, meetings, and administrative conduct of the Emery Ward.
Dates:
1899-1916
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Richard B. Anderson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8430
Content Description
Collection contains correspondence between Anderson and his parents as well as other family members. Other letters included are from various family members to other family members and document their lives at the time including school, work, family life, and missions. Also included are newspaper clippings and articles particularly related to Richard's parents (H. Duane and Leola Seely Anderson) and their service as mission president and matron in the French Mission, and a diary kept by his...
Dates:
1918-1991
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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