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Donald Q. Cannon research materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1800
Scope and Contents
Photocopies and microfilmed copies of letters, pamphlets, newspaper artilces, sections of books, maps, biographies, histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church, to its early leaders and presidents, and to the genealogies of early prominent members of that faith. The materials were acquired in various research institutions in Massachusetts.
Dates:
1766-1977
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Donald Q. Cannon research materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2005
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and typed letters, histories, interviews, diaries, pamphlets, and newspapers. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church; Joseph Smith, second president of the Mormon Church; and his family. Interviewees include Smith family members and those who knew them. The items were copied by Donald Q. Cannon as part of the continuing Mormon Church History Sources Project.
Dates:
1840-1981
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The Church Under Brigham Young, 1844-1847
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 816
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while Brigham Young served as its president. Margarett Young writes about Brigham Young's leadership and his impact on the faith. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.
Dates:
1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Martha Coray notebook
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents
Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Letter to Singer Sewing Machine Company
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 206
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and unsigned letter, not in the hand of Brigham Young. The item is dated December 3, 1876 and is a notice to the Singer Sewing Machine Company concerning the rent on property. J. W. Corey is listed as the agent for the company.
Dates:
1876 December 3
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Smith, Jr. indenture
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 87
Scope and Contents
Handwritten, signed, and printed indenture dated 26 April 1844. Smith makes an agreement with William Richards regarding a sale of land in Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was signed by Smith, W. W. Phelps, and William Clayton.
Dates:
1844 April 26
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Van Cott papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1743
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, and a family history. The correspondence is between Van Cott and family members. Also included are handwritten and signed letters from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, to Van Cott. The diaries cover the time when Van Cott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1852 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1862. He was in Iowa City, Iowa, when the first handcart companies left for Utah.
Dates:
1838-1913
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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