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Isaura Bentley Abegg diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1642
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries for the years 1952, 1964, and 1966 through 1971. Abegg was a student at Brigham Young University in 1952 and was closely associated with the university in later years. She talks of her daily activities, association with Brigham Young University, and Mormon Church responsibilities.
Dates:
1952-1971
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An act in relation to Utah Library
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 539
Scope and Contents
Handwritten act of the Utah territorial legislature establishing the Utah Library. The librarian over the institution was under a two-year legislative appointment and was given a budget of $6000. The librarian was given authority to conduct all business relating to the library. The main purpose of the library was to provide materials for the legislature, but items could be made available to federal officials and private citizens of Utah at the discretion of the librarian. The document...
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James J. Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.
Dates:
approximately 1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Merle V. Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.
Dates:
1934-2014
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 350
Scope and Contents
Holograph descriptions of events in Torrey, Escalante, Teasdale, Hurricane, Orderville and St. George, Utah, the latter the location of Adams' photographic studio.
Dates:
1935-1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Addendum to Theo A. Phillips biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1839
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous items relating to a biography of Theo A. Phillips. The articles include letters (one is in Welsh), patriarchal blessings in the Mormon Church, and Phillips family histories. The Phillips family is a Mormon family which originated in Great Britain.
Dates:
1871-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Address book for Utah
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2674
Scope and Contents
Handwritten addresses for people living in Utah, primarily Utah County. Some references were written also for persons in neighboring states.
Dates:
1924
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
Allen family papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2337
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed correspondence, certificates, deeds, postcards, family histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the private and legal activities of the Allen family.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ida Lowry Allen journal
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6029
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one journal with daily entries for the year 1888. The journal chronicles family temple trips, extended family gatherings, church and Sunday school meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manti, Utah, as well as various other recreation, work, and church-related activities. Also contains a transcript of the original journal.
Dates:
1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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