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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
An act regulating elections
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1954
Scope and Contents
One handwritten document. The item is a draft of a law regulating the election procedures in the Utah Territory. It is signed by Brigham Young, Willard Richards, and William W. Phelps.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An act relation to crimes and punishment
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2286
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legislative act passed by the Utah legislature on 6 March 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877) as governor of the Utah Territory. In 123 sections, the act describes the nature of crimes in the territory and the nature of punishment for breaking the law.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An act to create the office of a county treasurer in each county of the Territory of Utah and to define the duties thereof
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2368
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legislative act passed by the Utah territorial legislature on 3 Feb. 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The measure establishes the office of county treasurer in the counties of the Utah territory.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An act to incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 535
Scope and Contents
Handwritten act of the Georgia legislature to incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's. The item presents the terms of the establishing of the banking corporation. The manuscript is a "true copy of the original act" and was hand reproduced by J.W.A. Sanford, a secretary. Apparently, Sanford duplicated on the document the signatures of Joseph Day, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Robert M. Echols, President of the Senat; and by William Schley, Governor.
Dates:
1836
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Maria L. Acuña letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1118
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of holograph letters with typewritten copies made in Spanish and in English translation (4 items, 21 pages). Three of the letters were written in 1866-1867 by Maria L. Acuña of Chile to her brother, Rumardo Acuña, in San Francisco, California. She asks why he has not written for a long time, tells about family matters, and refers to the war Chile was having with Spain (1865-1866).The other letter was written by Maria del Socorro Contreras in 1909 and sent to her...
Dates:
1866-1909
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ansel Adams photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 379
Scope and Contents
Collection includes ten photographs by Ansel Adams of Western scenery, taken between 1936 and 1959.
Dates:
1936-1959
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arza Adams affidavit
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 971
Scope and Contents
Holograph document and statement of damages amounting to $775 sustained in the war with Chief Walker and his Utes due to Indian activities in Utah County, Utah in 1853.
Dates:
1855
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
Arza Adams diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 729
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries in four volumes. Also included are photocopies of the materials. Adams mentions his youth and starts his diaries in 1830. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836 and subsequently lived in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Dates:
1830-1844
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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