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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

John Lyon bound journals and records, 1849-1884

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1849-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

John Lyon miscellaneous manuscripts, 1824-1896

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 3
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1824-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

John Lyon photographs, 1835-1906

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1835-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

John Lyon research collection by T. Edgar [Ted] Lyon Jr, 1803-1863

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 4
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1803-1863
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

John Lyon research files, 1803-1906

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 5
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1803-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

John Lyon scrapbook, 1803-1906

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1595 Series 6
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903); stories and poems (1824-1887); journals (1849-1884); photographic material (1850-1906); correspondence (1849-1878); and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Additional materials added in 2023

Dates: Other: 1803-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1595, John Lyon papers

Joseph Stevens Jones diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324953]
Identifier: MSS SC 2558
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary kept from 19 Feb. to 20 April 1853 while Jones was on board the "International" ship. Jones writes about Mormon Church activities during the crossing of the Atalantic from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Stevens Jones diary

John Lyon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1595
Abstract

Manuscripts of John Lyon and research materials assembled by his great grandson, T. Edgar Lyon, Jr., for a biography of John Lyon. The items include personal history documents (1853-1903), stories and poems (1824-1887), journals (1849-1884), photographic material (1850-1906), correspondence (1849-1878), and a scrapbook of obituaries and published articles by and about John Lyon.

Dates: 1803-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Lyon papers

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