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Genealogies

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Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 736 Collections and/or Records:

Some thoughts for the new year / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

Southerner, the South High, Salt Lake City, Utah yearbook, 1932

 File — Box 28: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233649927], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2856 Series 10
Dates: Other: 1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2856, Lucile C. Tate papers / Lucile C. Tate collection of publications

Speirerman family correspondence and genealogical information

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313121]
Identifier: MSS SC 1559
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typed correspondence, genealogical information, patriarchal blessings, and various other family history items by and about the Speirerman family. The items mostly focus on the lives of Charles W. Speirerman and his wife Delilah Speirerman.

Dates: 1909-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Speirerman family correspondence and genealogical information

Mary Elizabeth Hendricks and John Dinnan Speirs journals and family records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2181
Scope and Contents

Includes her journal, kept while teaching school in Richmond, Utah, 1896-1897; personal histories written by her and her husband, John D. Speirs, which include information on their settlement in Tooele County, Utah; biography of Samuel Allen Hendricks; photocopied images of members of the Hendricks and Speirs families; and a family group sheet of Samuel A. Hendricks and his wife, Eliza.

Dates: 1848-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary Elizabeth Hendricks and John Dinnan Speirs journals and family records

Sidney B. Sperry papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 618
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, family papers, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia produced by Sperry. Materials document his professional and personal life, including his service at Brigham Young University, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in civic affairs. Pamphlet was published in 1936 as an orientation to in-coming freshmen. It gives information about important dates in the school year, available activities, and explanations of college jargon. Materials date...
Dates: 1921-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Sidney B. Sperry papers

Elijah Spray diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232941]
Identifier: MSS 711
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. There are not entries for 1874. Spray describes his life in Morley, Yorkshire, England. He migrated to Utah in 1878. Also included are letters, genealogies, and notes.

Dates: 1873-1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elijah Spray diary

St. George temple records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1663
Scope and Contents

Mormon temple records documenting the temple work which was done for various dead individuals by proxy. Many of the records are for the George Jarvis family.

Dates: 1910-1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / St. George temple records

Stanley Roy Knaak papers, 2001

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 4 File 69
Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers concerning Stanley Roy Knaak's service during World War II in the U.S. Navy aboard U.S.S. South Dakota as a Machinist Mate, 2nd Class. Contains a history, written by his wife Betty Knaak, of Knaak's service aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota and his participation in the Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942. Briefly mentions his service in the Atlantic and conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after the war. Also includes biography of Stanley written by his...
Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

Joseph O. Stradling, Jr. family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6013
Scope and Contents The collections consists primarily of genealogical material regarding the immediate ancestors and descendants of Joseph Obadiah Stradling, Jr. and Harriet Jane Lamb (photographs, personal histories, family group sheets, scrapbooks, news clippings, correspondence, etc.), but also contains the journals, personal scrapbooks, and Presidential (Arizona Temple)/patriarchal papers of Stradling himself, all of which cover the span of approximately 1824-1987. Included is a 300-page volume entitled...
Dates: 1891-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph O. Stradling, Jr. family papers

Emma Stratton family history book

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227605588]
Identifier: MSS 4086
Abstract

A family history book of the Emma Stratton family, 1700-1960.

Dates: 1700-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emma Stratton family history book

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