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Genealogies

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

Found in 739 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Palmer papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243674]
Identifier: MSS SC 591
Scope and Contents

Typescripts (some duplicated), printed forms with typescript entries, and photographs (photocopies). The collection includes life sketches of Palmer and his first wife, Patience D. P. Palmer. Tells of persecutions in Missouri, immigration to Utah, and teaching school in Fayette, Utah. Includes two photographs and genealogical data.

Dates: undated

Adelia C. Parker and Joseph Faulkner Parker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3097
Scope and Contents

Contains items collected by the family including a war medal, a missionary journal, obstetrics records and supplies, patriarchal blessings, and hair clippings. Dated 1797-1949.

Dates: 1797-1949

Ruth Louise Partridge papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1544
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers of Partridge, including correspondence and letters, typescripts, Minutia newspaper columns, news clippings and articles, genealogical and historical information, written stories, nursing information, and other personal information concerning her professional, volunteer and private activities. Also includes information on George Shepherd Taylor and George M. Taylor. Materials date from between 1862 and 1955.

Dates: approximately 1862-1955

William Schaubel Partridge papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2342
Scope and Contents He joined the army in 1942 and trained as a pilot in California, Texas, and New Mexico. Contains photocopies and originals of family histories; AAF (Army Air Force) documents including orders; promotions, and pay papers; original copies of "Stars and Stripes" military newspaper that Partridge used as a form of communication to his family about military operations he participated in (Partridge communicated by placing a check on side of the article that relates to him); a memorial booklet...
Dates: circa 1935-1999

John Patten, Sr. and John Patten, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 128
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers of John Patten, Sr. and his son John Patten, Jr., early converts to the Mormon Church from Indiana. Papers of John Patten, Sr. include a land deed, ordination certificate, receipt, and genealogical records. Papers of John Patten, Jr. include a patriarchal blessing by Isaac Morley, receipts, and an ordination certifcate. Dated 1827-1900.

Dates: 1827-1900

Achsa E. Paxman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2239
Scope and Contents

Personal and family papers of Achsa Eggertsen Paxman, including diaries, notebooks, letters, photographs, speeches, poetry, and ephemera. Also contains Paxman and Eggertson family papers, particularly related to funerals and memorials of various people, as well as family histories and genealogies, and the Latter-day Saint mission papers of William Monroe Paxman to New Zealand. Materials dated 1859 to 1975.

Dates: 1859-1975

Lauritz G. Petersen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8609
Scope and Contents

Contains Petersen's personal Gospel Topics files (including two missionary books written by Rose Marie Reid), lecture notes from church and school, family history, correspondence, writings, photographs, and journals. Includes information on the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as Petersen's work at the Church Historical Department. Materials are dated 1935-1999.

Dates: 1935-1999

H. Donl Peterson research collection on the Book of Abraham

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2019
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the research of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price conducted by H. Donl Peterson. Includes research files, photocopies of newspapers, materials from books, probate records, and genealogical information. Details the early exploration of Egypt from the 18th and 19th centuries and Antonio Lebolo’s travel and discovery of Ancient Egyptian antiquities and manuscripts, Michael H. Chandler’s acquisition of the lost mummies and papyri, and their...
Dates: 1964-1994

Photograph and clipping of Quaker meeting house, 1938

 File — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233632782], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a section from the "Bloomsburg Morning Press," dated July 30, 1938, featuring a partial article, "Society Will Unveil Tablet," and photo of an old Quaker meeting house in Catawissa, Pennsylvania (bronze marker to be revealed by the Delta Society). Also included is a photo of an old clipping of the meeting house from a different perspective (with a note that it was built in 1785), but undated.

Dates: 1938

Poetry written for James Kane, 1846 February 14

 Item — Box 2a: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550647], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Poetry written for James Kane, dated February 14, 1846.

Dates: 1846 February 14