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Genealogies

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

Found in 736 Collections and/or Records:

Edith Scott histories

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233277950]
Identifier: MSS 1721
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten genealogies, histories, biographies, and diaries. Most of the materials relate to Mormons in Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Also included are diaries by James Smithies (1807-1879) and John Scott (1811-1876). Smithies' diary covers the years from 1846 to 1847 when he migrated to Utah. Scott's diary covers the years from 1855 to 1856 when he was serving on a mission in Great Britain for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1846-1987

Scrap of paper, 1939 December 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 14
Scope and Contents

Scrap of paper, attached to this bundle of letters, “Invoice of Value only to stamp collectors,” dated December 11, 1939.

Dates: 1939 December 11

Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1872-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: Other: 1872-1935

Secondary sources on John M. Bernhisel, circa 1909-1964

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 331 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains bibliographies, letters, genealogies, papers, obituaries, medical diplomas, certificates, and other materials.

Dates: Other: circa 1909-1964

September Sunflowers, Composition of Prose and Poetry, 1957

 File — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 313
Scope and Contents

By Charles R. Mabey, with introduction by Leo J. Muir.

Dates: 1957

A short history of the Hellewell family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345347]
Identifier: MSS 984
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of the Hellewell family. The Hellewells were a Mormon family that settled mainly in Utah and Idaho. Also included are family genealogies. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1960

Sidney B. Sperry family papers, approximately 1921-1971

 Series — Box 4: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197227663983], Folder: 2-4
Identifier: UA 618 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains Sperry family genealogy, pedigree chart, notes, list of family members and addresses, and published manuscript on the Sperry family in New England; typescript of the funeral services of Sperry's mother, Josephine Titcomb Sperry, and notice of hearing concerning her estate; and photographs of family, friends, and associates.

Dates: approximately 1921-1971

Simon Rettenpacher: A Monograph, Masters Thesis by George S. Tate, 1970 August

 File — Box 27: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233649919], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2856 Series 10

Robert H. Skelton collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481561]
Identifier: MSS 1597
Abstract

Collection of papers by or about Robert Hodgson Skelton. Included in the collection is Skelton's journal from his mission to India, plus a photocopy and transcription of the same. Also includes a petition for assistance to the people of Santa Cruz, California, by Skelton and other Mormon missionaries traveling to their missions without purse or scrip.

Dates: 1852-1941

Asael and Mary Duty Smith

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334606]
Identifier: MSS 1135
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of Asael Smith and Mary Duty Smith, the grandparents of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Also included are genealogies relating to the genealogy of Asael and Mary Duty Smith. The biographies are largely compilations of sources by Smith family members. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1950