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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 448 Collections and/or Records:

Orson F. Whitney poetry, L-M, date of production not identified

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038594], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include poetry written by Orson F. Whitney, alphabetically organized by letters L through M. They cover a range of topics including nature, England, the Book of Mormon, social conventions, relationships, and, most of all, love. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified

Orson F. Whitney poetry, N-S, date of production not identified

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038594], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include poetry written by Orson F. Whitney, alphabetically organized by titles that begin with the letters N through S. Subjects include history, religion, poetry, writing, and gender roles. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified

Orson F. Whitney poetry, T-W, date of production not identified

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038594], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include poetry written by Orson F. Whitney, alphabetically organized by titles starting with the letters T through W. He wrote of religion, God, Joseph Smith, the human condition, nature, people he knew, and abstract ideas such as truth and love. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified

Orson F. Whitney poetry, untitled and A-B, approximately 1888-1904

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038594], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Materials include poetry written by Orson F. Whitney. There are copies of poems and speeches that are heavily annotated in pencil or charcoal. The poems appear to have been compiled by Whitney after the publication of "Poetical Writings" in December 1889. Some of the poems are compiled in sections labeled in parts, with explanatory notes before the poems. The poems themselves are about religion, history, and nature. Arranged alphabetically with undated materials at the beginning. Dated...
Dates: approximately 1888-1904

Orson F. Whitney untitled works, date of production not identified

 File — Box 2: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038446], Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Materials include originals and transcriptions of rough drafts of poetry, articles, historical writings, fiction, and a footnoted copy of the King Follett discourse. Subjects of materials include a manuscript about Jerusalem and the Church, Wilford Woodruff's many childhood accidents and injuries, and notes for lectures. Some of the materials are annotated and edited by Whitney himself. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified

Orson F. Whitney writings, approximately 1842-1930

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials contain originals and transcriptions of writings by Orson F. Whitney including poetry, religious material, non-religious material, his epic poem, "Elias: An Epic of the Ages," his history of Utah, transcriptions and notes of the King Follett Sermon, and the Church history series "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: A History." There are also various clippings and reprints from newspapers, magazines, and general conference talks. Dated approximately 1842-1930.

Dates: approximately 1842-1930

Orson F. Whitney writings of others, approximately 1842-1918

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Materials include magazines, articles, sermons, and poetry by other authors collected by Orson F. Whitney. There is material written by famous authors as well as less famous members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It seems that someone at one point had gathered these clippings and keepsakes into a scrapbook of some sort. Date of production not identified.

Dates: approximately 1842-1918

Osmond, Alfred, 1904-1971

 File — Box 134: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008613], Folder: 35
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1

Our good time is in the present / by Elder W.G. Mills

 Item — Box 3: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550266], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1421 Series 3