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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Early Utah business items, 1854-1908

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contract between Sidney A. Knowlton and O. B. Huntington— 6 February 1854. Letter—Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Company to Springville Cooperative Institution— 11 May 1887. Letter recommending a certain building site for the Price, Utah courthouse. Bids for building the Utah State Prison— October 1907 and 15 February 1908.

Dates: Other: 1854-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

Early Utah collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225547972]
Identifier: MSS 3147
Abstract

The items have been divided into five series: 1) Account Books, 1850–1881; 2) Letters, 1864-1912; 3) Business Items, 1854-1908; 4) Ephemera, 31 March 1866; and 5) Poem, 7 April 1868.

Dates: 1850-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Early Utah collection

Early Utah ephemera, 31 March 1866

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Playbill for the Salt Lake Theatre— 31 March 1866. Including: One playbill (31 x 8.5 cm) for the Salt Lake City Theatre. Advertising for The Creole; or, Love’s Fetters, staring Julia Dean Hayne [Brigham Young’s favorite actress]; Handy Andy!; and The Magic Spell!! Folder also includes a photocopy of the playbill.

Dates: Other: 31 March 1866
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

Early Utah letters, 1864-1912

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 2
Scope and Contents note Letter—Joseph S. Roberson to Nathan Stein— 19 October 1864. Including: One letter, approximately four lines long, written on The Overland Stage Line, Ben Holladay, Prop’r. letterhead. Roberson tells Stein he has arrived in Salt Lake and expects to be installed as agent within a day or two.Letter—Giles Moses to Alonzo Moses— 18 March 1865. Including: One letter (a folio with four pages), written by Giles Moses of Salt Lake to Alonzo Moses of Morgan, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Giles...
Dates: Other: 1864-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

Early Utah poetry, 7 April 1868

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Poem—Ten years old, by Louisa Lula Greene Richards— 7 April 1868. Including: A one page, holograph poem, written by Louisa in Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, and addressed To my dear brother Daniel Kent Greene, on his tenth birthday. Apr. 7-1868. Folder also includes a photocopy of the poem.

Dates: Other: 7 April 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

Edgar Snow papers, 1928-1994

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 8 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains information written by or about Edgar Parks Snow. Includes correspondence, poetry, manuscripts, articles about Red Star Over China and other literature, notes, articles on Edgar written or typed by Helen and others, symposium speeches about Edgar, financial papers, obituaries, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1928-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow miscellaneous materials

Editor's comments and notes on The Root and the Branch Project , undated

 File — Box 84: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227636708], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 14 File 1
Scope and Contents

Comments and notes compiled as a film for television. Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on The Root and the Branch

Edna Coray Dyer’s poetry, date of production not identified

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 31197231055754], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1422
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1422, Coray family papers

Eleusinia

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310192]
Identifier: MSS SC 1245
Scope and Contents

Original typescript (title page and seven leaves of text with corrections) of the poem cycle "Eleusinia." The manuscript is signed by Machen and Lytton Armstrong.

Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eleusinia

Elias : An Epic of the Ages, canto eight, 1914

 File — Box 2: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231038446], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include canto eight ("The Ensign") of Orson F. Whitney's epic poem "Elias: An Epic of the Ages." Dated 1914.

Dates: 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 15, Orson F. Whitney papers / Orson F. Whitney writings / Orson F. Whitney manuscript for Elias : An Epic of the Ages

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