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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins League of 20 Million Americans petition, 1953

 File — Box 47: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233278438], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 1
Dates: Other: 1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins pamphlets and articles on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Bishop Indian Community, 1949

 File — Box 12: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233276234], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Dates: Other: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on American Indian affairs / Arthur V. Watkins tribal papers

Benjaminite Company request to the Nauvoo Legion, 1841 March 27

 Item — Box 4: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284212], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Dates: 1841 March 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on military units

Brigham Young Academy student petition to Bro. Talmage to give his lecture 'what to do till the doctor comes', 1886

 Item — Box 14: Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197227606784], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 3 Item 1
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / James E. Talmage academic papers from Brigham Young Academy

Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, and others petition to the Postmaster General of the United States, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 14: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550761], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Petition to the Postmaster General of the United States, copy, asking for a post office in the Council Bluffs area, to be called Tabernacle Post Office. Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Wilford Woodruff among names included. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane correspondence regarding Winter Quarters

Computer center correspondence, memos, and charts, 1968

 File — Box 458: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197239261248], Folder: 9
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 11 Sub-Series 4 File 9
Dates: 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on Auxiliary Services

Countries, visits and general--Brazil, 1916-1933

 File
Identifier: MSS 8680 File TSA_PER_122_1_2_424
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of a peteition issued by the scouting association in Brazil to the Brazilian government protesting the regulation of scouting by the government. Contains a letter and Brazilian scout propoganda sent by a judge who was also a scoutmaster in Brazil. Dated 1916-1933.

Dates: 1916-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8680, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Gilwell collection

Documents and corresponding affidavits, 1838-1842

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Each folder containts a document, coded HR 27A-G10.1 or something similar, relating an instance of persecution, and is accompanied by anywhere from 7 to 61 affidavits.

Dates: Other: 1838-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 942, National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

Food Services petition and reports, 1964

 File — Box 313: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197239259796], Folder: 28
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 7 Sub-Series 8 File 6
Dates: 1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on Auxiliary Services

Friends of the Battalion, 2012

 File — Box 53: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644753], Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 306
Scope and Contents

Contains Friends of the Battalion articles of incorporation, by-laws, membership cancellation petition, correspondence, copied photo, and newsletter. Materials dated 2012.

Dates: 2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

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