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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2749 Collections and/or Records:

Ephraim Weston letter

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239255059]
Identifier: MSS 3820
Scope and Contents Materials include a handwritten letter written April 10, 1844 in Hancock, New Hampshire. The letter is addressed to close family friends, the James Cunningham family of Rockford, Illinois. The letter includes memories of past interactions as well as an update on the Weston family. Notably, Weston asks for informatin about the Mormons, explaining that some of his friends are falling the "false delution" of Joseph Smith. He also notes that his uncle has sold his property and intends to join...
Dates: 1844 April 10

Betty Holladay Westwood newspaper clippings on Ervil M. LeBaron

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340983]
Identifier: MSS SC 2936
Scope and Contents

Contains clippings from San Diego area newspapers regarding Ervil LeBaron, leader of the Mormon fundamentalist polygamist group, "The Church of the Lamb of God," and the San Diego murder trial of LeBaron's polygamist wife, Vedona White.

Dates: 1978

Clarence L. Wheaton letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321777]
Identifier: MSS SC 2301
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter, dated on 29 April, 1945, and addressed to Frank S. Hawkins. Wheaton responds to Hawkins' request on information about the copyright of the "Book of Commandments (Doctrine and Covenants).

Dates: 1945 April 29

John Mills Whitaker diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 293
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten transcripts of a handwritten journal. The items were originally kept in Pitman shorthand. The entries are extensive and detailed. Whitaker was raised in Centerville, Utah but lived much of his adult life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whitaker details his life and activities and makes observations on Utah society, the Mormon Church, and state and national politics. He had numerous callings in the Mormon Church and served as a missionary for that faith in the...
Dates: 1883-1949

Interviews with John Mills Whitaker

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9627
Scope and Contents

Three reel-to-reel 1/4 inch audio tapes containing interviews with John Mills Whitaker in 1958. John discusses events from his life, as well as interactions with presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the manifesto on polygamy. The interviewee is not identified.

Dates: 1958

William Whitaker sketches of university presidents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5751
Scope and Contents

Contains pencil sketches of all of the presidents of Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University from Warren N. Dusenberry to Rex E. Lee created by William Whitaker. Each of these are framed for housing purposes. The date of production of materials is 1996.

Dates: 1996 April

Alvin Bryon White papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232568599]
Identifier: MSS 3705
Scope and Contents

Contains journals, photographs, and other material relating to White's mission in England from 1913 to 1915. Also contains photographs and other material from the White and Thorup family, dated from 1905 to 1960.

Dates: 1905-1960; Majority of material found within 1913-1915

Charles H. White and John Francis Perkins journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043578]
Identifier: MSS 2209
Scope and Contents

The collection contains six journals of Charles H. White beginning on May 17, 1899 - March 5, 1901, plus one missionary notebook. It also contains one volume of the Southern States Mission Journal of John Francis Perkins, July 14, 1899 - June 11, 1900, and two copies of Perkins' missionary blessing given by President Seymour B. Young.

Dates: 1899-1901

Claude L. White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1817
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, a play script, and a missionary tracting book. The materials relate to White's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Northwestern States Mission from 1915 to 1917. The diaries are for the years from 1915 to 1916 and for 1963. Most of the correspondence are between White and family members, but some are also with Melvin J. Ballard, a Mormon official who became an apostle in 1919.

Dates: 1915-1963

White horse prophecy

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 244
Scope and Contents

Handwritten prophecy supposedly related by John J. Roberts and Edwin Rushton in 1843 by Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and written down some time later. The item is called the "White Horse Prophecy" or the "Horse Shoe Prophecy." The dating of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1900