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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Lorenzo Snow letters to Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289799]
Identifier: Vault MSS 410
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two handwritten and signed letters addressed to Margaret P. Young. The items are a birthday greeting from Snow and his wife, Minnie Jensen Snow, and a call for Young to work in the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1893-1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Snowflake Stake Academy (Snowflake, Ariz.) ephemera

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312628]
Identifier: MSS SC 1437
Scope and Contents

Printed ephemera relating to commencement exercises at the academy as well as dedicatory services for a new academy building. Also included is a program for a recital at the Taylor Ward House.

Dates: 1909-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Snyder family genealogies

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 465
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogies, biographical sketches, historical accounts, patriarchal blessings, temple work sheets, and family photographs of the Snyder family of Germany and Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The patriarchal blessings were given to family members that joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The lists of temple work done for dead family members were also produced by the those who joined the LDS Church.

Dates: 1870-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Johan Söderholm journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7866
Scope and Contents Collection contains photocopies of the journal of Johan Söderholm and of the translation of the journal from Swedish to English. The journal covers the period from 1867 to 1895, with the majority of events mentioned occurring between 1867 and 1873. The translation was made in 1981 by his great-grandson Carl R. Sederholm. Johan gives his story and thoughts of converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his wife Carolina. The journal describes Church life in southern...
Dates: 1867-1895, 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Henry Solomon autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 909
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Also included are brief biographies of family members and patriarchal blessings. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Solomon writes about joining the Mormon Church, migrating to Utah, serving on a mission to the Indians of Arizona, meeting John D. Lee, and moving to Kanab, Utah.

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Henry Solomon's diary of the Arizona mission

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305465]
Identifier: MSS SC 790
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Discusses in detail the daily life of Mormon missionaries among the Indians on the Arizona frontier and the problems with the Indians that eventually forced the missionaries to withdraw to Kanab, Utah, in 1874. Some personal and family matters are also covered, including divorce from one of the author's plural wives. Excerpts from other records of Solomon's are included at the end of the record to cover gaps in the main diary. Notes by the compiler, P. T. Reilly, are...
Dates: 1873-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hans Christian Sørensen diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2502
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries kept in English while Sorensen served as a missionary for the Mormon Church. Sorensen was a native of Denmark and spent most of his time working in that country. Sorensen writes of his daily activities and about the condition of the Mormon Church in Denmark. Dated 1887-1889.

Dates: 1887-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Peter Sorensen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1453
Scope and Contents Collection includes diaries, genealogy, finanical records, and an autobiography, dated from 1879 to 1920. Sorensen writes about his dreams, family, finances, and opinions of various books, church meetings, and the doctrine of plural marriage. He also tells about his experiences as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, and Sweden. Genealogy records included in a family record detailing the births, marriages, and deaths of John...
Dates: 1879-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Harmon S. Sowards mission diary and day-book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348721]
Identifier: MSS 1294
Scope and Contents

Relates activities and experiences. Includes a certificate of release and thanks for service rendered in the Eastern States Mission, signed by Mission President, Ben E. Rich. Day books give an accound of LDS publications distributed and missionary activities.

Dates: 1911-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Belle S. Spafford Paris Relief Society talk

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350933]
Identifier: MSS 6002
Abstract

Relief Society talk of Belle S. Spafford from 1964, given in Paris, France.

Dates: 1895-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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