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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2749 Collections and/or Records:

Arrest warrant

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289872]
Identifier: Vault MSS 402
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed arrest warrant, dated 6 Dec. 1842, and written in Nauvoo, Illinois. As mayor, Smith signs a warrant ordering the marshall of Nauvoo to arrest Amos Davis who had been accused of assault by William C. Walker. On the reverse is a statement saying that Davis was brought before a city court.

Dates: 1842

Leonard J. Arrington letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7667
Scope and Contents This collection contains 28 folders, housed in 2 hollinger boxes. The collection is approximately 1500 pages long. This collection is a compilation of letters that Arrington wrote to his children once they were all out of the house. His secretary, Chris Croft, typed and xeroxed a large portion of the letters. However, later most of the letters were typed out by Arrington. The letters also contain a few diary excerpts and newspaper clippings that Arrington sent to his children. The letters...
Dates: 1972-1999

Articles, 1930, 1935

 Series — Box 6: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197227607451], Folder: 11-12
Identifier: MSS 4034 Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection includes correspondence between S. Norman Lee and his daughter Ora from the period of 1902 to 1963. Includes some additional letters written by Lee's wife Ida, and his parents S. Nielsen and Emma Lee. Collection also includes an autobiography by Lee, and biography of Lee by William L. Knecht.

Dates: 1930; 1935

Articles and other material on Mark Hofmann Mormon-related forgeries, 1978-1988

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1571 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains articles and other documents concerning each of Hofmann's Mormon-related forgeries, dated between 1822 and 1912. Numbers on folder titles correspond to those listed on the "Main Forgeries..." sheet in the forgery lists and indexes folder (Box 6, Folder 5). Materials dated 1978-1988.

Dates: 1978-1988

Articles, clippings, and other material on Mark Hofmann rumored documents, 1985-1987

 Series — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232481223], Folder: 21-22
Identifier: MSS 1571 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains articles, clippings, and other documents regarding the rumored Oliver Cowdery History and the William E. McLellin papers (undated since imaginary, but probably would have been in the 1830s or so). Materials dated 1985-1987.

Dates: 1985-1987

Articles on the feminist movement

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230355957]
Identifier: MSS 7489
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of original, photocopied, and printed articles concerning the feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Many of the articles deal with the interaction between Mormons and the feminist movement, including the reactions of Church members to the Equal Rights Amendment. This collection dates from 1971 to 1982.

Dates: 1971-1982

As a bee gathereth honey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308139]
Identifier: MSS SC 1019
Abstract

My first day of visiting teaching in Quito, Ecuador.

Dates: 1978

Lorraine Morton Ashton collection on Ermel J. Morton

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6273
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of papers relating to the dictionary Ermel J. Morton, a Mormon missionary who went to Tonga, created from English to Tongan and Tongan to English, his accounts of his mission and translating the Book of Mormon, a history of his wife, a catalog of his materials from home, a typed copy of the talks at his funeral and a Tongan grammar book. There is also a book written about the time the family spent in Tonga.

Dates: 1956-2011

Brent Ashworth collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 1086
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous assortment of photocopies of manuscripts related to the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois and Utah, including financial and legal documents, letters, notes, and other documents. Materials dated 1830-1956, with the bulk dated from 1837 to 1892.

Dates: 1830-1956; Majority of material found within 1837-1892

William Frank Atkin papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484912]
Identifier: MSS 341
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, and a biography. The diaries relate to Atkin's missions to New Zealand from 1903 to 1906 and from 1916 to 1918. The correspondence is from family members and friends and largely relates to family matters and to Atkin's missionary activities. The biography is a history of Atkin's father, Thomas Atkin (1833-1919), who was a Mormon pioneer that was active in Tooele County politics. The biography also includes information about the Mormon response to the Utah...
Dates: 1883-1919