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Found in 569 Collections and/or Records:

Record book of the 175th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225532933]
Identifier: MSS 3277
Abstract Contains information on the 135th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake. Includes personal information of Quorum members and minutes. Digital copy of a record book containing information (pp. 4-7) about 135 Quorum of Seventy members; including: names, births (date, town, county, country), parents' names, baptisms (by whom, dates), ordinations (by whom, date), residences, and deaths. The book also contains minutes (pp. 20-106) from the Quorum meetings covering the dates February 10,...
Dates: 1901-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Record book of the 175th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake

A history of Lewella Rees Christiansen / by Lewella R. Christiansen

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1494
Scope and Contents A typed autobiography titled, "A history of Lewella Rees Christiansen" by Lewella R. Christiansen, edited by John R. Christiansen, dated November 12, 1990. Lewella Rees Christiansen was the wife of ElRay L. Christiansen, who worked in the seminary program and was a general authority for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lewella discusses ElRay's career and callings within the church, living in Logan, Utah, presiding over the Texas-Louisiana mission and serving in the Salt Lake...
Dates: 1990 November 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A history of Lewella Rees Christiansen / by Lewella R. Christiansen

Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1885-1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from various family members, including: Wilford Woodruff, Emma L. Woodruff, Helen Winters Woodruff, Avery Clark Woodruff, Asahel Woodruff, and other family members. Also contains Woodruff's mission correspondence to his family. Dated 1885 to 1904.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1900-1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Includes papers regarding the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, miscellaneous receipts, and miscellaneous correspondence (including invitations and announcements and letters from DeForrest Richards, governor of Wyoming), autobiography of Avery Clark Woodruff Lambert, and material relating to the reburial of Abraham and Helen Woodruff. Letters are filed in alphabetical order. Dated 1900 to 1904.

Dates: 1900-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff journals and notebooks, 1894-1902

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains Woodruff's mission journals, the first from January 23, 1894, to October 31, 1894, the second from October 1, 1895 to May 26, 1896. Another journal from January 1, 1899 to December 31, 1900, a journal from October 1, 1901 to April 24, 1902, a letter record book beginning in 1894, a notebook from 1898, and a letter book from March 6, 1900 to April 18, 1900.

Dates: 1894-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1894- 1904

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains miscellaneous mission correspondence, including several letters written in German. It also includes correspondence with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Mexico and correspondence with many prominent Church leaders, including Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith, Joseph F. Smith, and Lorenzo Snow, among others, as well as miscellaneous religious correspondence. Also contains correspondence with members of the United States Congress. Dated 1894 to...
Dates: 1894- 1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Abraham Owen Woodruff scrapbooks and notebooks

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 777 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a scrapbook of various dried plants, a book of music, and a notebook belonging to Helen Winter, Woodruff's first wife. Undated.

Dates: 1885-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 777, Abraham Owen Woodruff papers

Adelaide Neilson McAllister papers, 1951-1975

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7511 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the personal papers of Adelaide McAllister. These include her papers relating to the National Mother’s Association, the New York Stake primary and other musical organizations. There is also correspondence relating to these organizations.

Dates: 1951-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7511, G. Stanley McAllister papers

Advocate : manuscript newspaper

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335322]
Identifier: MSS SC 3321
Scope and Contents

The Advocate is a manuscript newspaper issued monthly in the First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ogden, Utah. This issue was edited by Frances Wood and Lizzie Fellows and seems to be a rough draft. It contains poetry, stories, and essays.

Dates: 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Advocate : manuscript newspaper

Alpine Stake organized

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340785]
Identifier: MSS 2505
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten list. The item lists the name of stake officers when the Alpine Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in American Fork, Utah, was organized on 20 Jan. 1901.

Dates: 1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alpine Stake organized

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