Church Government
Found in 569 Collections and/or Records:
Clinton Branch records
Photocopy of a handwritten record book. The item includes minutes of branch organizational meetings and of sacrament meetings. Also included are records of baptism, blessings, and a list of families in the Clinton area to the year 1900.
H. H. Cluff diary
Handwritten diary (144 pages) by Harvey H. Cluff. Cluff records events relating to his church activities. He talks about church talks, church courts, and reactions to the activities of federal officials who were pursuing Church members because of the practice of polygamy. Cluff presents copies of letters written by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gives an account of his arrest for polygamy on April 30, 1887.
Collection of church history photographs
Contains oversize black and white photographs. Includes photographs of President Spencer W. Kimball as well as Mormons from different areas of the world, such as Tonga, the Navajo Nation, and unidentified countries in Africa or the Middle East. Dates from approximately 1946-1980.
Collection on Brigham Young University evolution packet
Contains a packet of articles pertaining to the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on evolution.
Collection on early Mormon history
Materials include typescripts of records on early Mormon history. Includes information on Joseph Smith, William Smith, and John Whitmer, and other early Church leaders. Dated 1830-1846.
Collection on Eureka, Utah
Contains photographs of members of the Eureka Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after a church meeting, a biographical sketch of Mina Orton Davey, and notes describing the aforementioned photographs. The photographs are dated approximately 1915 and the biographical sketch is dated 1939.
Zebedee Coltrin patriarchal blessing for Electa Bullock
Contains a patriarchal blessing given by Zebedee Coltrin to Electa Bullock, who later became the first wife of Abraham Owen Smoot II. The blessing was given in Provo, Utah. Dated November 12, 1876.
John T. Conk letter to Brigham Young
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 8 Nov. 1867, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Conk writes to Young to give up the "charge" of the "lower Mill" to John W. Young.
Phineus Woolcott Cook letter to Brigham Young
Handwritten and signed letter is addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Cook writes to Young concerning the need to purchase mill stones.