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Photocopies of typed discourses, testimonies, and other commentary by Dennis Short. He states his disagreemnents with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, and other church leaders, as well as thoughts on gun ownership. Documents are titled House of Short. Dated approximately 1970-1979.

Scope and Contents Contains a collection of cassette tapes, videotapes, newspaper and magazine articles, and webpages that are all related in some way to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials provide an insight into the Church in popular media. Included in the collection are recordings from various organizations and publications that are anti-Mormon in nature, or intellectually exploratory of Church doctrine. Many of the recordings come from the Sunstone Symposium and various Utah radio...

Scope and Contents Letter (one folded sheet, 32 x 39 cm folded to 32 x 20 cm) from R.H. Smith in Hancock County, Illinois, to his uncle, John Saltar, Sr., in Pemberton, New Jersey. Smith recounts the experiences of Saltar's son, John Saltar, Jr., in the Battle of Nauvoo. The younger Saltar was part of the anti-Mormon forces who attacked the city. Smith provides some details from the anti-Mormon perspective about the battle, including the number of forces involved and the number of casualties on each side. He...

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Color copy of a letter from Evan Austin Williams, writing from Willard, Utah, to his parents in Wales. In his letter, Williams talks about armies being sent to destroy the Mormons and shares his testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Mormon religion. He also inquires about other family in Wales and talks about his own, including his son, Noah. Dated January 22, 1863.