Relief Society
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Mary A. Porter family papers
Collection contains minutes, notes, histories, genealogy, yearbooks, and other material related to the Porter and Ashby families. Includes documentation from Mary Ashby Porter's service in the Relief Society, as well as family papers. Materials date from between 1925 and 2005.
Rex C. Reeve Jr. collection on Northern Indian Mission
Contains materials on the Northern Indian Mission collected by Reeve, including scrapbooks, pedagogical materials, newsletters, photographs, reports, clippings. Dated 1966-1973.
Relief Society newsletters
Relief Society newsletters from the Valley View Fifth Ward dated 1993 to 2003.
Relief Society record book
Includes meeting minutes and financial entries. The record chronicles the Relief Society of the West Joran Ward, 1868-1877; North Jordan Ward, 1877-1892; and Taylorsville Ward (renamed from North Jordan Ward), 1892-1897. Includes a typed transcript, prepared by BYU Special Collections and Manuscripts, of the record book.
Relief Society record books
Eight volumes containing names and addresses of ward Relief Society members, attendance and donation records, minutes of ward Relief Society meetings and conferences, summaries of lessons presented, and accounts of other activities. A folder at the end of the collection contains a few loose papers.
Alice C. Smith interview
Typescript of an interview conducted by Harvard Heath on 25 October 1985. Also included are the audiocassettes from which the interview was transcribed. Smith talks about her work with the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints and her experiences as wife of a mission president in Austria.
Amanda Barnes Smith history
Photocopy and typescript of handwritten notes on the Great Salt Lake City Relief Society and the autobiography of Amanda Smith, which includes a detailed description of the Haun's Mill Massacre.
Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography
Photocopy of a 260-page handwritten autobiography. Smith includes copies of correspondence and patriarchal blessings in her account. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837, lived with the Mormons in Missouri and Illinois, married George Albert Smith in 1841, allowed him to take additional wives, came to Utah in 1849, and served as president of the Relief Society.
Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith letters
Collection includes a handwritten and signed letter dated June 15, 1904 in which Smith congratulates Jacob G. Bigler and his wife on their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Emmeline B. Wells was a scribe for the letter. Also included is a postcard from Smith to Bigler. Materials are dated 1900-1910.
Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith Relief Society message
The document in this collection, written by Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith, is a Relief Society message discussing the Latter-day Saint organizations for women and the role of women in their homes.