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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2699 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Kintzing objections, 1787 January 6

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Objections made by Abraham Kintzing, 6 books given to the arbitrators, dated January 6, 1787.

Dates: 1787 January 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Abraham Kintzing remarks, 1777 April 4

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Document titled “Abraham Kintzing’s Remarks,” regarding the settlement with J. Pemberton, dated April 4, 1777.

Dates: 1777 April 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Abraham Kintzing remarks and objections, 1777 June 20

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 20
Scope and Contents

Copy of Abraham Kintzing’s “Remarks and Objections” to Pemberton’s charges, dated June 20, 1777.

Dates: 1777 June 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Account of the Poet Caedmon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313071]
Identifier: MSS SC 1564
Scope and Contents Photographs of an original manuscript by Beda Venerabilis. The item is an extract from Bede's "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum" (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) which gives an account of the poet Caedmon. The account gives a list of the subjects treated by Caedmon, relates the story of his miraculous rise to fame, praises the poet's virtue and the power of his verse to promote virtue in others, and concludes with a description of his saintly death. The original...
Dates: 731
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Account of the Poet Caedmon

Accounts of John Constable and H.B. Pierpont, 1817 March 20

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Accounts of John Constable and H.B. Pierpont, “Amount of money received and charges paid on Lots . . . sold to settlers for the joint account of Mr. John Constable and H.B. Pierpont,” signed by Pierpont, dated March 20, 1817.

Dates: 1817 March 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

AD-AR, approximately 1950-1959

 File
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 827, J. Allen Parkinson biographies

Adair, Orson, 1877-1941, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486420]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 827, J. Allen Parkinson biographies / AD-AR

Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523890]
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.

Dates: 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson

Merle V. Adams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.

Dates: 1934-2014
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merle V. Adams papers

Addendum to the first Hawaii stake, date of production not identified

 File — Box 3: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231024339], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1476 Series 3 Sub-Series 1 File 4
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1476, Castle Hadlock Murphy papers / Castle Hadlock Murphy writings / Castle Hadlock Murphy bound writings

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