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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3198 Collections and/or Records:

Charles, Leona Grace Whitehouse, 1908-, approximately 1950-1959

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

Charles, Myra Leonard, 1872-1956, approximately 1950-1959

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

Charles W. Shields document, 1904

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

“Copy of Inventory and Appraisement” of Charles W. Shields’ estate (after his death) with accompanying documents, typed, dated November 21, 1904-December 22, 1904.

Dates: 1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Charles W. Shields Last Will and Testament, 1893 May 25

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Last Will and Testament of Charles W. Shields, 25 May 1893, and Codicil, 31 March 1903, part of the money should go to publishing Charles’ writings, the remainder of the estate is divided among his children.

Dates: 1893 May 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Charles W. Shields reciept, 1909 June 22

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550654], Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Receipt for certified copy of Charles W. Shields’ will, addressed to Elisha K. Kane, dated June 22, 1909.

Dates: 1909 June 22
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Charles Y. Webb, 1997

 File — Box 53: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644753], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 283
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies of Charles Young Webb and wife Laura A. Smith and joint family group record, biography of wife Margaret Allen and family group records with Charles and another husband, and family group record for Charles and wife Adeline Freeman. Materials dated 1997.

Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Checketts, Dave, c. 1990, 1983-1984

 File — Box 182: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239138438], Folder: 14
Identifier: UA 664 Series 2 Sub-Series 9 File 74
Dates: 1983-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Marriott School of Management records / Marriott School of Management college records / Marriott School of Management subject files

Cheney, Louise W., 1900-1945

 File — Box 33: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231007144], Folder: 9
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1900-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331784]
Identifier: MSS SC 3237
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...
Dates: 1895-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Short sketch of Caroline M. Chipman

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332899]
Identifier: MSS SC 3296
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography of Caroline M. Chipman. Chipman was born in Indiana in 1842. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 where she settled in Pleasant Grove. She married Washburn Chipman in 1868 and died in 1924.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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