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Latter Day Saint families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Aikens Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7686
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to Albert Aikens Smith's personal life and professional military life. Includes military papers, correspondence, maps, photographs and negatives from Smith’s time training and serving in the National Guard of Utah from 1929-1937, and the United States Army in WWII and the Korean War. Photographs and negatives also pertain to Smith’s personal life, focused on his wife and children. School yearbooks are from Smith’s time at David High School and BYU. The Albert...
Dates: 1920-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Albert Aikens Smith papers

Fred W. Stone scrapbook and slides of Tongan mission

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223104271]
Identifier: MSS 2991
Scope and Contents

Collection contains slides (photographic) and a Tongan mission scrapbook, 1955-1959, including photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Church programs, invitations, and related ephemera. The slides include nineteen color images of Tonga, Tongan people, missionaries, and Stone family members.

Dates: 1955-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Fred W. Stone scrapbook and slides of Tongan mission

Daniel Francis Thomas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3197
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials relating to the Daniel Francis Thomas family. The collction contains photocopies of letters written by Thomas and members of his family, biographies about Thomas and members of his family, as well as legal documents. Items date from 1847-1942.

Dates: 1847-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel Francis Thomas family papers

Two foundation stones and life history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306083]
Identifier: MSS SC 833
Scope and Contents

The two items of this collection are typescripts. "Two Foundation Stones" is five pages long and deals with the family life of the Packers and how they apply Mormon church principles in their family. The other document is a two page life history of Donna Smith Packer.

Dates: 1974-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Two foundation stones and life history

Willard Whipple Sr., March 16, 1858-April 15, 1941

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241991]
Identifier: MSS SC 509
Scope and Contents

Contains the life sketch of a Mormon colonizer of Snowflake, Arizona, genealogical information and a copy of journal entries, 1880-1941.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willard Whipple Sr., March 16, 1858-April 15, 1941

William G. Hartley collection of student papers and contest entries, 1981-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6357 Series 1
Scope and Contents Collection includes student papers collected by professor William G. Hartley for the Independent Study writing class, 397R, Writing Family Histories. This collection also includes papers and ephemera relating to the British Sesquicentennial Family History Writing Contest in 1987 and 1988. Includes some of the 41 entries in the contest. The winning entries by the four winners, Winifred McLachlan, Ann W. Engar, Earlene Allred Smart, and Paul T. Smith are not included. The collection also...
Dates: 1981-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6357, William G. Hartley papers

George William Willis papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227630800]
Identifier: MSS 2395
Scope and Contents

Contains journals, photographs, and family documents. He chronicled his mission to Great Britain from 1902 to 1905, part of which was served under President Heber J. Grant.

Dates: 1902-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George William Willis papers

Benjamin Franklin Woodward and Benjamin Spencer Woodward papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 5992
Scope and Contents

Materials include family letters, photographs, and ephemera dealing with family matters, business, and mining activities in Utah and Nevada. Dated 1909-1912.

Dates: 1909-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Benjamin Franklin Woodward and Benjamin Spencer Woodward papers

Zina D. H. Young family papers and photographs

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3884
Scope and Contents

The Zina D. H. Young family papers and photographs included photos and papers pertaining to Zina D. H. Young and her family. Notable items include a letter from Zina D. H. Young to her husband, President Brigham Young, and a photograph of the "Three Zinas": Zina D. H. Young, Zina Young Card, and Zina Card Brown.

Dates: 1876-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Zina D. H. Young family papers and photographs

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