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Latter Day Saint temples -- Illinois -- Nauvoo

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

A. O. Smoot Nauvoo Temple work papers, 1845

 File — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227657209], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 File 4
Scope and Contents

This file contains a log kept by A. O. Smoot concerning his work in the Nauvoo Temple. Materials dated 1845.

Dates: 1845

Mormon Temple, Nauvoo, Ill.

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233635991]
Identifier: MSS 3838
Scope and Contents

Hand drawing of the Nauvoo Temple with the dimensions 16 x 18 inches. In the left-hand bottom corner, the drawing indicates that it was "presented to Mrs. E. E. Buffington." The right-hand corner is signed by Wetmore.

Dates: approximately 1846

Jehovah Smith letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306703]
Identifier: MSS SC 861
Scope and Contents

This collection is a photocopy and a typescript of a missive written to the "Editor of the Carthage Republican" on 5 April 1867. The letter affirms the report that the Reorganized Mormon Church was "bound (by secret oaths) to rebuild the temple in less than five years."

Dates: 1876 April 5

Joseph Smith's original temple

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238518]
Identifier: MSS SC 345
Scope and Contents

Printed drawing of the Nauvoo, Illinois Latter-day Saint Temple printed by Chester B. Dike.

Dates: 1890

John Arthur Taylor research collection on Nauvoo Temple angel

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8932
Content Description Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, and other information collected or created by Taylor in his research on an angel that was placed atop the Salem Evangelical Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, that resembled that of the one placed on the original Nauvoo Temple, being vertical, holding a trumpet and having wings. Taylor became interested in the object while serving as a stake president in Cincinnati in the 1960s, and documented its origins and history. The...
Dates: approximately 1961-2016