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Patriarchal blessings (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert G. Stockman papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219146]
Identifier: MSS 1795
Scope and Contents

Newsletters, speeches, certificates, patriarchal blessings, and correspondence. The materials relate to Stockman's mission to Scotland and England with his wife, Margaret, from 1964 to 1966.

Dates: 1923-1978

Geroge Washington Hickerson correspondence and family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 840
Scope and Contents Handwritten correspondence largely to and from family members. Also included are biographies and a genealogy of Hickerson family members. Hickerson lived much of his life in Davis County, Utah. Some of the letters were written by Hickerson while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois. Several of the letters were written by Hickerson's son, Isaac Hickerson, when he was in California and in Carson City, Nevada. Among the items is a letter from...
Dates: 1852-1932

Nelson Higgins certificates

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318294]
Identifier: MSS SC 1974
Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten and printed certificates, applications, correspondence, patriarchal blessings, and miscellaneous items. Most of the materials relate to Nelson's militia activities in Nauvoo, Illinois and in Utah. They include certificates relating to his various military appointments and applications for pensions relating to his military service. A few items relate to the "Walker War" (1853-1854) with the Ute Indians. A few of the materials were signed by the Mormon Church leaders...
Dates: 1836-1909

Hintze family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315902]
Identifier: MSS SC 1856
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten autobiographies and biographies of Hintze. Also with the collection are photocopies of handwritten records of the Hintze family including genealogies and Mormon patriarchal blessings. The biographies of Hintze are by Evelyn Mackay Frandsen and A. J. Hansen.

Dates: Broadcast: 1877-1962

Connie Hoglund papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1419
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten journal of Connie Hoglund written between the years 1972 and 1978. Also included in the collection is a transcript of Hoglund's "patriarchal blessing" by a Mormon patriarch as well as other copies of blessings and certificates relating to the Hoglund family.

Dates: 1971-1978

Warren Milton Hughes church papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523684]
Identifier: MSS SC 3031
Scope and Contents

Includes his Latter-day Saint infant blessing certificate, patriarchal blessing received from Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith, high priest ordination certificate, and a poem. Also includes pictorial priesthood lineage card for Cecil I. Birmingham, who ordained Hughes to be a high priest. Poem appears to be from Hughes's mission in the Southern States in the early 1920s, and contains humorous references to other missionaries.

Dates: 1900-1962

Charles H. Hyde patriarchal blessing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312453]
Identifier: MSS SC 1418
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed transcript of a Mormon patriarchal blessing given by Charles H. Hyde to Karen Madsen Raby at Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26, 1921.

Dates: 1921 May 26

George Isom autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1851
Scope and Contents

Handwritten original and typewritten copy. Isom describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of his life. He lived in Virgin, Utah and was active in Mormon Church affairs. Also included are patriarchal blessings of some of Isom's children.

Dates: 1885

Ann Prior Jarvis diary and autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326925]
Identifier: MSS SC 2697
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. The autobiography was written in 1884 and tells of Jarvis' early life in England, her migration to Utah, and her move to St. George. Jarvis' diary covers the years 1884 to 1898. There are many gaps. She writes about the weather and her daily activities. Also included are patriarchal blessings of family members dating from 1875 to 1881. Most of them were given by William G. Perkins.

Dates: 1875-1898

John Peter Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1957
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence, diaries, notebooks, patriarchal blessings, certificates, an autobiography, and genealogical materials. The correspondence are between Johnson and his wife, Hana, and were written while Johnson was on a mission for the Mormon Church in Sweden. The diaries were kept while Johnson was on his mission and after his return to Ogden, Utah. The certificates deal with Johnson's numerous callings in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1872-1946