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Found in 877 Collections and/or Records:

Newel Knight autobiography

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8414
Scope and Contents Contains photocopies of Newel Knight's original autobiography. The autobiography was prepared by Knight's wife, Lydia, in 1871, twenty-four years after Knight's death. The manuscript covers material from 1800 to 1846, but it mostly focuses on events between 1830 and 1846 when members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were living in the East Coast and the Midwest. The autobiography contains information about the early Church, traveling west in 1846, and Knight's own family as...
Dates: 1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Knight autobiography

Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231063816]
Identifier: MSS 6234
Abstract

The Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing relates her experiences with her illnesses, her families, and being LDS.

Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marguerite E. Kutter personal history and patriarchal blessing

John Lambert letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487527]
Identifier: MSS 287
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter and a photostat copy written by John Lambert to his brother Richard on 31 Jan. 1857. John defends his decision in following the Mormons to Utah and pleads with Richard to accept the leadership of Brigham Young (1801-1877), the second president of the Mormon Church. Also included is a letter by A. C. Lambert explaining the historical context ot the item.

Dates: 1857-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Lambert letters

Charles J. Langston papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197221961250]
Identifier: MSS 8674
Scope and Contents

Materials include photographs, letters, and documents related to Charles J. Langston's mission to Tonga from 1916 to 1918 and his death in Tonga in 1918. There is a letter to the family from the First Presidency and signed by Heber J. Grant, a photograph of Langston's tombstone in Tonga taken in 2002, letters from his mission president, and a letter home written by Langston himself. Dated 1916-2002.

Dates: 1916-2002; Majority of material found within 1916-1918
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles J. Langston papers

Joseph Smith Larkin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8096
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries by Larkin giving details of his life in Box Elder County, Utah from 1876 to 1886.

Dates: 1876-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith Larkin diaries

The last testimony of Martin Harris

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498862]
Identifier: MSS 236
Scope and Contents Typewritten statement with handwritten corrections. The item was notarized. Homer affirms that he met Martin Harris (1783-1875) in 1869 when returning from a mission for the Mormon Church. He recounts the conversation, much of it word for word, between him and Harris at that time. He also told the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), about this incident. Homer also tells, again verbatim, what Harris said on his death bed in 1875. Homer states that on each...
Dates: 1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The last testimony of Martin Harris

Isaiah Thomas last will and testament

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284683]
Identifier: Vault MSS 71
Scope and Contents

Handwritten last will and testament of Isaiah Thomas dated 25 July 1815. The item was revoked on 24 July 1817.

Dates: 1815-1817
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Isaiah Thomas last will and testament

The Latter-day Saints' printing, publishing, & emigration office

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 113
Abstract

The folder contains an etching of a building located at 42 Islington, Liverpool, England which served as a business location for the Mormon Church in 1889.

Dates: 1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Latter-day Saints' printing, publishing, & emigration office

LDS French Mission : 1946-1950 / by Winnifred Bowers and Norma Gibbs Olsen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8336
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of materials concerning the everyday functioning of the French Mission from 1946 to 1950, under the presidency of James L. Barker. Includes office, meeting, and schedule notes, photographs of missionaries, maps, and personal photographs from missionaries who served in France during that time. Also, there is a Christmas letter from 2004 added to the collection. Dated 1946-2004.

Dates: 1946-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LDS French Mission : 1946-1950 / by Winnifred Bowers and Norma Gibbs Olsen

Leadership Study course manual

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311646]
Identifier: MSS SC 1463
Scope and Contents

Typed and photocopied "Leadership Study Course" entitled "The Purity of Zion." The item deals with the Mormon doctrines of "Callings and Elections," the "Church of the Firstborn," and the "Second Comforter."

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Leadership Study course manual

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