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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 3405 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Ackerman genealogy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318450]
Identifier: MSS SC 1982
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogy of Abraham Ackerman (1804-1869). The item lists the parents, wife, and children of Ackerman.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Ackerman genealogy

An act in relation to Utah Library

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292041]
Identifier: Vault MSS 539
Scope and Contents Handwritten act of the Utah territorial legislature establishing the Utah Library. The librarian over the institution was under a two-year legislative appointment and was given a budget of $6000. The librarian was given authority to conduct all business relating to the library. The main purpose of the library was to provide materials for the legislature, but items could be made available to federal officials and private citizens of Utah at the discretion of the librarian. The document...
Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / An act in relation to Utah Library

Act Without Words

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 6 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: 1937-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner music compositions / Fred Steiner compositions / Fred Steiner motion picture compositions

Adams family temple record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325331]
Identifier: MSS SC 2628
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into a "Temple Record" book which records the temple work done by proxy for members of the Adams family in Mormon temples. The material also includes information on the Adams family genealogy.

Dates: 1922-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Adams family temple record

Irene Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7810
Scope and Contents

Collection contains research materials and manuscripts for the Unofficial Manual for Bishops' wives, which includes articles, surveys, and correspondence. The collection also includes Adams' personal journals. Materials dated 1968-2011.

Dates: 1968-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Irene Adams papers

James Adams estate papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315563]
Identifier: MSS SC 1780
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the wills and related estate documents of James, Lucian B., and James Lucian Adams, three generations of the same family, who all lived in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Dates: 1838-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Adams estate papers

James J. Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.

Dates: approximately 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James J. Adams autobiography

John Hortt Adams personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328939]
Identifier: MSS SC 2986
Scope and Contents Narrative and photographic images concerning his childhood in Kanab, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University; living in Hollywood, California; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Seattle, Washington, 1989-1990; owning and running Grandview Miniature Golf Course in Provo, Utah; and working as accountant at BYU Financial Services. Also contains significant information about his family, including an...
Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Hortt Adams personal history

Merle V. Adams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.

Dates: 1934-2014
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merle V. Adams papers

Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238633]
Identifier: MSS SC 350
Scope and Contents

Holograph descriptions of events in Torrey, Escalante, Teasdale, Hurricane, Orderville and St. George, Utah, the latter the location of Adams' photographic studio.

Dates: 1935-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes

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