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City and Town Life

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 525 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Hempstead promissory notes

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288916]
Identifier: Vault MSS 334
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed promissory notes, dated 15 Aug. 1820, and composed in St. Louis, Missouri. In the name of the Missouri Fur Company, Hempstead agrees to pay David Stone $17,940.66 and $8970.32 by 15 Aug. 1821.

Dates: 1820 August 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Hempstead promissory notes

Provisions dealt out to the poor at Pisgah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283933]
Identifier: Vault MSS 103
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of food distributed to the poor at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, and the names of those who received it. The poor were Mormons, and they were mostly given flour, bacon, and coffee.

Dates: 1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Provisions dealt out to the poor at Pisgah

Provo Rotary Club records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 701
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Board of Directors Minutes, club plans and objectives, correspondence, rosters and committee membership lists, roll books and attendance records, membership terminations, financial records, historical scrapbooks (bound and indexed), newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Rotary Parks and Rotary Scholars. The inclusive dates for the collection are 1919-2011.

Dates: 1919-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Provo Rotary Club records

Lavon Provost scrapbook relating to the Heber Tabernacle

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6248
Abstract

The Lavon Provost scrapbook relating to the Heber Tabernacle comprises four folders of photocopied newspaper clippings, photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the saving and renovation of Heber Tabernacle.

Dates: 1964-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lavon Provost scrapbook relating to the Heber Tabernacle

S. H. Putnam contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334663]
Identifier: MSS 1175
Scope and Contents

Handwitten and signed contract to keep bees in Salt Lake City, Utah, dated September 11, 1871. The signature is that of an S. H. or an L. H. Putnam.

Dates: 1871 September 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / S. H. Putnam contract

Alonzo Hazelton Raleigh diary "B"

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230239136]
Identifier: MSS SC 360
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary which tells of his duties as a member of city council, justice of the peace and inspector of buildings in Salt Lake City, Utah and his various social religious and business dealings.

Dates: 1861-1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alonzo Hazelton Raleigh diary "B"

Ebenezer Rand history

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 311972303048929]
Identifier: MSS 4022
Abstract

Ebenezer Rand's autobiography.

Dates: 1804-1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ebenezer Rand history

H. H. Raymond letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339829]
Identifier: MSS 54
Abstract The collection contains handwritten letters in 1932 from Raymond in Dobey, Oklahoma to C. R. Roth of Denver, Colorado. These items were apparently written in response to questions about life in Dodge City. Raymond writes about the informal history of Dodge City including frontier dance halls, gun fights, murders, "cooties," "fallen women," vigilante justice, life in the Indian camps, and his family's service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Raymond dwells particularly on the...
Dates: 1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / H. H. Raymond letters

Gladys Clark Rea papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308196]
Identifier: MSS SC 1025
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography, photocopies of newspaper articles, and photographs. Rea, a farmer's wife, relates incidents occurring in the Australian "Bush" of rural Queensland where she raised her family. She discusses the impact of World War II in the area and the changes that have occurred since that time. Rea tells of her conversion to the Mormon faith and her activities within that church.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gladys Clark Rea papers

Antoine Souland receipt

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288874]
Identifier: Vault MSS 347
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed receipt in French, dated 26 Feb. 1806, and addressed to Jacques Clamorgan.

Dates: 1806 February 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Antoine Souland receipt

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