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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 279 Collections and/or Records:

Hyrum M. Smith diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237122]
Identifier: MSS SC 247
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a diary which describes a trip to Yellowstone National Park.

Dates: 1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hyrum M. Smith diary

Jerusha Barden Smith collection

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233633152]
Identifier: MSS 5890
Abstract

Beaded purse handmade by Jerusha Barden Smith (wife of Hyrum Smith, d. 1837) and multigenerational photo of its owners.

Dates: approximately 1837-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jerusha Barden Smith collection

Julina L. Smith collection of photographs and papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8685
Scope and Contents

Materials include photographs of family, Latter-day Saint Church leadership, and landscapes that belonged to Joseph F. and Julina Lambson Smith and their family. Also includes some family papers and artifacts. Materials dated approximately 1840-1920.

Dates: approximately 1840-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Julina L. Smith collection of photographs and papers

Oliver R. Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2087
Abstract Includes correspondence, family newsletters and news clippings, university memoranda, photographs, artifacts, and a few Hill Cumorah Pageant files. Subject files contain information on BYU student clubs, including Delta Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Omega Nu, and Sigma Delta Chi, and information on organizations with which he was affiliated, such as the US Air Force Reserve, Association of Educators of Journalism, Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association, National Council of College Publications...
Dates: 1935-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver R. Smith papers

Eliza R. Snow wooden box and spoon

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239244434]
Identifier: MSS 9052
Content Description

Contains a round wooden box that belonged to Eliza R. Snow. It was donated to the BYU President's Office in 1973 by H. R. Wilson of Santa Rosa, California. According to description by donor, the box belonged to Eliza R. Snow and was used when going to Utah in early 1846-1847. The box includes a wooden spoon that supposedly came with the box.

Dates: approximately 1846-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eliza R. Snow wooden box and spoon

Spanish and Maya sites, approximately 1920-1935

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The subseries includes photographs of Maya artifacts and sculpture. Artifacts includes polychrome and heiroglyphic vases, plates, and bowls, stone tools and lithics, stone and ceramic stulpture, obsidian blades, pottery shards, jewelry pieces, pieces from stone architecture, conch shell with heiroglyphics, and other archaeological artifacts. Artifacts came from several sources including private collections, museums, and excavations. Topics of artifacts include animals, geometric and faunal...
Dates: approximately 1920-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1587, Rhoads and Morley families papers / Rhoads and Morley families photographs / Sylvanus G. Morley photographs

Spencer Richardson sacrament tray, 2020

 Item — Carton 2: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197239124065]
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Small plastic sacrament trays for bread and water, including sacrament cups made from the same plastic, purchased from Simply Celestial Designs in Hurricane, Utah, and sold through Etsy.com.

Dates: 2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 45, Collection of Mormon folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic / Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on sacrament trays during the COVID-19 pandemic

Startime, 1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 4 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a film print and decorated film can from the television program "Showtime." A reference DVD is also included.

Dates: 1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2157, James Stewart papers / James Stewart papers on television / James Stewart papers on television shows

Tearsheets in folder labeled "Trial Duncan Publicity", 1931

 File — Box 5: Series 1; Series 2; Series 4, Folder: data_value_missing_efb8e091f9a632e1290c507553e97459
Identifier: MSS 2383
Dates: 1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth (Josephine Constance Woodruff) Inventory

Textiles, handkerchiefs and parachutes, 1948-2008

 File — Oversize 79: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239238949]
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 14
Dates: 1948-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen collection of artifacts

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