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Autographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Resources consisting of or containing autographs (names of persons written in their own hand) or reproductions of autographs.

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Some Experiences of Russel Lord Tracy 1860-1941 volume 149, 1941

 Item — Box 11: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232501186]
Identifier: MSS 3775 Series 2 Sub-Series 5

Sophomore at B. Y. High

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 795
Scope and Contents

Unpublished class yearbook compiled by students in Brigham Young High School's English B, Section Two, class. The book includes information on campus layout, location, buildings, and history; names of school officers; traditions; athletics; and clubs. Also includes a transcript of the U.S. Constitution, drawings, newspaper and magazine clippings, and autographs of class members. Bonnie Kae Andrus and Jackie Beck were editors of the volume.

Dates: 1952-1953

Libbie Stannard autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319664]
Identifier: MSS SC 2123
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and bound autograph book. The item includes autographs, poems, and sayings written down by Stannard's friends. The book of blank pages was a gift from Stannard's grandmother.

Dates: 1875-1876

Thomas Christian Stephenson autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491149]
Identifier: MSS 669
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten autographs and comments in an autograph book. The entries often mention polygamy, the Mormon Church, and the conditions of the penitentiary.

Dates: 1889-1890

Testimony of eight witnesses

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324979]
Identifier: MSS SC 2560
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a handwritten statement which is published at the beginning of the Book of Mormon. The item was signed by the "Eight Witnesses" who confirmed that they saw the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was taken. The manuscript states that Joseph Smith was the "author" of the book. This word appeared in the first edition of the Book of Mormon. In later editions, the term was changed to "translator."

Dates: 1830

Utah Territorial Legislature papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4055
Abstract

The Utah Territorial Legislature papers, 1853-1880, 180 items in all.

Dates: 1853-1880

Sallie Webb autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484797]
Identifier: MSS 337
Scope and Contents

Autograph book signed by friends and associates of Sallie Webb. The book also includes salutations, notes, and poems. Many of those who signed the book were from towns in western and central Indiana such as Greencastle.

Dates: 1857-1874

L. von Westphalen autographs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343136]
Identifier: MSS 780
Scope and Contents

Signatures cut off of two documents dated 1779 and 1787. One of the items includes a small wax seal meaning that the manuscript might have been official in nature.

Dates: 1779-1787

Wonderful Jim, 1920

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197233283172], Folder: 56-57
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed poem. The date of the item is uncertain. The poem is about Jim, "this wonderful pony."

Dates: 1920

You can't take it with you (1938), approximately 1938

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a reprint of signed cast photograph.

Dates: approximately 1938