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Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Memories of our parents : Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345636]
Identifier: MSS 966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker Bean. The item was "compiled and written" by Ethel Bean Andrew. The materials include excerpts from Victor Bean's missionary diaries from 1884 to 1886 while in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1966

Muhlestein family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 804
Abstract

The Muhlestein family papers include letters, photographs, a diary, stories, a certificate, pedigree charts, biographies of family members, and other various papers, circa 1914-1991.

Dates: approximately 1891-1991

My life story

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324375]
Identifier: MSS SC 2516
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography reproduced by a mimeograph process. Day tells about her family's difficulties during the Great Depression. Her father lost his farm and once collapsed at work from lack of food. She was married in 1942 and lived in Highland and Heber City, Utah with her husband.

Dates: 1958

Neibaur family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 438
Scope and Contents Contains typed copies of a diary, biographies, autobiographies, and miscellaneous items. Neibaur kept his diary from 1841 to 1861. This typescript is 60 pages long, and there are many gaps in the record. Neibaur writes about leaving England for the United States. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later migrated to Utah in 1847 where he lived in Salt Lake City. Neibaur writes about his experiences with the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith and...
Dates: 1841-1972

Orem Chapter records, 1974-2011

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series IV
Scope and Contents

Contains by-laws, programs, and minutes created by the activities of the Orem Chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1974-2011.

Dates: 1974-2011

Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337195]
Identifier: MSS 468
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, two typewritten letters, and two biographies. In her autobiography, Parkinson writes about her life in Utah and Idaho, the polygamous marriage of her husband, and her attitude towards the Mormon Church. Also included is a brief biographical statement of Parkinson's daughter telling of Ellen's last years. The two letters are from Isaac B. Nash to "Vie" stating that he was given a three-month sentence for polygamy. The biography is of Mary Cramer...
Dates: 1885-1940

Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347376]
Identifier: MSS 410
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typescript of a diary. Pearce migrated to Utah in 1851. She went by way of New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Louis, Missouri. She gives details on the trek to Utah. She lived in Ogden, Utah. There is a gap in the diary from 1852 to 1868. Pearce moved to California in 1869.

Dates: 1851-1877

Photograph of the Alice Louise Reynolds Club

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227643381]
Identifier: MSS 3811
Scope and Contents

Group portrait of the Alice Louise Reynolds Club, the Salt Lake Chapter, taken at the Lion House on May 19, 1977. The names of the group members can be found on the back of the portrait.

Dates: 1977

Olive Andelin Potter autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231877]
Identifier: MSS 690
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. The item was dictated in 1932. Olive married Wallace Edwin Potter in 1884 as a plural wife. She lived in numerous places in Utah especially when dodging federal officials. Olive gives her opinion on polygamy.

Dates: 1932

Priesthood blessing upon Lucy P. Russel

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2900
Scope and Contents

A blessing given by Joseph F. Smith to Lucy P. Russel, with Daniel H. Wells assisting, setting her apart for calling as a midwife in Utah. Smith was the 2nd Counselor in the Mormon Church's First Presidencey at the time of the blessing.

Dates: 1881