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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:

The voice of womankind

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217421]
Identifier: MSS 1852
Scope and Contents

Corrrespondence, minutes of meetings, speeches, media clippings, and resolutions. The materials relate to the planning, public relations, and meetings of the Voice of Womankind conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1977

Annie Swensen Walker diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364645]
Identifier: MSS 1656
Scope and Contents

Eleven handwritten diaries. Walker writes about her experiences living in Lindon, Pleasant Grove, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She also relates her experiences while attending Brigham Young Academy and her various church-related activities. Many entries are lengthy and detailed. There are many gaps.

Dates: 1877-1919

Emmeline B. Wells letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 659
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter thanking a Miss Grey for sending a transcript of Relief Society minutes.

Dates: 1887

Marilyn D. Whipple papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312529]
Identifier: MSS SC 1424
Scope and Contents

Periodical articles by or about Marilyn Whipple and programs and handouts for classes taught by her. Most of the classes were offered through the Brigham Young University Education Week program. The items deal with women's fashions and self-image.

Dates: 1975-1976

Ezma Gladys Baxter Wilde papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2039
Scope and Contents

Diary kept by Wilde when she served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern Sates Mission, 1921-1923. Also included are correspondence and photographs which date until 1992 when Wilde died. These materials relate to family matters and her service in the primary organization of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1921-1992

Clarissa Harden Wilhelm autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489333]
Identifier: MSS 546
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wilhelm writes about her youth in New York, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838, her move to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, and her subsequent migration to Utah. She also tells about her various marriages and her life in Salt Lake City, Spanish Fork, Springville, St. George, and Orderville, Utah. She also talks of living in St. Joseph, Arizona.

Dates: 1888

Woman's Exponent receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334143]
Identifier: MSS 1118
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten receipt dated April 6, 1880 and signed by E. B. Wells, editor. The item states that $2 was received for a subscription to the newspaper.

Dates: 1880 April 6

Yesharah Society ephemera, 1959-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains three copies of “The Prophecy”; directions and a hand-drawn map to someone’s house; two poems written by Minnie I. Hodapp titled “Joseph Smith” and “Book of Gold”; program for the Nelke Reading Club; small pamphlet with recipes and quotes. Dated 1959-1962.

Dates: 1959-1962

Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws, 1928-1999

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains written histories, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, scrapbook, and annual breakfasts program booklets collected from activities collected from the Yesharah Society. Dated 1928-1999.

Dates: 1928-1999

Yesharah Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 730
Scope and Contents The Yesharah Society records contain items created by and collected by the society in the course of its operations. These items include a constitution and by-laws of the organization, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets and programs, newspaper clippings and articles, scrapbooks, histories and biographies, music, and photos. The records come from the two Provo Chapters, Orem, Logan, and Salt Lake. The society was founded in Provo, Utah, in 1929 and the records go up to nearly the...
Dates: 1928-2011