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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1642 Collections and/or Records:

Jessie M. Hewins Sherwood collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227633085]
Identifier: MSS 3682
Scope and Contents The collection contains one broken glass plate negative of a Mr. Sherwood in uniform and one print reproduced from that negative. It also contains the discharge paper for George M. Hewins from 1865 for his service with the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the Civil War. Also included is the birth certificate record for Jessie Hewins, the marriage certificate for Jessie Hewins and Charles Sherwood from 1897, and their certificate of divorce from 1901. There is also a certificate given to...
Dates: 1865-1918
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jessie M. Hewins Sherwood collection

Hugh Shick papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2463
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten notes, indexes, and bibliographies relating to George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, and the Seventh Calvary.

Dates: 1923-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hugh Shick papers

E. Gene Shumway family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8874
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the life and military service of Marjorie, Don L., and E. Gene Shumway during World War II, collected by E. Gene Shumway. Especially well documented is the the Women's Army Corps service and life of Marjorie Shumway. Included are many of her scrapbooks and photographs. Includes several letters sent between Marjorie, Don, and E. Gene and their family. Includes some phonograph records created by Don L. Included too are books and technical manuals of E. Gene, and...
Dates: 1928-2006
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / E. Gene Shumway family papers

R. Phil Shumway autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330141]
Identifier: MSS SC 3104
Scope and Contents Recalls his early life in Taylor, Arizona; service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945, in Guadalcanal and elsewhere, including descriptions of ocean landing near New Hebrides in April 1944 and experiences prior to his rescue nine days later; education and professional activities; family life; community service, including on the Alpine School Board; and church service, especially in Orem, Utah. Includes details of his release as stake president in meetings presided over by Elder Theodore...
Dates: 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / R. Phil Shumway autobiography

Andrew Jackson Shupe diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305655]
Identifier: MSS SC 817
Scope and Contents This is a typescript of a diary of a Mexican War soldier who served in the "Mormon Battalion." The diary was kept from 16 July 1846 to 10 Sept. 1847 with a few entries for the years 1848-1855. He was also among the first groups to enter Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. He went to Winter Quarters in August 1847 and went to Ogden, Utah in 1852. There are numerous gaps in this diary. The entries tend to be short but some are lengthy and detailed. Two small biographies of Andrew Jackson...
Dates: 1846-1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Andrew Jackson Shupe diary

Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227642060]
Identifier: MSS 3992
Scope and Contents

Letter of Henry Hopkins Sibley to E. H. Jones, 24 July 1859, Ft. Laramie. Contains a reference to "the Mountain Meadow Orphans, Wards of the Nation," who were then at Ft. Laramie. Important letter tracing the route of the small children not killed at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 11 September 1857.

Dates: 1859 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

L. Simmons certificate of discharge

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308063]
Identifier: MSS SC 1012
Scope and Contents

Certificate of discharge. Simmons was from Williamson, Texas, and apparently served for the British in the "Imperial Light Horse" in South Africa during the Boer War.

Dates: 1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / L. Simmons certificate of discharge

Bryan Sinclair autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038560]
Identifier: MSS 13
Abstract

This collection contains photocopies of a typewritten autobiography with handwritten notes and corrections.

Dates: 1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bryan Sinclair autobiography

Sketch of the life of Charles Coulsen Rich Wright

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240381]
Identifier: MSS SC 399
Scope and Contents

Typewritten life sketch which discusses farm life in Southern Idaho in the 1890's, World War I experiences, Wright's education, position held in Washington, D.C., superintendent of the Ute Indian Reservation at Fort Duchesne, Utah and his ranch in Montana.

Dates: 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sketch of the life of Charles Coulsen Rich Wright

O. C. Skinner bill of exception

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244839]
Identifier: MSS SC 678
Scope and Contents

Holograph. A bill of exception to a court decision involving property once belonging to Emma Smith in the case of Isaac S. Sanders and Evert L. Gates vs. William Smith.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / O. C. Skinner bill of exception

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