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Records of the Facer family.

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Genealogical information about the Facer family.

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Contains diaries, books, and other documents related to the Facer family, life in 19th and early-20th century Utah, and the LDS Church.

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Family books.

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Newspaper articles collected by the Facer family.

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Contains 62 slides and 75 photographs used for the BYU Genealogical Library tour from the lates 1970s through the late 1990s. Many of the images are of the inside of the library and explain procedures, while others are of people who worked in the library. There are also a few photographs of the BYU campus and the Utah Valley Branch Genealogical Library and three 35 mm black and white negatives of the Harold B. Lee Library.

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Copies of various biographical writings on John Horne Miles, written by his great-grandson, Henry Landon Miles, as well as an index to the collection created by the same; a copy of Robert Joseph Dwyer's dissertation, "The Gentile Comes to Utah: A Study in Religious and Social Conflict (1862-1890)"; and a bound family history temple records book. Dated 1862-2001.

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Photocopies of three letters addressed to Gil Hodges and signed by Harold B. Lee and David O. McKay, presidents of the Mormon Church. The letters concern the sealing of women to their husbands and the ligitimacy of the use of birth control.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 9 March 1877 and addressed to Eliza Cooper of Monroe, Utah. The item was composed in St. George, Utah. Young responds to a number of questions dealing with clothing to be worn in LDS temples, how the bodies of dead children are to be dressed, to whom the children belong when their mother has been sealed to two men, what women should do when they have a husband that is not strong in the faith, and the veracity of being married outside of a...

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The Zina D. H. Young family papers and photographs included photos and papers pertaining to Zina D. H. Young and her family. Notable items include a letter from Zina D. H. Young to her husband, President Brigham Young, and a photograph of the "Three Zinas": Zina D. H. Young, Zina Young Card, and Zina Card Brown.