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This is the Place Monument (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Drafting tools set of Brigham Young

 Item — Object 1
Identifier: MSS 9388
Scope and Contents

This collection is an English drafting tools set that was originally owned and used by Brigham Young to design the streets and building plans for Salt Lake City, Utah. The set was also used by Oliver I. Lay for the creation of a studio commissioned by his father-in-law, Mahonri Mackintosh Young, to create the This is the place monument. Materials dated approximately 1847-1877.

Dates: approximately 1847-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Drafting tools set of Brigham Young

Samuel Russell, Jr. correspondence with John D. Giles, 1945 March 29-1948 January 5

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 16
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between John D. Giles and Samuel Russell [Jr.]; letters deal with the "This is the Place Monument" in Salt Lake City, Utah. 8 items, dated March 29, 1945 to January 5, 1948.

Dates: 1945 March 29-1948 January 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Jr. mission and other correspondence

This is the Place Monument memorabilia, approximately 1947

 File — Box 7: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233277638], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 10 File 7
Scope and Contents

Contains This is the Place Monument memorabilia. Items are undated, but would have been from about 1947, when the monument was dedicated.

Dates: approximately 1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Sr. and Samuel Russell, Jr. memorabilia

Mahonri Young photographs, postcards, and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 82
Abstract

Mahonri Mackintosh Young (1877 to 1957) was a notable american artist and sculptor. He was a grandson of Brigham Young and designed many of Utah's well-known monuments, including "The Seagull" and "This is the Place".

Dates: approximately 1880-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mahonri Young photographs, postcards, and other material

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