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Histories (Literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of significant events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution, often with an explanation of the causes.

Found in 1182 Collections and/or Records:

Colonel Edward J. Steptoe and the events and circumstances which cause him to decline the governorship of Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231046399]
Identifier: MSS 1310
Scope and Contents

Typewritten, 36-page research paper for Larry Porter's Church History 324 course. Bagley writes about Steptoe's refusal to accept the governorship of Utah in 1854.

Dates: 1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Colonel Edward J. Steptoe and the events and circumstances which cause him to decline the governorship of Utah

Community and civic affairs 1839-46

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305069]
Identifier: MSS SC 758
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of "courts, law enforcing agencies, theaters, celebrations, parades, bands, Nauvoo Legion, masonic lodge, and other activities" of Nauvoo, Illinois, while the Mormons were there.

Dates: 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Community and civic affairs 1839-46

Conditions in Northern California and Southern Oregon in 1855

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS6721_S1_SS2_I31_B1_F4
Dates: approximately 1977-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Conditions in Northern California and Southern Oregon in 1855, approximately 1977-1985

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233650024], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 6721 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 31
Scope and Contents

History written by Sanford Joseph Heilner, grandson of Sigmund Heilner, on the conditions in Northern California and Southern Oregon in 1855. Dated approximately 1977-1985.

Dates: approximately 1977-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6721, Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family / Aron Heilner family letters and documents / Heilner family letters and diaries

Sidney Stratton Conklin papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231190049]
Identifier: MSS 1888
Scope and Contents

Genealogies, correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and a history. The materials deal with Conklin family genealogy and with Sidney Conklin's efforts to get more information. Also included are newspaper clippings on New Britain, Connecticut.

Dates: 1817-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sidney Stratton Conklin papers

Conrad family family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312206]
Identifier: MSS SC 1518
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of photographs and a typed history of the Conrad family which was a Mormon family in Colorado.

Dates: 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Conrad family family history

Martha Coray notebook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 230
Scope and Contents Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...
Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Coray notebook

Corner Brook Branch history, 1975-1980

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235227219], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8423 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 1975-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8423, Paul Willes and Beth Dixon Cheney mission papers / Paul Willes and Beth Dixon Cheney mission journals, histories, and writings / Paul Willes and Beth Dixon Cheney papers on Canada Winnipeg and Halifax missions

Craig Branch Dedication, 1955 May 1

 Item — Box 7: Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232480977], Folder: 5, item: 10
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 9
Dates: Other: 1955 May 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2337, Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle church and family papers

Credentials of members, 1927 December 29

 Item — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550142], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 1421 Series 3
Dates: 1927 December 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1421, Zina Presendia Young Williams Card papers / Personal and family papers

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