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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 636 Collections and/or Records:

Scotia / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

John Scott family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7811
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a diary of John Scott from 1847 and a family history written by James Wesley Scott in 2002.

Dates: 1847-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Scott family collection

Scott Pease Stewart and Myrtle Maiben family scrapbook, 1931-2004

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8176
Dates: 1931-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8176, Barbara Stewart Anderson collection on Raymond R. and Ava Beckstrand Stewart

Scott Pease Stewart family history scrapbook, 1947-2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8176
Dates: 1947-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8176, Barbara Stewart Anderson collection on Raymond R. and Ava Beckstrand Stewart

Josephine Rigdon Secord letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6205
Abstract

The collection consists of two folders, the first containing the photocopied correspondence from Josephine Rigdon Secord (granddaughter of Sidney Rigdon) to Arlene Hess between the years 1965-1972. The second is a bound compilation including an introduction to all of the letters typed and a few other miscellaneous items. Josephine conveys her feelings on Sidney Rigdon, John Wickliffe Rigdon (her father), the Mormon church, and other matters.

Dates: 1965-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Josephine Rigdon Secord letters

Montell Seely papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7950
Scope and Contents Contains documents on Montell Seely's life and family history. Includes research files and book proofs from his work on family history, especially as it pertains to the Robert Seeley family. Contains documents of the family, including deeds, wills, and other sources. These sources document their migration and moves around the country. The collection also contains Seely's personal journals, kept in his adulthood. These document his daily life, concerns, and interests, as well as family and...
Dates: approximately 1934-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Montell Seely papers

Serge J. Lauper family papers, 1901-1994

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6162 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains items relating to the family life of Serge J. Lauper. Materials include correspondence between Lauper and his daughters' families, programs, announcements, papers from family events, genealogy, and other materials, dated from 1901 to 1994.

Dates: 1901-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6162, Serge J. Lauper papers

Shafer family papers, 2013-2018

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8845 Series 2 Sub-Series Sub- 1
Scope and Contents

Donor (Clara Ellen Shafer) supplied information. Materials digitized at Moab, Utah 15 September 2013 and 15-16 June 2018. Contains family photographs.

Dates: 2013-2018
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8845, Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection / Moab, Utah, scanning event

Peter and Mary Johnson Shumway family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231025476]
Identifier: MSS 6709
Abstract

A family history of the Peter and Mary Johnson Shumway family, compiled by Ruth Shumway Robinson and Gary Lee Shumway, including oral history interviews conducted between 1970 and 1976.

Dates: 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Peter and Mary Johnson Shumway family history

Sirrine family records, 1896-1899

 File — Oversize-folder 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239121947]
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 3 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Sheets torn from a ledger book containing family records, including a "short record of Hannah Cronkhite," "family record of Nathaniel Sirrine," and an affidavit from Nathaniel Sirrine. Dated 1896 to 1899.

Dates: 1896-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Dawn Curtis collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 5

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