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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 879 Collections and/or Records:

Record of Mormon Church meetings in Springville

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343300]
Identifier: MSS 149
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of Mormon Church meetings in Springville, Utah. The item was kept by an unknown person. The account relates the nature of the meetings; mentions the Mormon Church leaders who gave talks; summarizes the talks, testimonies, and prophecies given; discusses community matters; and outlines important political issues of the day.

Dates: 1860-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Record of Mormon Church meetings in Springville

Recreation: an essay, 1879

 Item — Box 9: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227606735], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 2 Item 4
Dates: 1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / James E. Talmage student materials

Redd family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491073]
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten materials. Most of the items were collected by the descendants of Lemuel Hardison Redd (1856-1923). Included in the collection are minutes of a Redd family meeting, a biography of Eliza M. Partridge Lyman, a list of persons buried in Bluff, Utah, from 1880 to 1951, correspondence of family members, two patriarchal blessings given by Hyrum Smith, and an essay by John Redd, a student at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1844-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Redd family papers

Reed Smoot letter of endorsement for Helen Foster Snow, 1931 July 14

 Item — Box 21: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637789], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1931 July 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Religious and spiritual history of Gaylen S. Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318815]
Identifier: MSS SC 2001
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten biographies and an essay. The biographies are by Gaylen Snow Young and are entitled: "Religious and Spiritual History of Gaylen S. Young" and "Brief Social and Civic History of Gaylen Snow Young and Mary R. Young and our Family." Also included is an essay entitled: "My Testimony: Why and How" by Gaylen S. Young, Jr.

Dates: 1947-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Religious and spiritual history of Gaylen S. Young

A remarkable prophecy by president John Taylor

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322353]
Identifier: MSS SC 2320
Scope and Contents Typewritten revelation written down by Edward Lunt. Lunt claimed that the material in the revelation was told to him by his mother many times. His mother supposedly got the information from the third president of the Mormon Church, John Taylor (1808-1887). Sometimes called the "Horseshoe Prophecy" the revelation states that there would be a major falling away from the leadership of the Mormon Church, that blood would run in the gutters of Salt Lake City, Utah, and that the faithful Mormons...
Dates: 1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A remarkable prophecy by president John Taylor

Research problems

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197223107720]
Identifier: UA 1165
Scope and Contents

Bound volume containing essays written for classes by Rex L. Christensen when he was a student at Brigham Young University during the 1930s.

Dates: 1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Research problems

Responses to racial issues at Brigham Young University

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328483]
Identifier: MSS SC 2897
Scope and Contents

Term paper dealing with Brigham Young University's policies and racial relations, specifically in response to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Dates: 1963-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Responses to racial issues at Brigham Young University

Return to Berlin / Gail S. Halvorsen, 1989

 Item — Box 64: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232560737], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen writings on airlift and other topics

Review : The lord of experience, review of Jean Moore's review, review by student via Don Norton, 1974 March 7

 Item — Box 3: Series 1, Folder: 21, item: 14
Identifier: MSS 1984 Series 1 Sub-Series 40
Scope and Contents note

Re: "Concordance for Poets"

Dates: 1974 March 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1984, Clinton F. Larson papers / Clinton F. Larson books, periodicals, and reference materials / Essays written about Clinton F. Larson

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