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Essays

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 879 Collections and/or Records:

J. Lewis Taylor essays

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322213]
Identifier: MSS SC 2327
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten essays. These essays are entitled: "Thine Hour is Almost Come," "No Man Can Know," and "Judge Ye Not." These items relate to the Mormon theological topics of death, the after life, and not judging.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Lewis Taylor essays

John Taylor revelations

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335660]
Identifier: MSS 1266
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescripts of revelations allegedly given by John Taylor. The originals were reportedly "presented to Annie Taylor Hyde by her friend Emmar S. Woodruff 1907." The photocopies were made in 1967. Taylor gives revelations on appointments in the Mormon Church, on church government, and on the end of the world.

Dates: 1882-1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Taylor revelations

Tensmeyer, Lowell. "Chiasmus and How it Changed My Life." Personal essay, 2007 October 24

 Item — Carton 16: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197233247904], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 3776 Series 7 Sub-Series 13
Dates: 2007 October 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3776, John W. Welch chiasmus papers / John W. Welch research on chiasmus / John W. Welch other chiasmus studies

Testimony by a brother from Mesa, Arizona

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045359]
Identifier: MSS 1208
Scope and Contents

Handwritten statement and photocopy written by a member of the Mormon Church in Mesa, Arizona, at an unknown time. The author relates being taken by a "Guardian Angel" into the spirit world and witnessing his brother preach the Mormon faith to his ancestors. The author was told to do the temple work for those people.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Testimony by a brother from Mesa, Arizona

That man up north

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347210]
Identifier: MSS 398
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a typewritten essays with a handwritten diagram. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Raleigh comments on the nature of Jesus Christ and on various books of the Bible.

Dates: approximately 1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / That man up north

The American Indian in the United States -- historical perspective, approximately 1984

 Item — Box 21: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231219830], Folder: 12
Identifier: UA 1011 Series 2 Item 14
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1011, Native American Educational Outreach Programs records / Institute of American Indian Services and Research subject files

The Apostleship of the Seventies / by Robert M. Frame

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232583663]
Identifier: MSS 8576
Content Description

Contains a essay written by Robert M. Frame to President Chapman. The essay covers the topic of Seventies within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Frame summarizes the extents of their calling and duties associated with the office they hold. Materials are dated October, 1965.

Dates: October, 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Apostleship of the Seventies / by Robert M. Frame

The beginning of Indusco / by An Wei, approximately 1945

 Item — Box 160: Series 2; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197227636310], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 8
Dates: approximately 1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow miscellaneous materials

The beginnings of Anglo-Saxon supremacy / by Helen Foster Snow, 1924

 Item — Box 21: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637789], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Essay by Helen Foster Snow titled The Beginnings of Anglo-Saxon Supremacy, dated 1924. Written while at a student at West High School in Cedar City, Utah. Includes annotations.

Dates: 1924
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

The birth of Christ, 1876-1880

 Item — Box 10: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227606743], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 2 Item 7
Dates: 1876-1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / James E. Talmage student materials

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