L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Valentine McGillycuddy diary (MSS SC 139). This includes one volume of a handwritten record of McGillycuddy’s duties as a surgeon with General George Crook during the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, including an description of the Battle of Slim Buttes, September …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: H. B. Colton letter (MSS 4205). This includes an amusing letter written in 1857 from a bored and overworked railroad office worker describing Indianapolis society and longing for the company of old friends in Lockport. Reflecting, undoubtedly, on the Utah War, Colton …
Special Collections’ newest small exhibit features the work of late 19th/early 20th century illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Rackham’s art graced the pages of many beloved works of late Victorian and Edwardian literature, such as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and The Wind in the Willows. Arthur Rackham: His Art and Imagination features over a dozen …
The papers of James E. Talmage housed here in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections include a complete set of his personal journals, several pieces of correspondence, and various other materials from all aspects of his life, including academics, professional, ecclesiastical, and personal. We are pleased to announce that Elder Talmage’s journals from 1879-1911, comprising twelve …