L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Merry May Booth Talmage journal (MSS 1607). Merry May Booth Talmage is the wife of Elder James E. Talmage, the author, educator, scientist, and Apostle. This handwritten diary of Merry May Booth Talmage, the only diary of hers still in existence, …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Beaver County Woman’s Suffrage Association papers (MSS SC 48). This significant and rare collection related to women’s history in Utah contains handwritten documents of the papers of the Woman’s Suffrage Association which met in Beaver, Utah. Items include minutes, …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Archibald Gardner autobiography (MSS 537). Includes a handwritten autobiography of Gardner, detailing his birth and life in Scotland, immigration to Canada, marriage, and joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The autobiography is written at the back …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Priddy Meeks journal (Vault MSS 58). This volume is a handwritten record by Meeks on a wide range of topics including his reflections on his life, his various activities, and his revelations. He also records various faith-promoting stories he hears. An unedited …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: James M. Peterson diary (MSS 3870). This includes one volume of a handwritten diary and several newspaper clippings of obituaries of members of Peterson’s family. The events in Peterson’s life are recounted from 1850 to 1866, after which a daily record was …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Emma Wartstill Mecham Nielson diary (MSS 601). This item is a handwritten diary by a plural wife. Nielson writes about her position as first wife to Frihoff Godfrey Nielson, tells about her husband’s attempts to flee from federal officials pursuing him for …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Myron Alma Abbott autobiography (MSS 661). This handwritten autobiography of Abbott was written in 1917. It includes a description of Abbott’s life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Lorenzo Brown diary and autobiography (MSS 497). Brown’s handwritten record and starts with an autobiography which takes him to the year 1856 when his diary begins. He describes his conversion to the Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and his relationship …
The following is an essay by Ashley Alvarez, research assistant for Ryan Lee, curator of 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts. Since October 2015, she has been researching the writings of Elizabeth Kane for a future book project: A brief account of Elizabeth Kane’s trip to St. George, 1872-1873 “The longest Christmas I ever spent!” …
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: David J. Evans letter to David John (MSS 3995). The letter is dated August 27, 1879, and in it, Evans resigns as bishop in Lehi, Utah, because of health concerns. David J. Evans (1804-1883) was a member of the Quorum of the Seventy …