Stephen Post papers [microform]

Collection

Identifier: MS 0490

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Stephen Post papers (1835-1921) are contained on microfilm reels and include Post's journals, letters from Sidney Rigdon, certificates, receipts, notes, sermons, published works, and other papers. The microfilm reels are located in the Manuscripts Division microfilm cabinet. Original materials are located at the LDS Church Historical Department.

Dates

1835-1921

Creator

Post, Stephen, 1810-1879 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Stephen Post was born in 1810 in New York. In 1835 he joined the LDS Church and moved to Kirtland where he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. He was very active in missionary work, but after the death of Joseph Smith, aligned himself with the Strangites and then with Sidney Rigdon until his death in 1879.

Extent

6 Microfilm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Stephen Post papers (1835-1921) are contained on microfilm reels and include Post's journals, letters from Sidney Rigdon, certificates, receipts, notes, sermons, published works, and other papers. Stephen Post (1810-1879) was an early member of the LDS Church and later member and leader of various schismatic groups.