Box 3B
Contains 37 Results:
Joseph Smith, 1842 August
A letter from Joseph Smith, while he was in hiding, to Brother and Sister Whitney in Nauvoo, Illinois, describing his loneliness and giving them instructions to come visit him.
Emma Mine, 1972 May 22
A letter from Laurence P. James, historian from Reno, Nevada, concerning historical facts about the Emma mine.
Raymond Taylor and Sam Taylor, 1972 May 13-20
Correspondence between the Sam and Ray Taylor concerning Ray's progress in copying holographs at the Mormon Church Historical Office; office politics there; Ray's stolen briefcase; the possibilities of murder or suicide as the cause of Brigham Young's death; and the progress of their projects.
Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1880 July 15-1887 May 16
Financial reports on Z.C.M.I.; a request for assistance in the purchase of a violin for music in tabernacle services; and complimentary real property.
Early Mormon Polygamy, 1882 October 14
George Darling Watt, 1878 December 5-1879 January 29
Church Business - President, 1881 August 26-1887 February 17
Isaac M. Waddell, 1886 March 22-1887 April 2
David K. Udall, 1880 June 17-1886 April
Freemasonry in the Early Church, 1841 October 15-1842 April 30
Possible Suicide of Brigham Young
Daniel Tyler, 1878 March 7-1886 March 12
Church Business - President-in-Exile, 1886 April 16-1886 October 19
Church Business - President-in-Exile, 1880 December 8-1886 October 11
Isaac E. D. Zundell, 1878 February 2-1887 June 2
LeGrand Young, 1887 January 3-1887 March 5
John R. Winder, 1884 July 3-1887 June 23
Correspondence from John R. Winder, second counselor in the church presiding bishopric and former Salt Lake City tax assessor and collector, concerning Utah liquor sales and celebratory events; the appointment and election of particular state offices; interest in the hot springs and mining property of John Beck; and life sketches of Winder and Beck from the Latter Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson.
Samuel A. Woolley and Hyrum S. Woolley, 1882 September 6-1886 March 2
Correspondence of Samuel A. Woolley, bishop of the Salt Lake Ninth Ward, and Hyrum S. Woolley concerning local church matters; anti-Mormonism in Idaho and a failed bill there requiring lawmakers to denounce plural marriage; and the administration of second anointings.
"The Secret Order of Black Sticks"
Ray Taylor's essay, which includes excerpts from the personal writings of Heber C. Kimball, John Taylor, Oliver B. Huntington, John D. Lee, as well as Illinois Gov. Thomas Ford, about the Secret Order of Black Sticks, a small organization of Mormon leaders who took an oath of vengeance against anyone who assisted in the death of Joseph or Hyrum Smith.
Coronation Year Souvenir Program, 1953 November 2
The program to the President John Taylor Family organization reunion, which includes a family constitution, a lineage chart tracing John Taylor to King Edward I of England, as well as a list of reunion activities.