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Research notes and documents, including Andrew Jenson's biography of John Taylor from pages 59 through 62 of The Historical Record; and "To President John Taylor," a poem by Logan educator W. H. Apperley.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

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John Taylor's published accounts of the persecution of Mormons by Missouri mobs; "Missionary Sketches," an article about his British mission in vol. 5, no. 21 of George Q. Cannon's youth publication, Juvenile Instructor; and "Reminiscences," Taylor's account of the Nauvoo exodus, published in vol. 10, no. 22.

Scope and Contents Published writings including a revelation originally printed in Nauvoo March 14, 1846, warning of self-appointed leaders; an article dated January 3, 1891, in the Saints' Herald, a publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, describing the conflict among Mormons that arose following the death of Joseph Smith; John Taylor's account of the martyrdom at Carthage jail; correspondence and a Church News article...

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"The Upper California," a hymn by John Taylor about the planned Mormon migration to the west coast; and excerpts of Taylor's writings about the Icarians, a "French communistic group" that inhabited Nauvoo after the Mormon exodus.

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"Lines," verse written by John Taylor in the album of Abby Jane Hart, September 5, 1846.

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"A Journey Across the Plains," John Taylor's essay about the Mormon migration to Utah, published in vol. 10, no. 1 (January 9, 1875) of the Juvenile Instructor.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

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"The Government of God," a speech by John Taylor in which he criticizes United States federal officials; and a photocopy of the holographic record of his missionary blessing for Frederick Kesler; and a biographical sketch of Kesler by Raymond Taylor.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

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Historian Ogden Kraut's account of the visit of United States Army Capt. Van Vleit to Salt Lake City; and accounts of meetings held in the Salt Lake bowery from John Taylor's Journal of Discourses.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

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An "Epistle of the Twelve Apostles and Counselors," dated September 10, 1877, officially announcing John Taylor's assumption of the church presidency before ratification at October conference.

Scope and Contents A small collection of excerpts from John Taylor's speeches, with notes from journalist and historian Edward Wheelock Tullidge; an account of Taylor's interview with Orvando J. Hollister, correspondent for the New York Tribune, after the United States Supreme Court upheld the antipoligamy legislation of 1862; Taylor's discourse given April 9, 1879, and Tullidge's comparison of his leadership style to that of his predecessors; and William E. Koerner's account...

Scope and Contents "Two Days' Meetings in the Salt Lake Assembly Hall," a record of pre-conference meetings held April 4 and 5, 1880, with remarks by John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Levi W. Hancock, L. W. Hardy, Albert Carrington, Lorenzo Snow, and Moses Thatcher, and Brigham Young, Jr.; Hubert H. Bancroft's account, from his book, Literary Industries, of his dealings with Taylor when preparing his history of Utah; and Taylor's 1881 discourse, "Succession in the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual....

Scope and Contents Extracts from John Taylor's Journal of Discourses, concerning polygamy; correspondence with Mary E. Lightner, in which she asks Taylor for financial assistance; "Tithes vs. Schools," a Salt Lake Tribune editorial criticizing Mormon tithing collection; an article from the London Daily News, dated November 2, 1883, about Taylor and the church; and a letter from Franklin D. Richards proposing the compilation of a...

Scope and Contents "Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," Utah Gov. Eli H. Murray's article in vol. 138, no. 326 (January 1884) of the North American Review written in response to a previous article by Taylor; a letter from Wilford Woodruff on September 21, 1891, directing apostle John Henry Smith to dedicate rooms outside the temple for the performance of temple ordinances; a letter from Joseph F. Smith to John Henry Smith concerning the flight of general authorities...

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A January 25, 1931 article from the Idaho Statesman stating the Idaho Gov. William Bunn was forced to sign the 1885 Test Oath Bill at the gun point of anti-Mormons.