Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Latter Day Saints
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Linda King Newell papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0447
Abstract
The Linda King Newell papers (1804-2013) consist of research for and a manuscript of Newell's book titled Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, co-authored by Valeen Tippetts Avery. Emma Smith (1804-1879) was the first wife of LDS Church prophet and president, Joseph Smith Jr. Materials also include Newell's research files and manuscripts for an unpublished biography, For the Love of China, regarding Muriel Hoopes Tu, an American...
Dates:
1804-2013
Tim Rathbone essay
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0218
Abstract
The Tim Rathbone essay consists of a preliminary draft of "Brigham Young's Masonic Connection and Nauvoo Plural Marriages." This paper was presented at the Mormon History Association meeting in Snowbird in May 1996, and an excerpt was published in the Mormon History Association Newsletter of Summer 1996.
Dates:
1996
Kirk Alan Watson papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2124
Abstract
The Kirk Alan Watson papers (1833-2004) contain documents, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Watson's research into the fundamentalist break offs from of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), beginning with early 1900s schisms such as the Eastmanites and moving through the formation of the "Woolley Group" that became the basis for LDS Fundamentalism, notorious for practicing polygamy.
Dates:
1833-2004
Emmeline B. Wells diaries [photocopies]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1520
Abstract
The Emmeline B. Wells diaries (1844-1920) consist of Wells' personal journals that contain daily accounts of her life and activities. Wells (1828-1921) was an early Mormon pioneer who left her home in Massachusetts for Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844. In 1846 she moved on to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was very involved in the LDS Church and various social organizations, including the National Women's Suffrage Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was appointed the 5th...
Dates:
1844-1920