The Richard Tracey Wootton papers (1960-2000) consist of research material, surveys, and correspondence related to his book Saints and Scientists, which presents evidence that Utah is foremost in the U.S. in production of scientists, and argues that the LDS faith is largely responsible for that fact. Richard Tracey Wootton (b. 1918) has dedicated his life to education, related administrative work, and the LDS Church.

The Yanbu Branch History (1988) is a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Saudia Arabia. It was compiled and arranged by Lynn M. Hilton, who worked for an American oil company there during the 1970s and 1980s and was an active member of the church. This historical account of the Yanbu Branch of the LDS Church was written by Lynn M. Hilton, Eduardo Mendoza, Diane Shurtliff, Andrew Davis, Holly Reed, and R. Wayne Shurtliff.

The Thomas J. and Lydia H. Yates papers (1888-1985) contain correspondence, biographies, and a penitentiary autograph book. Thomas Yates was an engineer and active in the Mormon Church.

The Alfred Douglas Young autobiography (1808-1843), while mainly an account of the visions of Alfred Young, it also records the missionary activities of Alfred and his brother William in Tennessee, the brothers subsequent disfellowship from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1842 at Nauvoo, and their reinstatement to the church.

The Brigham Young papers (1857, 1876-1877, 1908) consist of documents relating to the religious and civic activities of Brigham Young. Included are correspondence, diaries (1837-1857), proclamations, three holograph pages from his will, and microfilm of letter books and official papers from his time as governor of Utah Territory (1849-1857). Brigham Young was the second leader of the LDS Church and was responsible for the movement of the Mormons to the Salt Lake Valley.

The Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers (1832-1970) is a compilation of histories, letters, and a portion of Emily Young's diary copied by relatives from original manuscripts. Emily was a polygamous wife of Joseph Smith (1843) and of Brigham Young (1845).

The John B. Young papers (1898-1901) contain Young's missionary journal and two photocopied certificates. John B. Young (1866-1946) was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from Scotland who settled in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1890. Nine years later, he returned to Scotland as a missionary and was companion to David O. McKay, who later became president of the LDS Church.

The Joseph A. Young journal (1864) details Young's appointment to "take general charge and oversight of affairs pertaining to this year's immigration" of LDS Church members from Liverpool, England, to Salt Lake City.

The Joseph Young papers (1859-1881) consist of a photocopy of Young's autobiographical sketch; an account of Young's funeral written by his son, Seymour B. Young; and a letter dated 1860. Joseph Young (1797-1881) was the son of John Young and Nabbie Howe, and the elder brother of Brigham Young.

The Brigham Young, Jr. journals [photocopies] (1862-1902) detail his life. Brigham Young, Jr. (1836-1903), was the son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. He was ordained an Apostle in the LDS Church in 1864, sustained as a counselor to Brigham Young in 1873, and sustained as an assistant counselor to Brigham Young in 1874.

The Levi Edgar Young papers (1901-1963) consist of two journals, a book of pressed flowers, correspondence, and news clippings. Other miscellaneous papers are also included. Levi Edgar Young (1874-1963) was a Utah educator and member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy.

The Levi Edgar Young photograph collection consists of portraits of the Levi Edgar Young family.

The Willard Young letter (1868) is handwritten and signed and speaks of local events in Salt Lake City. The letter mentions Brigham Young's recent marriages to Mary Vancott and Ann Eliza Webb. Willard Young was the son of Brigham and Clarissa Ross Young, West Point graduate and engineer.

The Young Women's journal records of the Third Ward, Liberty State (1921-1922) consists of a journal and a pamphlet. The journal was begun by Winnifred L. Jones, and contains a record of payments by the young women of the third ward. It also contains notes taken at various conferences, many of which were taken in shorthand.

The ZCMI photograph collection contains 41 photographs separated into three categories: ZCMI's Chief Executive Officers including Brigham Young, H.B. Clawson, and Lowell M. Durham Jr., exterior images of the ZCMI building, and interior shots of various sections within ZCMI.

The Max Zimmer papers (1922-1940) consists of a series of articles published in the German periodical Stern during the years 1922-1923. These articles are chapter by chapter translation of John A. Widtsoe's Joseph Smith as Scientist: the Gospel and Science. Max Zimmer (1889-1958) worked as a translator for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1947 to 1958.