Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. collection 1802-1991

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Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. collection 1802-1991

The collection contains: 1. about 320 letters of T. Edgar Lyon to his younger sister, Janette, and her family. 2. a copy of the oral history of T. Edgar Lyon, interviewed by Davis Bitton for the LDS Church Historical Department. 3. T. Edgar Lyon's 1962 dissertation and other publications. 4. additional items relating to Laura Hermana Forsberg and family. 5. microfilm copies of the papers of T. Edgar Lyon (50 reels) from the LDS Church Historical Department.

4 boxes; (2 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6341315

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Lyon, T. Edgar

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Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. (1903-1978) served a mission to the Netherlands and later became president of that mission. He also served as a teacher in the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for three decades. Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. was born August 9, 1903 to David Ross Lyon and Mary Cairns in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served a mission to the Netherlands and later became president of that mission from 1933-1937. He served as a teacher in the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for thr...

Mormon History Association

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Organized in 1965 to promote scholarly, advanced study of the history of Mormon culture. From the description of Records, 1965- (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 78495989 ...

Hinckley, Gordon Bitner, 1910-2008

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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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Papers are actually undated 20th century transcriptions of two letters from Mormon missionaries found in the Evening and Morning Star (EMS), a monthly Mormon newspaper, in Ohio and Mich. The letters include one from Samuel Bent in Pontiac, Feb. 16, 1833, published in the April 1833 EMS, and a letter from Gideon (Simeon?) H. Carter in Kirtland (Ohio), dated May 1833 published in the July 1833 EMS. Also, there are notes on the obituaries of William Scoby who died on Dec. 4, 1833 age 22, published ...

Mann, Peter

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Lyon, Hermana Forsberg, 1906-1980

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Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996

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