PH 1300, Carter, Charles William photographer 1832-1918. Charles W. Carter glass negative collection circa 1860-1900

Kirtland Temple

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Connor, Patrick Edward, 1820-1891

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Patrick Edward Connor was born in rural County Kerry, Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, 1820. He emigrated to the United States and enlisted, as "Patrick Edward O'Connor", in the United States Army on November 28, 1839. In addition to service in the Seminole Wars, he served as a dragoon at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Atkinson, Fort Sandford, and at the second Fort Des Moines. He was honorably discharged as a private on November 28, 1844, and after two years in New York, he moved to Texas. On April 5, 184...

Red Cloud, 1822-1909

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Red Cloud was born close to the forks of the Platte River, near the modern-day city of North Platte, Nebraska. His mother, Walks as She Thinks, was an Oglala Lakota and his father, Lone Man, was a Brulé Lakota leader. They came from two of the seven major Lakota divisions. As was traditional among the matrilineal Lakota, in which the children belonged to the mother's clan and people, Red Cloud was mentored as a boy by his maternal uncle, Old Chief Smoke (1774–1864). Old Chief Smoke played a m...

Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898

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Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, historian, and member of the Utah Militia. He died in 1906. From the guide to the Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers, 1870-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898) was the fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the description of Papers, 1873-1903. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51605992 Fourth President of the Mormon Church. Fr...

Smith, John, 1832-1911

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John Smith, son of Hyrum and Jerusha Barden Smith, was born 22 September 1832, in Kirtland, Ohio. His mother died when he was five, while his father was in Missouri. Three months later, on 24 December 1837, his father married Mary Fielding. In June 1844 John's father, Hyrum Smith, was murdered. Nineteen months later, the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo began. In February 1847, John joined Heber C. Kimball's family on their westward journey. On the westward journey, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, John assi...

Cowdery, Oliver

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Oliver Cowdery was born on October 3, 1806 in Wells, Vermont, the son of William Jr. and Rebecca Fuller Cowdery. While teaching in Palmyra, New York during the winter of 1828-29, Cowdery stayed with the family of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). It was during this time that Cowdery first heard of the visions of Smith and the Golden Plates. After meeting with Smith, Cowdery came to believe in the validity of his visions and agreed to help Smith transcribe the Book of Mormon. As a witness to the Book of ...

Roberts, B.H. (Brigham Henry), 1857-1933

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Roberts was a member of the First Council of the Seventy, as well as a writer and historian. From the guide to the MS 1278 B. H. Roberts collection 1883-1933 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Historian, author, and Mormon Church leader. From the description of Pape...

Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881

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Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917.

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Lion House (Salt Lake City)

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Smith, Joseph

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Epithet: Secretary to Sir J Williamson, afterwards Provost of Queen's College, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0000c8 First president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. From the description of Letter, 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699842 From the description of Letters, 1867-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122606187 From t...

Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887

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Snow was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She wrote hymns for that church and was a plural wife the both Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), the first and second presidents of that faith. From the description of Diary, 1846-1849. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51599519 Author and second president of the Relief Society for the Mormon Church. From the description of Inscribed to sister Howard, 1864. (...

Spittle, Eliza Elizabeth Shadbolt Carter Deaville 1802-1869

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Saltair (Great Salt Lake)

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Clawson, Rudger, 1857-1943

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LDS apostle, 1898-1943. From the description of Papers, 1870-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480759 Rudger Judd Clawson (March 12, 1857 – June 21, 1943) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1898 until his death in 1943. He also served as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1921 until his death and as a member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church for five days in 1901. ...

Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941

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Mormon historian, author, and missionary who served as Historian for the Mormon Church. From the description of Notes, 1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497349 From the description of Receipt, 1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486880 From the guide to the Andrew Jenson notes, 1890, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Jenson was employed in Church Historian's Office, 1884-1885 and 1891-1941. He was sustained as an Assistant Church Historian in 189...

Smith, Lucy Mack, 1776-1856.

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Mother of Joseph Smith, Jr. From the description of Autobiography, 1776-1845. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122611135 ...

Nauvoo Temple (1840-1848)

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Committee was appointed at October 1840 General Conference to oversee construction of Nauvoo Temple. Original committee members were Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee. Hyrum Smith became committee member after Higbee's death in 1843. Committee received tithing and donations directly from Church members until establishment of Trustee in Trust in 1841. From the guide to the CR 342 9 Nauvoo Temple building Committee records 1841-1852 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...

Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868

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Mormon apostle. From the description of Diaries, 1845-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630452 From the guide to the Heber Chase Kimball diaries, 1845-1846, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader and polygynist, who served as first counselor to President Brigham Young. From the description of Letter, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645075 From the description of Letter, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12262253...

Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875

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George Albert Smith (June 26, 1817 ₁ September 1, 1875) (commonly known as George A. Smith to distinguish him from his grandson of the same name) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency. From the description of Letter to Silas S. Smith, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367846413 From the description of George A. Smith letters and invoices, 1864-1973. (Unknown). W...

Young, Ann Eliza, 1844-

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Carter, Charles William, 1832-1918

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Lyman, Amasa M. (Amasa Mason), 1813-1877

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Amasa M. Lyman was a member of Council of the Twelve Apostles. From the guide to the MS 829 Amasa M. Lyman collection 1832-1877 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Amasa Mason Lyman was an apostle in the LDS Church from 1842 to 1867. He arrived in Utah in 1847, assisted in the founding of the Mormon colony in San Bernardino, California in 1850, and served as a missionary in Great Britain in 1861. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church in ...

Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891

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Apostle in the Mormon Church and an emigration agent for Mormons in Great Britain. From the description of Statement, 1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122351692 Wells was an important Mormon church authority and civic leader of Utah. He was an apostle in that church, served as the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, and was the commander of the Utah Militia. From the description of Daniel H. Wells temple records, 1867-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552491...

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Second president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630973 American religious leader, second president of the Mormon Church, first governor of the Territory of Utah, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. From the description of Cash ledger books, 1862-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480196 From the description of Cash ledger books 1862-1877 ...

Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881

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Orson Pratt (1811-1881) was a member of the Council of Twelves Apostles of the Latter-day Saint Church, serving from 1835 to 1881. From the description of Orson Pratt letter and postcard, 1861, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365148968 From the guide to the Orson Pratt papers and postcard, 1861, 1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, philosopher, and Utah pioneer. From the description of Letter, 1878. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Taylor, John, 1808-1887

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Mormon businessman in Logan, Utah. From the guide to the Joseph Morrell letters received, 1883-1906, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, and member of the Utah Militia. From the guide to the Copies of revelations, 1869-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Report to George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young Jr., and Albert Carrington on claims by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints against the estate of Brigham Yo...

Sitting Bull, 1831-1890

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Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan, was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He was born in 1831 in South Dakota. He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions. Sitting Bull greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men. He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn. After the battle, in which many were killed, Sitting Bull le...

Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844

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Letter written by Hyrum Smith and signed for Joseph Smith from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Oliver Granger. Smith writes of a Mr. Devenport from New York who brought a judgement in favor of Boynton & Hyde, and urges Granger to pay the "just" debt. He also writes of the deaths of D.C. Smith and Robert B. Thompson from "quick consumption", mentions Brother Phelps and Hiram Kimball, and describes drought conditions. Smith concludes by writing "this is an Eventful Period...A day of Darkness...what ever ...

Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877

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Mormon pioneer and author who was convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. From the description of Letter, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435795 From the description of John D. Lee trial transcript, 1875. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122480862 Mormon pioneer. From the description of Petition, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367398504 From the description of Collection, 1841-1876. (Utah His...

Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878

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Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883

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Nineteenth century attorney in the Territory of Utah. From the guide to the William Adams Hickman petition, 1859, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Peace officer in Utah. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122495093 ...

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876

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Early leader of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Sidney Rigdon sermon, circa 1840, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader. From the description of Letters, 1841-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638309 From the description of Letter, 1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622768 From the description of Letter, 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122392993 Sidney Rigdon was born in Pennsylvania and moved ...

Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899

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Apostle in the Mormon Church. From the guide to the F. D. Richards letter, 1883, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) From the guide to the F. D. Richards letter, 1898, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon apostle. From the description of Confirmation/information segments of a ships's circular, 1856 April 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597991 From the guide to the Confirmation/information segments of a ships's circular, 1856, (L. Tom P...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Smith, Emma Hale

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Wife of Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79406039 ...

Harris, Martin, 1783-1875

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Mormon Church leader who was one of the special witnesses to the Book of Mormon. From the description of Legal documents, 1846-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609101 From the guide to the Martin Harris legal documents, 1846-1865, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Snow, Erastus, 1818-1888.

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Snow became member of Quorum of the Twelve in February 1849. From the guide to the MS 1329 Erastus Snow journals 1835-1851; 1856-1857 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) ...

Standing, Joseph, 1854-1879

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Carthage Jail (Ill.)

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Beehive House (Salt Lake City)

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Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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First president of the Mormon Church and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Arrest warrant, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367395229 First president of the Mormon Church and Illinois militia leader. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435774 Founder of the Mormon Church and its first president. From the description of Diaries, 1832-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609014 ...

Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878

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Utah pioneer and apostle in the Mormon Church. From the description of Autobiography and funeral, ca. 1842-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699672 Orson Hyde (8 January 1805 - 28 November 1878) was born in Connecticut to Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. He joined the Mormon movement in 1831, serving as an Apostle in the Church from 1835 until his death. He served a mission to Jerusalem from 1840 to 1842 to dedicate the land for the return of the Jews. He was later assign...

Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883

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Charles Coulson Rich was born on August 21, 1809, in Campbell County, Kentucky. He was instructed in the Mormon faith by Lyman Wight and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by George M. Hinckle in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea, the first of his six wives. Rich lived in Calfwell County, Missouri, and fought in the Battle of Crooked River. He and his family later settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where Rich was made a member of the Council of Fifty and served in the Na...

Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918

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Utah businessman and sixth president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Statement, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550838 Apostle and sixth president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Speech, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435970 From the description of Letter and affidavit,1889-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391579 From the description of Letters, 1881-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225534...

Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872

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Mormon handcart pioneer and polygynist who came to Utah 16 September 1848 with the Brigham Young company. Phelps served as a justice of the peace, notary public, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Utah legislature. From the description of Per diem receipt 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699469 From the guide to the Per diem receipt, 1852, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Second President of the Mormon Church, colonizer, and territorial governor o...

Salt Lake Tabernacle

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Whitmer, David, 1805-1888

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Early Mormon Church leader and one of the "Three Witnesses" to the "Golden Plates" from which the Book of Mormon was translated. From the description of Letter, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122702266 Lawyer, district court judge, mission president for the Mormon Church in Canada, member of the First Council of the Seventy of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Charles Henry Hart diary, 1883-1885, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901

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Lorenzo Snow was born 3 April 1814 in Mantua, Ohio. After being baptized a member of the Church, he served a mission in Ohio and the Eastern States. He was ordained to the office of Seventy in 1840. He served as President of the United Order in Brigham City from 1874-1886. He was ordained an apostle in 1849, after which he served missions to England and Europe. He succeeded President Wilford Woodruff, becoming the fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13 September, 1...

Salt Lake Temple

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Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William), 1832-1925

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Latter-day Saint Church apostle and member of the Church's First Presidency. From the description of Papers, 1906, 1915, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494407 From the guide to the Charles W. Penrose papers, 1906-1922, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. From the guide to the MS 8911 Charles W. Penrose journals 1854-1911 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Ch...

Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution 1868-1999

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