Milton V. Backman and A. Gary Anderson collection of early Mormon manuscripts, 1772-1980.

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Milton V. Backman and A. Gary Anderson collection of early Mormon manuscripts, 1772-1980.

Photocopies of reminiscences, histories, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the early Mormon experience in Ohio, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kentucky, New York, Vermont, Illinois, and Ontario, Canada.

17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7382305

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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 ...

Mack, Solomon, 1732-1820

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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) ...

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 ...

Backman, Milton Vaughn.

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In the early 1970s, a group of BYU professors began to collect, in microfilm or photocopy, photographs, manuscripts, maps, and documents related to Latter-day Saint history. Their efforts were concentrated in state, county, city, and town record repositories, archives and libraries, as well as historical society libraries, and college and university libraries. A. Gary Anderson and Milton V. Backman, Jr., faculty members of the Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, ...

Mack family.

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Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

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Author, publisher, and apostle of the Mormon Church.l. From the description of Poems, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550424 Member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church, author, missionary, and pioneer. From the description of Papers, 1837-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598864 Author, Utah pioneer, and apostle in the Mormon Church. From the description of Letter, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225...

Smith family.

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Willers, Diedrich, 1798-1883

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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 ...

Anderson, A. Gary

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Smith, Asael, 1744-1830

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