Manuscripts
Joseph Harris arithmatic notebook
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Harry Balfe papers
Manuscripts
Items in this collection primarily relate to the Panama Canal, dating from 1900 to 1915. There are nine letters from the following senders: William McKinley's secretary, George B. Courtelyou; chief engineer of the Panama Canal, George W. Goethals; Admiral George Dewey; President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 April 24 (facsimile, HM 76524); William H. Taft as Secretary of War, 1908 June 2 and June 6 (facsimiles, HM 76525 and HM 76526); Reverend J. F. Carson of Brooklyn, New York; and Will Rogers. In addition, there are a few items about horse showing including a photograph of a horse and two awards won by Balfe's horse "Maximum" in 1915, given by the National Horse Show Association of America. The ephemera includes Balfe's 1914 passport, a newspaper clipping, and a document appointing Tom Wentz Balfe to Captain in the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service in 1918. A number of items in this collection are facsimiles.
mssHM 76518-76526
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Harry Balfe papers
Manuscripts
Items in this collection primarily relate to the Panama Canal, dating from 1900 to 1915. There are nine letters from the following senders: William McKinley's secretary, George B. Courtelyou; chief engineer of the Panama Canal, George W. Goethals; Admiral George Dewey; President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 April 24 (facsimile, HM 76524); William H. Taft as Secretary of War, 1908 June 2 and June 6 (facsimiles, HM 76525 and HM 76526); Reverend J. F. Carson of Brooklyn, New York; and Will Rogers. In addition, there are a few items about horse showing including a photograph of a horse and two awards won by Balfe's horse "Maximum" in 1915, given by the National Horse Show Association of America. The ephemera includes Balfe's 1914 passport, a newspaper clipping, and a document appointing Tom Wentz Balfe to Captain in the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service in 1918. A number of items in this collection are facsimiles.
mssHM 76518-76526
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Harry Chandler letter to Eddie Mannix
Manuscripts
Harry Chandler letter written to Eddie Mannix of MGM Studios asking him to meet for a luncheon of "considerable civic importance," taking place on February 18, 1941, at the Board of Directors Room in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, "about which your advice and cooperation is needed." Eddie Mannix was known as a "fixer" who covered for Hollywood stars' indiscretions to protect the reputation of the film studio. Written on Los Angeles Times letterhead and signed by Harry Chandler.
mssHM 84153
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Harris family history
Manuscripts
This typescript was collected and copied by Austin E. and Alta Fife from a typescript loaned to the Utah Humanities Research Foundation by Charles Martin Harris of Logan, Utah, on June 19, 1946. It covers the Harris family history, including their emigration to the United States, their activities in early America, Martin Harris' involvement with Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and the Mormon Church, and Emer Harris' reading of the first published copy of the Book of Mormon and his subsequent conversion.
mssHM 66588