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Biography and certificates for Alonzo Orson Perry

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Description: Collection of items related to Alonzo Orson Perry and Mormon history. Includes a biography of Perry by Almeda Perry Brown, a family history of his wife Ann Janette Stowell Perry (1849-1912), a mission certificate signed by Brigham Young (1876), a certificate of his residence at Mill Ward in the Uintah Stake (1899), a copy of a certificate of his ordination as high priest (1907), Also includes a printed pamphlet of a revelation given through John Taylor relating to George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant and copies of two photographs of Egyptian papyrus reputed to be Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1876-1956.
Call number: mssHM 74300-74306
Creator: Perry, Alonzo Orson (1836-1912)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Charles F. Brown, December 13, 1990 and February 4, 1991.

Lilla S. Perry journal

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The journal covers all Lilla's life beginning in 1894. The journal starts with the "Journal of Lola Hammond," which is a pseudonym for Lilla S. Perry. "The Journal of Lilla S. Perry" begins on page 316 (before that is a note by Perry, written in 1970, about the writing of the journal). She talks about her days growing up on the East Coast, her college years at Cornell and her relationship with Everett Perry. She discusses in detail her doubts about their relationship, their long courtship, their marriage, and their constant marital problems. She also talks about Everett's library work and involvement in the American Library Association, including attending ALA conferences and the opening of the new LA library in 1926. Many notable people, who were Lilla's friends, show up throughout the journal including Carl Sandburg, Charles Lummis and his wife Dorothea Moore - Perry includes transcripts of letters between Lummis and Moore, which Moore gave to her. Perry talks in detail about her Japanese prints and Chinese snuff bottle collections as well as trips to view other collections and exhibitions including her trip to Japan. In her various art interests she becomes connected to several collectors and artists such as Judson D. Metzgar, Carl Schraubstadter, Louis Ledoux, and Fujio and Hiroshi Yoshida. Lilla was a member of several women's clubs including the Friday Morning Club and in her journal she talks a lot about her work with that club. The journal includes an Index and note as well as notes written throughout by Lilla years later. Several photographs of Perry and her family are included in the journal.

mssHM 62591

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Orson W. Huntsman diary

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Typescript of Orson W. Huntsman's diary spanning 1868-1890. The diary appears to be more of an autobiography that may have been compiled at a later date. It covers Huntsman's early life in Iowa, the whipping of his father by a mob in Illinois, his arrival at Salt Lake City and settlement at Lake Point, a subsequent move to Beaver County, the coming of Johnston's Army and the Utah War, a list of settlers at Shole Creek, his work on a telegraph line, comments on polygamy, notes on the Pulsipher family, his experiences with a United Order, his travels throughout Utah, and a Huntsman family genealogy. The majority of the daily entries focus on Huntsman's home and community life at various settlements in Utah.

mssHM 27979

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William Perry Nebeker papers

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The collection consists mostly of the family correspondence of William Perry Nebeker. Much of the correspondence deals with family affairs and the acquiring of provisions, but also covers subjects related to Mormons as a whole. These subjects include politics and the United Order. Of note is a letter from William Clayton and letters regarding the divorce of Frederick Kesler and the imprisonment of George Q. Cannon for polygamy. In the collection Sarah Ivins McKean is represented as both an author and addressee and Theodore McKean as an addressee.

mssHM 63538-63606

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Ledger book and notes of Commodore Perry Liston and Rosaltha Ovilla Liston Empey

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This collection consists of a ledger book kept by Commodore Perry Liston and manuscript notes by Rosaltha Ovilla Liston Empey and Clifford Empey. Inside the ledger book, Liston has recorded baptisms, endowments, and sealings related to the Liston family and has also written a life sketch of himself. It covers his early years as a champion mower on his father's farm to his life in Cedar City and his missionary trips to Arizona and New Mexico. He details various visions he had, including the visions which lead him to take multiple wives, of which he had four. He also talks about mob violence against Mormons and his own personal experience with it.

mssHM 64259-64261

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Mary Almeda Perry Brown memoirs

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Memoirs of Mary Almeda Perry Brown, written in a literary prose style and covering the years from the 1880s to the 1940s. The manuscript contains a vivid and detailed account of her childhood and young adult life, including her travels through the state of Utah, her thwarted attempt at a theatre career, teaching school and working at a boarding house to pay for her college education, and her college experiences. While a great many family anecdotes are included, much of the memoir focuses on Brown's professional career, including teaching at Brigham Young College (1901-1904), working on a teaching mission in Colonia Juarez, Mexico (1904-1906), teaching at the L.D.S. University in Salt Lake City (1906-1908), receiving her master's degree from Columbia University (1912-1915), studying at UC Berkeley (1932-1933), teaching at the Utah State Agricultural College (1926-1947), and serving as Director of Nutrition Research and Acting Dean of the School of Home Economics (1943-1945). She was also an agent with the Box Elder County Commissioners from 1923-1926. She also recounts the tragic history of her marriage to Charles Brown, including his increasingly erratic behavior and financial troubles, which led to their estrangement and his bankruptcy and eventual suicide in 1930. Typewritten manuscript with handwritten annotations. Included with the manuscript are a typed personal record for Mary Almeda Brown and offprints of articles by Brown on nutrition and children's health in Utah (1929-1944).

mssHM 52284

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Alonzo C. Jackson letters to Alonzo C. Paige and Harriet Paige

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A pair of autograph letters from Alonzo C. Jackson, a midshipman onboard the USS Shark, to his uncle, New York politician Alonzo C. Paige and to his aunt, Harriet Paige, written from Callao, Peru and describing his life in the navy, his hopes for the future, and his adventures on a hunting trip on a remote island near the equator.

mssHM 83168-83169

Biography and certificates for Alonzo Orson Perry

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