Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings regarding Mormons | Collections | The Huntington

Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings regarding Mormons | Collections | The Huntington

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Two newspaper clippings from the Gloucester Daily Times, 1933
Visual Materials
Two newspaper clippings from the Gloucester Daily Times, 1933, concerning a float made in Rockport, Massachusetts for the American Legion Parade in Chicago. The first newspaper clipping is dated Thursday, September 21, 1933, and includes a picture of the float below the title "Rockport's contribution to Legion Convention will depict atmosphere of seaport town." The second clipping, dated Wednesday, October 4, 1933, contains the same image of the float under the headline "Cape Ann float awarded first place." Title supplied by cataloger.
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The Book of Mormon and plural marriage :
Manuscripts
A facsimile of Tanner's paper asserting that the Book of Mormon has always condemned plural marriage and that Mormon leaders in various periods believed that if Joseph Smith's revelation concerning polygamy were false, the entire Mormon religion would be false. The manuscript is a compliation of annonated citations from numerous religious publications (including the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, History of the Church, and the Bible) and from the writings, speeches, and testimony of several important figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Senate hearings on the election of Reed Smoote, a Mormon apostle, to Congress (1904-1907).
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Newspaper and Magazine Clippings: Miscellaneous-Photographs
Manuscripts
The collection is single-item cataloged and contains 759 items including 92 manuscripts. Most of the manuscripts are documents regarding the advertising, circulation, and financial concerns of The Los Angeles record, The San Diego sun, and The San Francisco daily news from the early 1910s. The other substantial manuscripts are diaries of Adaline Rhoads and Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads detailing the social life and customs of late-19th century Indiana and early-20th century Southern California. Adaline Rhoads wrote about her daily chores, the activities of her children and her travels. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also details his attempts to mend his health through exercise, various diets, bathing in magnetic wells and two visits to the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the late 1890s. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also detailed the family's journey from Anderson, Indiana to San Diego, California and their later move to La Jolla, California. The collection contains 102 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are addressed to Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business. There are also a significant number of letters from Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business and the San Diego Athletic Club. There are letters concerning San Diego and California politics, including three letters regarding the purchase of an airplane for the governor of California. Rhoads received letters on the subject of honorary membership in the Los Angeles Record Newsboys' Club. The collection also contains letters regarding participation in La Jolla events and politics.
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Newspaper clippings: Miscellaneous, 1936-1939
Manuscripts
There are 376 pieces of manuscripts, the majority of which are by Olive Percival. The manuscripts comprise of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, poems, short stories, typescripts, and miscellaneous notes. There are 122 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are by Ellen Dame Terry writing to Anna Held. It is arranged alphabetically then by date. Correspondence relating to Olive Percival mainly concerns letters from her friends and publisher. There are 341 pieces of ephemera. It is arranged by type and subject, and consists of an appointment book, bookmarks, bookplates, bulletins, empty envelopes, fliers, invoices, legal documents, military records, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, excerpts of periodicals, receipts, scrapbooks, tracts, and miscellaneous United States permits and a passport. The majority of the ephemera relates to Sheffield, Illinois, where Olive Percival was born.
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Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
Manuscripts
The addenda consists of correspondence between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, William S. Harbert, and others. It also includes some manuscripts and drafts, materials related to the Harbert family (including letters to and from Arthur B. Harbert and Corinne B. Harbert), and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a scrapbook. Of note is the Civil War era letters and telegrams between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert (1861-1865).
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Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
Manuscripts
The addenda consists of correspondence between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, William S. Harbert, and others. It also includes some manuscripts and drafts, materials related to the Harbert family (including letters to and from Arthur B. Harbert and Corinne B. Harbert), and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a scrapbook. Of note is the Civil War era letters and telegrams between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert (1861-1865).
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