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Mormons and Mormonism Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

The collection consists of originals and copies of letters, documents, papyri fragments, drawings, personal reminiscences, biographies, diaries (1851-1877, 1926), journals (1832, 1850), an interview (1931), patriarchal blessings, record books (1913-1915), financial reports (1852-1904), stereographs, and a typescript volume of hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Included are notes concerning the Mormons that were published in the newspaper Missouri Intelligencer, 1831-1834. The collection contains a copy of a page from the original manuscript of The Book of Mormon; copies of letters (1840s) by Christine Golden Kimball, one of the wives of Heber Chase Kimball, to her mother in Hopewell, N.J., relating her experiences on the journey to Utah and during her early days there; biographical material by James M. Allred, Milo Andrus, and Mary Ann Mansfield Bentley; and personal reminiscences by Sara Alexander of her crossing the plains (1859), by Redick N. Allred of his experiences (1846) with the Mormon Battalion of the U.S Army, and by William Wallace Miner of Joseph Smith's early days in Palmyra, N.Y. There is also a clandestine letter (1886) written by John McAllister to his wife during the polygamy prosecutions, and an anti-Mormon letter of William Archer Miller, sent from Hancock City, Ill. March 30, 1845.

Also included are photographs of papyri fragments of the Egyptian Book of the Dead translated by Smith as "The Book of Abraham" of the Pearl of Great Price; a copy of a history of Huntsville Ward, Utah, published on its forty-eighth anniversary (1925); photographs of drawings of the Mormon Temple, Washington, D.C.; an interview by Maurice Lerrie Glendenning, of the Aaronic Order, of M. Wilford Poulson; two record books of J. Vern Olsen documenting his missionary work in London; and financial reports of the Bishop's Storehouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, a consumer cooperative.

The collection was formed in part as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular subject.

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Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '2013 in 2011. Updated by Valerie Addonizio in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Allred, Redick N., Diary, 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Allred, James M., Diary, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Most likely dates from after 1865.

Physical Description

1 folder

Alexander, Sara, Diary, 1859. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Newcomb, Silas, Diary, 1850. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Blake, H. Elwyn, Diary, 1926. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pearce, Jean Rio, Diary, 1851-1877. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hyde, Orson, Diary, 1832. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bentley, Mary Ann Mansfield, Diary, 1838-1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Andrus, Milo, Diary, 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Biography of McAllister, John D.T., Correspondence, and Financial Documents, 1886-1897. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes From Missouri Intelligencer, 1831-1834. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1871-1975. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Account of Mormon Temple Blessing in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 1946. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photo of One Page of the Original Book of Mormon, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter to Benjamin Hamblin from Lois H. Burk, 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Interview of Maurice Lerrie Glendenning by M. Wilford Poulson, 1931. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Patriarchal Blessings, 1825-1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Book of Hymns, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Six Photographs of Drawings of the Mormon Temple in Washington, D.C., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Huntsville Ward, Forty-Eighth Anniversary, 1925. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Mr. Cannon from Benjamin Cluff Jr., 1893-1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Palmura Reminiscences of Joseph Smith" Typescript by William Wallace Miner, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter to W.B. Preston from J.H. Ryckman, 1892. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Missionary Blessing" of Benjamin Hamblin, 1891. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Joseph, Photographs of Papyri Fragments of Egyptian Book, 1805-1844. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter to Reuben Newman from Lorenzo Snow, 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter to Bishop W.B. Preston from G.W. Thatcher, 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter by Eben Rand, 1844. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Clayton, William, Photocopied Correspondence, 1842. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kane, Thomas L., Photocopied Correspondence, 1857-1860. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tuttle, D.A.W., Photocopied Correspondence, 1869. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rigdon, Sidney, Photocopied Correspondence, 1844-1861. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Olsen, Elder J. Vern, Record of Missionary Work, Notes, Journal Entry, Correspondence, and Photo Negative, 1913-1915. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pierce, Norman, Correspondence, 1972. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"The Samuel Russell Request", Photocopy, 1886-1972. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, William D., Photocopied Correspondence, 1888. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wheat Notes, Photocopy, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Yarnall, Ellis, Photocopied Correspondence, 1858. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Young, Brigham, Photocopied Correspondence, 1846. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Divorce Decree of Thomas Nerdin, Photocopy, 1869. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

One Page Photocopy of 1838 Edition Mother Goose's Melodies, 1838. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photocopied Financial Documents Associated With Church of Latter-Day Saints, 1832-1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wells, Junius F., Photocopied Correspondence, 1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bishop's Storehouse Financial Documents, Photocopy, 1869-1906. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hopewell Museum Elmer Ewing Collection, Photocopy, 1836-1884. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hopewell Museum Elmer Ewing Collection, Photocopy, 1845-1861. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mormon Issues, 1974-1982. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Jake Garn News, 1978-1981. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Patrick, Victor, Correspondence, 1981-1982. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Thirty-three albumen stereographs (numbered 1-38, missing numbers 14, 33-36) published by Underwood and Underwood in 1904. Item titles transcribed from stereocards.

Arrangement

Arranged in numerical order.

Physical Description

1 box

1. Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

2. The Old Smith Homestead - scene of Joseph Smith's first visions and revelations - near Palmyra, New York, 1904. 1 item.
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1 item

3. Cumorah Hill, where the Prophet received the Golden Plates or records of Book of Mormon, near Palmyra, N.Y., 1904. 1 item.
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1 item

4. The Mormon Temple at Kirtland, Ohio - (59x79 feet), cost $70,000, dedicated March 27, 1836, 1904. 1 item.
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1 item

5. North over Temple Lot, site marked by Mormon prophecy for world's greatest temple, Independence, Mo., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

6. Ruins of Jail where Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and other Mormon leaders were imprisoned, Liberty, Mo., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

7. Apostle Lyman Wight's House at Adam-on-di-ahman, near Gallatin, Daviess Co., Mo., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

8. Looking east along Mulholland Street, from south side of Temple Block, Nauvoo, Illinois., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

9. The Temple of Nauvoo, Illinois (88x128 ft.), corner stone laid April 6, 1841; burned Nov. 10, 1848 [illustration], 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

10. Home of President Wilford Woodruff, Nauvoo, Illinois, (facing east), 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

11. Home of the President Lorenzo Snow, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

12. Nauvoo Mansion, Home of Joseph Smith, from which murdered brothers were buried, Nauvoo, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

13. Old Smith Homestead, Emma Smith's Grave, and lot where martyred brothers were buried, Nauvoo, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

15. Home of President John Taylor, Nauvoo, Illinois (facing east), 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

16. The old Jail where the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered (south front), Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

17. Hall, door to Debtor's Prison, stairway ascended by mob, and door to main Prison, Jail, Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

18. Door to main Prison, Hall where mob stood while firing into Jailor's parlour, Jail, Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

19. Jailor's Parlor where mob slew Joseph and Hyrum Smith - bullet hole in door, Old Jail, Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

20. East side of Jail, showing window where Jospeh Smith was shot and from which he fell, Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

21. Court House, scene of trial of murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Carthage, Ill., 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

22. Brigham Young, the great leader of the Nauvoo exodus, and colonizer of the American Desert, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

23. The Great Temple and the Tabernacle (cost of Temple $400,000, height 210 feet), Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
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1 item

24. Pioneer Monument - in honor of Brigham Young and the pioneers of July 24, 1847, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

25. The East Side of the Temple Block, looking north, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

26. Interior of the Tabernacle (seating 8,000) and the Great Organ, Salt lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

27. Assembly Hall, Temple Block - Gothic architecture, seating capacity 3,000 - Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

28. The Beehive House, official residence of President Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

29. The Lion House and the Great Temple at distance, northwest, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

30. Amelia Palace, last official residence of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

31. Grave of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

32. Court House - City and County Buildings - height 256 ft., cost $800,000 - Salt Lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

37. Honorable Heber M. Wells, Governor of Utah, in his office, Salt lake City, Utah, 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

38. President Joseph F. Smith (left), and Counselor Anthon H. Lund (center), 1st Counselor John R. Winder (right), 1904. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

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