Box 7A
Container
Contains 23 Results:
Utah War, 1857-1858
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 11
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
Historian Ogden Kraut's account of the visit of United States Army Capt. Van Vleit to Salt Lake City; and accounts of meetings held in the Salt Lake bowery from John Taylor's Journal of Discourses.
Dates:
1857-1858
Coming of the Railroad to Utah, 1859-1864
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 12
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual. Consequently,...
Dates:
1859-1864
"Carpetbaggers", 1869-1875
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 13
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual. Consequently,...
Dates:
1869-1875
Death of Brigham Young, 1876-1877
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 14
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
An "Epistle of the Twelve Apostles and Counselors," dated September 10, 1877, officially announcing John Taylor's assumption of the church presidency before ratification at October conference.
Dates:
1876-1877
Taylor Administration, 1878-1879
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 15
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
A small collection of excerpts from John Taylor's speeches, with notes from journalist and historian Edward Wheelock Tullidge; an account of Taylor's interview with Orvando J. Hollister, correspondent for the New York Tribune, after the United States Supreme Court upheld the antipoligamy legislation of 1862; Taylor's discourse given April 9, 1879, and Tullidge's comparison of his leadership style to that of his predecessors; and William E. Koerner's account of...
Dates:
1878-1879
Jubilee Anniversary, 1880-1881
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 16
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
"Two Days' Meetings in the Salt Lake Assembly Hall," a record of pre-conference meetings held April 4 and 5, 1880, with remarks by John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Levi W. Hancock, L. W. Hardy, Albert Carrington, Lorenzo Snow, and Moses Thatcher, and Brigham Young, Jr.; Hubert H. Bancroft's account, from his book, Literary Industries, of his dealings with Taylor when preparing his history of Utah; and Taylor's 1881 discourse, "Succession in the...
Dates:
1880-1881
Gardo House, 1882
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 17
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John Taylor family papers (1844-1994) are a collection of material reflecting the life and work of John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, and his descendants, John W. Taylor, Raymond Woolley Taylor, and Samuel Taylor. Included are letters, biographies, research materials, genealogies, articles written by other authors, diaries, journals, and books. Correspondence comprises a major portion of the collection and has been organized within the papers of each individual. Consequently,...
Dates:
1882
Unlawful Cohabitation, 1883
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 18
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
Extracts from John Taylor's Journal of Discourses, concerning polygamy; correspondence with Mary E. Lightner, in which she asks Taylor for financial assistance; "Tithes vs. Schools," a Salt Lake Tribune editorial criticizing Mormon tithing collection; an article from the London Daily News, dated November 2, 1883, about Taylor and the church; and a letter from Franklin D. Richards proposing the compilation of a running...
Dates:
1883
Unlawful Cohabitation Crusade, 1884
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 19
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
"Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," Utah Gov. Eli H. Murray's article in vol. 138, no. 326 (January 1884) of the North American Review written in response to a previous article by Taylor; a letter from Wilford Woodruff on September 21, 1891, directing apostle John Henry Smith to dedicate rooms outside the temple for the performance of temple ordinances; a letter from Joseph F. Smith to John Henry Smith concerning the flight of general authorities from...
Dates:
1884
The Do, 1885
File — Box: 7A, Folder: 20
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents
A January 25, 1931 article from the Idaho Statesman stating the Idaho Gov. William Bunn was forced to sign the 1885 Test Oath Bill at the gun point of anti-Mormons.
Dates:
1885