Abstract The Clarence Barrows papers (1824-1950) consist of family correspondence, three nineteenth and twentieth century patriarchal blessings and genealogical information culled from the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder.

Abstract This collection (1861) contains the patriarchal blessing of Orrin Hatch. Orrin Hatch was a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company C, and marched with them to California in 1846. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1848 and later settled in Bountiful, Utah. He married Elizabeth Perry in 1855 and Maria Thompson in 1856 and was the father of twenty-one children.

Abstract The Gregory A. Prince papers (1833-1995) contain correspondence, research materials and notes, and the transcripts of oral interviews collected during the writing of Prince's various books about Mormon history. Draft manuscripts of several of those works are also included.

Abstract The Joseph Smith Senior patriarchal blessing book (1833-1843) consist of a copy of the original manuscript and a transcript of the blessings. The original book is located within the archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).