Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Collection of Material, ca. 1913-1935

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Title:: Collection of Material about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Dates:: ca. 1913-1935
Abstract:: Mormonism was established in the 1820s in western New York under the leadership of Joseph Smith. Its largest institutional manifestations are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The collection consists of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook and miscellaneous materials related to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Extent:: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Collection of Material about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Collection 320). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous materials related to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Includes materials related to the Mormons' migration to Utah and the founding and growth of Salt Lake City. Also includes a typescript copy of the diary of Lorenzo Dow Young.
Biographical / historical:: Mormonism was established in the 1820s in western New York under the leadership of Joseph Smith; its largest institutional manifestations are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; a year after the church was established, the Mormons left New York to establish stakes in Ohio and Missouri; violent conflicts with non-Mormons forced them to flee and establish a new center in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1839; after the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844, a large group of Mormons followed Brigham Young west in 1846 and arrived in what is now Utah in July 1847; they founded the State of Deseret, building a tabernacle and temple in Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Mormons--United States--History.
Names:: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Young, Lorenzo Dow, 1807-1895.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying, unknown year . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Collection of Material about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Collection 320). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US