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Register of the Small Mormon Collections, 1860; 1918
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Small Mormon Collections,
    Date (inclusive): 1860; 1918
    Collection number: Mss2
    Creator: Reginald R. Stuart
    Extent: 0.1 linear ft.
    Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
    Stockton, CA 95211
    Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Small Mormon Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

    Access Points

    Personal Names

    Cannon, George Quayle (1827-1901)
    Grant, Heber Jeddy (1855-1945)
    Lapish, Joseph
    Jones, Thomas
    Whitney, S.A.

    Corporate Names

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

    Subjects

    Mormons -Utah -History
    Mormon church -Presidents -Correspondence
    Mormon Trail (Utah) -History

    Biography

    George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) was a Mormon publisher and attorney who lent travel necessaries to Salt Lake City emigrants. He was later part of a delegation that petitioned the U.S. government for Utah statehood (1872), subsequently serving Utah Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives (1872-1880) until barred from his seat for practising polygamy. [Ms2.C226]
    Heber Jeddy Grant (1855-1945) was President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for twenty-seven years (1918-1945). Before becoming President, he successfully led the fight in Utah for prohibition of alcoholic beverages (1908). Under Grant's leadership the Mormon Church experienced considerable material growth, especially duing the 1920s. His conservative views on religion and politics, however, alienated the liberal wing of his church during the Great Depression and several of the candidates he supported for political office during this period were defeated. [Ms2.G762]