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Ogden Stake birthday invitation and program for David O. McKay, September 8,

1939. At this time, McKay was fifty-six years of age and served as Second Counselor to Heber J.

Grant, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included is a poem on the

back of the program by Mary A. Schaer, “President David O. McKay.

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Ogden City Junction, Ogden, Utah newspaper articles on the deaths of Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presidents Brigham Young and John Taylor. Brigham Young died

August 29, 1877, and John Taylor died July 25, 1887. Newspaper articles are dated August 30,

1877 and July 27, 1887. In oversize manuscript drawer.

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This collection contains the diary of Henry Nelson from 1904-1905. During this time, Nelson was serving a LDS mission in Germany. He covers his time in Germany , England , and the steamship trip back to the United States. He included ticket stubs, play bills, and newspaper articles that he collected during this time. See MS 163 for the Fred Kotter Missionary Letters who also was serving in Germany during the same time.

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This collection contains a 700 page listing of dissertations written on the subjects of Mormons, Mormonism, and Utah completed by 1986. The collection is not in alphabetical order.

Scope and Contents The Don Benscheider Collection contains the diaries and writings of Don Benscheider startingwith his diary for the mission he served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in1966 and his subsequent diaries and writings up to his death in 2007. The diaries give an intimatelook into the life of a gay man and his struggles with his family and church, and later with HIV,AIDS, and the agony of losing friends to the disease while being a...

Arrangement There are ten series in the collection including: Series 1, Brigham Young Correspondence, 1853-1870; Series 2, Brigham Young Journals and Biographical Information, 1832-1862; Series 3, Historian’s Office Journal, 1858-1966; Series 4, Correspondences, 1852-1871; Series 5, Newspapers, circa 1850-1860; Series 6, Indians and Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1937; Series 7, Individuals’ Biographical Information, circa 1841-1967; Series 8 Military and Camp Floyd, undated; Series 9, Mormons and...

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This collection contains 74 diaries of Dr. Edward Rich and his wife Almira. They begin in 1892 and run through 1965. The bulk of this collection centers on Almira's diaries that run from 1897-1947. During that time she documented her personal life and the medical practice of Edward, the community of Ogden and national events such as the outbreaks of WWI and WWII. The diaries also include newspaper and magazine clippings, memorabilia and pins.

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Sales receipts to the Farmer’s Grain Cooperative of Ogden, Utah, of 14,000 and

2,000 bushels of winter wheat by the LDS Church Wheat Storing Committee, Salt Lake City,

June 23, 1948.