Newly Accessible Collections, April 2024

Introducing the newest digitized collections available from the Church History Library. A collection from this month’s digitization you may find of interest includes sheet music for the song Temple Anthem written and composed for the capstone laying ceremony of the Salt Lake Temple in 1892. Or comb through 48 pages of minutes taken by the Salt Lake High Council—the valley’s first governing body—from 1847 to 1848. You may also enjoy perusing Ezra T. Du Fresne Stevenson’s mission journal recorded while he served in the Australasian mission from 1887 to 1888.

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Newly digitized collections

Church Record Collections

Brigham Young College Records, 1877–1918 (CR 338 3)

Building Department Newsletter, 1960 November (CR 103 687)

Women’s Committee on Dancing and Dress Report, circa 1917 (CR 11 7)

Local Record Collections

Barsinghausen Branch Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1899–1901, 1924, 1928–1929, 1943, 1950–1953 (LR 534 2)

Caerphilly Branch Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1974–1981 (LR 14336 2)

Derby Ward General Minutes, 1901–1977 (LR 2245 11)

Las Vegas Mission Record Book, 1855 April–1857 March (LR 5691 21)

Zacatecas Branch Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1966–1967 (LR 10357 2)

Manuscript Collections

Alan Dale Marchant Mission Correspondence, 1950–1952 (MS 33839)

Byron T. Geslison Reminiscence, circa 1985 (MS 17117)

Charles A. Callis Letter, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to G. W. Bragg, Buchanan, Georgia, 1916 September 8 (MS 34152)

Danny P. Foulon Mission Papers, 1967–1969 (MS 28579)

Ezra T. Du Fresne Stevenson Mission Journal 1887–1888 (MS 30460)

Gordon I. Empey Mission Journals and Photograph Album, 1936–1939 (MS 34558)

Salt Lake High Council Minute Book, 1847 October 4–1848 July 22 (MS 3426)

Oral History Collections

Beverly Muraoka Oral History: Kaapa, Hawaii, USA, 2018 November 11 (OH 16660)

Lothar E. Hubert Interview: Schwerin, Germany, 1993 June 27 (OH 1563)

Photograph Collections

Brigham Young, circa 1867 (PH 5529)

Salt Lake Temple, circa 1864 (PH 4041)

Seraing Branch, France-Belgium Mission Family Photographs, circa 1900–1970 (PH 7696)

Twelve Apostles, circa 1867 (PH 1446)

Print and Rare Collections

Conference Hymns and Community Songs: Twenty-sixth General Annual Conference of the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association, June 10, 11, and 12, 1921 (M285.14 C748h 1921)

Cuando regrese Jesus [Musik] / [Musik und Text von Mirla Greenwood Thayne] [Music and Text by Mirla Greenwood Thayne]. (M285.15 T373wSPA 197-?)

Devotional Songs (M285.8 D513)

General Priesthood Meeting, Aaronic Priesthood Chorus (M285.16 G326p 1970)

Joseph the Seer / [Music by] Neukomm; [Words by John Taylor]; Arranged by E. Beesley. (M285.17 N486j)

The Lady Pioneers: Inscribed to the Three Women Who Were Included among the First Company of Utah Pioneers [And] Roses and Lilies; Chorus for Ladies’ Voices (M285.17 S832La 19--?)

LDS translation Index. Portuguese (M258 T772LiPOR v. 1-3 1973)

Loyalty: Respectfully Dedicated to President Joseph F. Smith / By Evan Stephens. (M285.17 S832Lo 1910?a)

Mormonism (M209 W754mo 1844)

My Valley Home: For Mixed Voices / By Evan Stephens. (M285.17 S832m 19--)

Overthrow of Gog and Magog: Anthem [S.A.T.B. with Piano Accompaniment] / [Music by] E. Stephens; [Words by] O.F. Whitney. (M285.17 S832ov 1910?)

Rebaptisms in Great Salt Lake Valley: 1847–1854 : Index / By Ronald R. Watt. (M234.3 W344r 2003)

The Saints’ Fireside / D.J.R. (M285.9 S157f 1855?)

Selected Hymns for Spring Conference in the Newcastle District of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Held in Linthorpe Assembly Rooms, Middlesbrough, May 26, 1929 (M285.18 S464 1929)

Songs for Priesthood Convention: Logan Stake Conference, January 1925 (M285.16 S698 1925)

Thanksgiving Anthem: [SATB] / [Music and Words by] Evan Stephens. (M285.17 S832th 1910)

Temple Anthem: Written and Composed for the Ceremony of Laying the Capstone of the Salt Lake Temple, April 6, 1892. / Words by C.L. Walker; Music by Evan Stephens. (M285.17 S832t 189-?)

Utah, We Love Thee / Words and Music by E. Stephens. (M285.17 S832u 1896)

Vales of Deseret: [S.A.T.B. with Piano Accompaniment] / [Words and Music by] E. Stephens. (M285.17 S832v 189-?)

With Songs Sweet and Cheering Serenade: A Waltz Chorus or Quartette / Composed by Evan Stephens. (M285.17 S832w 1884)

The Young Woman’s Journal (M205.1 Y81 v. 1-40 1889-1929)