Recently Digitized Collections, December 2021

Below you’ll find December’s list of recently digitized materials to explore in the Church History Catalog, such as this report on how valuable Church records were saved from the Council House fire of June 21, 1883. The Council House was an early Salt Lake City building that, before the completion of the Salt Lake Temple, was used for both endowment ceremonies and the territorial government’s offices. Church leaders, including the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, also used the Council House for meetings and record storage. The report tells how William H. H. Sharp attempted to save as many records as he could before a neighboring powder magazine exploded and blew him down the Council House’s stairs. (He lived.)

All of the following collections feature one or more items that have been digitized and are available for viewing online. For some collections, login may be required for access.

Church Record Collections

Manila, Philippines conference program, 1945 May 13 (CR 596 456)

Local Record Collections

Las Vegas 25th Ward manuscript history and historical reports, 1966–1983 (LR 4725 2)

Baden Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1927–1984 (LR 10906 2)

Salt Lake Stake report regarding destruction of stake records, 1883 July 6 / Salt Lake Stake (LR 604 52)

Letter to Angus M. Cannon from Albert Carrington, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1878 September 17 / Salt Lake Stake (LR 604 92)

Kitchener District general minutes, 1942–1960 / Kitchener District, Canadian Mission (LR 4476 11)

Eastern Upolu elders’ journal, 1948–1953 / Samoan Mission (1888–1970) (LR 7852 27)

South African Mission programs, 1958, 1966 / South African Mission (1903–1970) (LR 8452 39)

Aalborg Conference manuscript history and historical reports, 1851–1962 / Aalborg Conference, Scandinavian Mission (LR 10450 2)

Manuscript Collections

Joseph Smith elder’s certificate to Almon L. Fullmer, 1840 (MS 27603)

Fredrick E. and Ethel S. Mitchell papers, 1887–circa 1960 (MS 31107)

Benjamin Goddard journal and photographs, circa 1880–1930 (MS 31142)

Excerpts from the diary of L. John Nuttall, 1876–1889 (MS 923)

Mark A. Coffey mission papers, 1979–1981 (MS 28782)

William G. Sears journal, 1895–1902 (MS 31116)

Paulina E. Lyman statement, 1903 (MS 696)

Emmeline B. Wells letter to Heber J. Grant, circa 1918 (MS 765)

Fred W. Stone journals, 1926–1968 (MS 900)

Junius F. Wells blessing to Emmeline B. Wells, 1919 March 2 (MS 2379)

William Marks bond, 1842 March 10 (MS 3189)

Amos R. Wright record book, 1877 July–1880 October (MS 3792)

Tribute to Romania B. Pratt, 1881 (MS 4837)

Nauvoo (Ill.) Registry of Deeds Book A index, 1842–1843 (MS 4869)

Account of the funeral proceedings for President Brigham Young, 1877 September 1 (MS 4879)

B. Powell letter, Springfield, Illinois, to William C. Sanders, Nolands Ferry, Virginia, 1844 October 6 (MS 6236)

Jonathan Crosby certificates, 1836–1845 (MS 6335)

Emmeline B. Wells letter, Salt Lake City, Utah to Emma Smith, Snowflake, Arizona, 1894 December 26 (MS 7615)

Thomas C. Stanford journals, 1889–1893 (MS 8542)

James A. Slater diary, 1884 November–1887 August (MS 8730)

Plat of Fremont County, Idaho, circa 1905 (MS 9209)

John H. Humphrey Barker letter, Newton, Utah, to Jennie Barker, 1888 June 17 (MS 13220)

Joel H. Johnson autobiography, circa 1882 (MS 15025)

Biography of Lebbeus Thaddeus Coons, 1997 (MS 15448)

John W. Taylor journal, 1930–1932 (MS 15773)

Heber C. Kimball letter, Winter Quarters, Nebraska, to John M. Bernhisel, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1847 February 17 (MS 22593)

Andrew J. Stewart family record book, circa 1898–1938 (MS 27459)

Madison D. Hambleton journal, 1844–1863 (MS 28430)

George B. Spencer missionary journal, 1864–1867 (MS 29643)

Photograph Collections

Salt Lake First Ward meetinghouse photographs, 1976 September 16 (PH 3220)

Albert and Louise Levine photograph collection, 1892–1948 (PH 9010)

South African Mission photographs, 1901–1913 (PH 653)

Pliny T. Sexton, undated (PH 665)

Dedication of Brooklyn New York chapel, 1919 February 16 (PH 698)

Salt Lake City Temple in its different stages of construction since 1865, 1892 (PH 2299)

Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1887 (PH 2371)

Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1930 (PH 2372)

Representative women of Deseret, 1883 (PH 2657)

Charles C. Rich family reunion, 1907 August 7 (PH 3838)

Palmer and Van Cott family photographs, circa 1872–1910 (PH 5502)

Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1910 (PH 5704)

John S. Omer mission photographs, 1947–1951 (PH 5705)

Murray 1st Ward photographs, 1914; 1924 (PH 5792)

South African Mission photographs, 1953–1954 (PH 6412)

Henrietta C. Smith family photographs, circa 1900–1920, 1965 (PH 9588)

Kenneth R. Mays photograph collection, 1985–2018 (PH 9809)

Leonard W. Hurst photograph collection, circa 1896–1940 (PH 10673)

Print and Rare Collections

The family : a proclamation to the world (1997) (M242.3 O32 1997)

The family : a proclamation to the world (United States Congressional record, 1995) (M242.3 O32 1995 no.5)

The life of Richard Smith Norwood. (M270.1 N895n)

Central Mississippi District, a narrative history, 1895–1965 (M277.62 C397g)

Mormon Temple, Nauvoo (M282.1 N314mo 1849)

Gesange. (M285.2 H99sAFR 1976)

The voice at midnight / Lars Peterson, James Brighouse. (M290 P485v 1884)