Recently Digitized Collections, December 2021
Explore dozens of recently digitized collections to enable your research wherever you are in the world.
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
Manuscript Collections
Mark A. Coffey mission papers, 1979–1981 (MS 28782)
William G. Sears journal, 1895–1902 (MS 31116)
Paulina E. Lyman statement, 1903 (MS 696)
Fred W. Stone journals, 1926–1968 (MS 900)
William Marks bond, 1842 March 10 (MS 3189)
Tribute to Romania B. Pratt, 1881 (MS 4837)
Thomas C. Stanford journals, 1889–1893 (MS 8542)
Joel H. Johnson autobiography, circa 1882 (MS 15025)
Biography of Lebbeus Thaddeus Coons, 1997 (MS 15448)
John W. Taylor journal, 1930–1932 (MS 15773)
Madison D. Hambleton journal, 1844–1863 (MS 28430)
Photograph Collections
Pliny T. Sexton, undated (PH 665)
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1887 (PH 2371)
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1930 (PH 2372)
Representative women of Deseret, 1883 (PH 2657)
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, circa 1910 (PH 5704)
Murray 1st Ward photographs, 1914; 1924 (PH 5792)
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)