PCA HISTORICAL CENTER
Archives and Manuscript Repository for the Continuing Presbyterian Church


Wesley Preston Walters

Manuscript Collection MS#073
Box #66

Content Summary: a

Span dates: 1820-1986 Size: 1.0 cu. ft. (one carton)

Access: This collection is open to researchers.

Preferred citation:
Wesley Preston Walters Manuscript Collection, Box 66, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, Missouri.


books02"In another application, Mrs. Hancock collects Remington-Rand electrostatic enlargements of
eight consecutive years of newspaper messages
her church printed. She will bind these into a
book also, getting all eight years into one volume."

Box 66
File & Subject
ƒ01 — Finding Aid
ƒ02 — Howe, E.D., 1834, Mormonism Unvailed [photocopy of selected portions]
ƒ03 — Kirkham, Francis W., A New Witness for Christ in America [photocopy of selected portions]
ƒ04 — Brodie, Fawn M., 1954, No man knows my history: The Life of Joseph Smith [photocopy of selected portions]
ƒ05 — Pratt, Orson, Pamphlets [photocopy of selected portions]
ƒ06 — Question Time [RLDS publication], 1954 [photocopy of selected portions]
ƒ07 — The Saints' Herald 87.16 (20 April 1940) – 88.16 (19 April 1941), with gaps [5 issues]
ƒ08 — Clark, James R., The Story of the Pearl of Great Price [photocopy, pp. 24-27; 40-43]
ƒ09 — The True Latter Day Saints' Herald [RLDS publication; photocopy of first issue]
ƒ10 — Jessee, Dean, "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History" Brigham Young University Studies 17.1 (Autumn 1976): 29-39 [photocopy]
ƒ11 — Jackson County, Missouri Troubles, 1831-1833, News clippings
ƒ12 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Choice Seer, etc. [selected photocopies]
ƒ13 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – 1826 Trial [photocopy of Chenango County records, 2 leaves]
ƒ14 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Joins Methodist Church in 1828 [14 leaves]
ƒ15 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Letters and Items in his handwriting [photocopies]
ƒ16 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Attitude toward his martyrdom; News clipping regarding construction injunction at Nauvoo site
ƒ17 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Money Digging
ƒ18 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Ordained king
ƒ19 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Pictures of
ƒ20 — Joseph Smith, Jr. – Talisman
ƒ21 — Journalism – Mormon & RLDS – Miscellaneous Materials
ƒ22 — Jewish Practice and Observances – Clipping File
ƒ23 — Kinderhook Plates
ƒ24 — King Follet's Funeral Sermon, April 1844 [photocopies]
ƒ25 — Law, William and Wilson [photocopies of biographical information]
ƒ26 — Letters from Opposers [files of Pauline Hancock]
ƒ27 — Liberalism in the RLDS, 1957-1970, Miscellaneous clippings and articles
ƒ28 — Liberalism in Protestant Churches
ƒ29 — Liberalism – Miscellaneous Materials
ƒ30 — Marks, William
ƒ31 — Masonry – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ32 — Millennial Star
ƒ33 — Millennial Star – Supplement 1853
ƒ34 — Mormon (the word) – Its Use before the Book of Mormon
ƒ35 — Mormon History Association, 1980-1986, Newsletters #43-61; Correspondence; Papers
ƒ36 — McLellan, W.E. – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ37 — Mountain Meadows Massacre – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ38 — "Mountains of the Lord's House"
ƒ39 — National Council of the Churches of Christ, 1970, Correspondence with Robert L. Maley [Book of Mormon Foundation] regarding relationship of RLDS to the NCC
ƒ40 — Nauvoo Expositor – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ41 — Nauvoo Legion [photocopies, 4 leaves]
ƒ42 — Negro in the Utah Church – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ43 — Notes on the Book of Mormon
ƒ44 — Notes on Church Lessons
ƒ45 — Miscellaneous Notes
ƒ46 — "Older Youth" Group Material -- RLDS
ƒ47 — Original Church – False Prophecies
ƒ48 — Original Church from 1829 to 1844 – History – 1820-1834, Earliest Period
ƒ49 — Original Church from 1829 to 1844 – History – Kirtland Period, 1835-1837
ƒ50 — Original Church from 1829 to 1844 – History – Missouri Period, 1837-1839
ƒ51 — Original Church from 1829 to 1844 – History – Illinois Period, 1839-1844
ƒ52 — Original Church – Never legally "organized and established agreeably to the laws of our country"
ƒ53 — Original Church – RLDS admit "mistakes"
ƒ54 — Original Church – "Succession or Rejection" – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ55 — Protest Movement
ƒ56 — Pearl of Great Price – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ57 — Pictures – LDS Church [covered wagon painting]
ƒ58 — Pictures – Original Church ["The Hill Cumorah"; etc.; 6 leaves]
ƒ59 — Pictures – RLDS Church [Church Leaders: A Pictorial Résumé]
ƒ60 — Plurality of Gods – Early RLDS Position
ƒ61 — Plurality of Gods – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ62 — Polygamy – "Affadavits and Certificates"
ƒ63 — Polygamy – Austin Cowles Obituary
ƒ64 — Polygamy – Court Record for Hancock County, Illinois, 1844
ƒ65 — Polygamy – Erastus Snow's Record of Marriage for time and eternity, 15 February 1844
ƒ66 — Polygamy – Isaac Sheen Material
ƒ67 — Polygamy – "Nauvoo Expositor" and Related Material
ƒ68 — Polygamy – "Origin of Polygamy Among Latter Day Saints" – John R. Haldeman
ƒ69 — Polygamy – "Men with Harems" by Ed Reid – True Story, February 1962
ƒ70 — Polygamy – "Plural Marriage" by Andrew Jenson
ƒ71 — Polygamy – "The Testimony of Joseph Smith's Best Friend" by Charles S. Sellers [33 p.]
ƒ72 — Polygamy – Miscellaneous Material
ƒ73 — Polygamy – Discussion in The Independence Examiner, 1983, after Richard Howard's Paper at JWHS Meeting [news clippings]
ƒ74 — Priesthood
ƒ75 — Pre-Existence ["Did Man Pre-exist?," author's name not provided]
ƒ76 — Presbyterian Church Record from Palmyra for March 1828 [photocopy, 3 leaves]