Item Detail
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30763
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English
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Mormon Americana at Yale
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BYU Studies
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Fall 1992
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32
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3
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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61-69
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"Yale's interest in Mormon Americana began in 1942 when William Robertson Coe presented the university with his personal collection of Western Americana between 1942 and 1949 Coe gave the sterling memorial library over seven thousand items concerning the exploration settlement and development of the american west. Among the books pamphlets broadsides manuscripts and art in Coe's collection were more than nine hundred pieces concerning the early history of the latter day saints since 1949 the Yale collection of western americana using endowment funds provided by Coe and other generous benefactors has built an extensive collection documenting the origins and growth of Mormonism in the nineteenth century." [Author]