Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Utah: A People's History
- Personal Information
- Court Documents
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical Department
- Teaching Files
- University of Utah Materials
- University of Utah Materials, Center for Historical Population Studies
- University of Utah Materials, Promotion, Retention, and Tenure Committee
- From New Deal to New Economics: The American Liberal Response to the Recession of 1937
- "Sugar House Ward: A Latter-day Saint Congregation"
- Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, General Materials
- Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Alpine, Utah
- Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Middleton, Idaho
- Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Sublimity, Oregon
- Utah: A People's History
- Short Essays, Speeches, and Publications
- Writings by Others
- Subject Files
- Miscellaneous Research
- Personal Materials
- Mormon Demography Project
- Mormon History Association
- Utah Remembers, Documentary
- World Conference on Records
- Class Materials
- Teaching Files
- Teaching Files, Utah: A People's History
- Writings by May
- Writings by Others
- Writings by Others, Mormons and Utah
- Subject Files
- General Materials
- Teaching and University of Utah Materials
- General Materials
- Names and Subjects
Dean L. May papers, 1848-2003
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- May, Dean L.
- Title
- Dean L. May papers
- Dates
- 1848-2003 (inclusive)18482003
- Quantity
- 54.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS 0422
- Summary
- The Dean L. May papers (1848-2003) consist of materials relating to May's teaching and writing careers. Included are writings, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, reports, minutes, legal papers, news articles, notes, syllabi, maps, and coding papers related to demography studies, among other papers. Dean L. May was a professor of history at the University of Utah. His studies and teaching and writing interests centered around the social history of the United States, the American West in particular.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Dean L. May papers (1848-2003) consist of materials relating to May's teaching and writing careers. Includes correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, reports, minutes, legal papers, news articles, notes, syllabi, maps, coding papers relating to demography studies, research materials, and scripts for a television series titled "A Peoples' History of Utah" (1978-1980). Includes a paper given at a meeting of the Mormon History Association in 1975 titled "The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective."
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0553 and A0766).
Acquisition Information
Boxes 1-3 were donated by Dean L. May in 1994.
Boxes 4-104 were donated by Cheryll May in 2003.
Boxes 105-108 were donated by Cheryll May in 2003.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2003.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
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Box | Folder | |
1 | 1 | "Utah, The Place" |
1 | 2 | "The First Utahns" |
1 | 3 | "Utah's Indians and the Spanish" |
1 | 4 | "Utah's First Bonanza" |
1 | 5 | "A Peculiar People" |
1 | 6 | "Crossing to the West" |
1 | 7 | "A New Land" |
2 | 1 | Correspondence, 1980 |
2 | 2 | "A Bootstrap Economy" |
2 | 3 | "Cultural Life in the Desert" |
2 | 4 | "Troubled Times--The 1850s in Utah" |
2 | 5 | "Utah's Indians in the 1800s" |
2 | 6 | "The Coming of the Railroad" |
2 | 7 | "The Americanization of Utah" |
2 | 8 | "The New Pioneers" |
3 | 1 | "The Organization of Utah's Labor" |
3 | 2 | "Progressive Reform in the Beehive State" |
3 | 3 | "War, Depression and War, 1917-1945" |
3 | 4 | "Cultural Life in the Twentieth Century" |
3 | 5 | "The Political Economy of Post-Modern Utah" |
3 | 6 | Miscellaneous Information |
3 | 7 | Project Correspondence |
3 | 8 | "The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective" |
Personal InformationReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Correspondence |
1972-1997 |
4 | 2 | Biographical Information |
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4 | 3 | Cheryll May
Resumes, restaurant reviews, and notes.
|
1980 |
4 | 4 | Brown University
Correspondence, notes, and writings.
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1970s |
4 | 5 | Bishopric
Correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous.
|
1977-1985 |
4 | 6 | Board of State History
Agendas, reports, and minutes.
|
1986 |
4 | 7 | Pioneers of Progress Event
Correspondence and programs.
|
2002 |
4 | 8 | Sea Trek
Notes, journal entries, articles, and miscellaneous.
|
2001 |
4 | 9 | University of Cologne, Germany, Student Booklet |
1938 |
4 | 10 | Boston Trip Log |
1986 |
4 | 11 | Miscellaneous |
Court DocumentsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
5 | Desert Tortoise Case
This box contains correspondence, legal papers, articles and essays, and notes.
|
1992-1995 |
6 | Ekotek v. Steven M. Self
Included are correspondence, legal papers, articles, and written testimonies.
|
1950s-1990s |
7 | Salt Lake City Gas Works Case
This box includes correspondence, photocopies of historical documents, notes, articles, statements, and litigation materials.
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1870s-1990s |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical DepartmentReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | Correspondence |
1976-1978 |
8 | 2 | Procedures and Department Information |
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8 | 3 | Staff Meetings
Memoranda, minutes, and agendas.
|
1973-1976 |
8 | 4 | Benefits and Pay |
1970s |
8 | 5 | Newberry Library Grant
Correspondence and grant application papers.
|
1974 |
8 | 6 | Quantitative Studies |
1976 |
8 | 7 | Thoughts and Writings |
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8 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
Teaching FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 1 | Graduate Courses |
1990s |
9 | 2 | Historical Methods |
1975 |
9 | 3 | History 51 |
1972 |
9 | 4 | History 170-1, American Civilization |
1989 |
9 | 5 | History 170-3, American Civilization |
1990s |
9 | 6 | History 270-1, U.S. History to 1877 |
1990 |
9 | 7-8 | History 376, U.S. Social History to 1860 |
1980s |
9 | 9 | History 378, America Comes of Age |
1974 |
10 | 1 | History 378-1, Major Issues in American History |
1985 |
10 | 2 | History 387, Survey of Utah History |
1981 |
10 | 3 | History 466, History of Utah |
1988-1995 |
10 | 4 | History 499-1, History of Utah |
1988-1995 |
10 | 5-6 | History 501, Quantitative Methods |
1987-1994 |
10 | 7 | History 582, Social and Cultural History of the U.S. |
1978-1980 |
11 | 1 | History 586, History of Utah |
1979-1981 |
11 | 2 | History 691, Family and Community in the American West |
1987-1988 |
11 | 3 | Honors 212H-1, American Civilization |
1986; 1988 |
11 | 4 | Infant Education, Log Book |
1972 |
11 | 5 | Liberal Education 115-2, Perspectives in American Culture |
1985-1986 |
11 | 6 | Management 751 |
1981 |
11 | 7 | Sample Syllabi |
1974-1994 |
University of Utah MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
12 | 1 | Correspondence |
1978-1999 |
12 | 2 | Association of Utah Historians |
1980-1986 |
12 | 3 | Black Canyon Project |
1990-1996 |
12 | 4 | Career Development Committee |
1990-1992 |
12 | 5 | Computer Center |
1979-1992 |
13 | 1-2 | Copyright Policy Committee
Includes copyright and desk copy forms, as well as other materials.
|
1982-1983 |
13 | 3 | Council for International Exchange of Scholars |
1981-1983 |
13 | 4 | Faculty Research Grants |
1985-1986 |
13 | 5 | Folk Arts Program |
1986-1989 |
13 | 6-7 | Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program |
1990s |
14 | 1 | Gardner Faculty Fellow Award |
1981-1982 |
14 | 2 | Golden Spike Field Trip |
1988 |
14 | 3 | Green River Trip |
1990 |
14 | 4 | Humanities Center Fellowship |
1988-1989 |
14 | 5 | Huntington Fellowship |
1986-1987 |
14 | 6 | Idaho Conference |
1982 |
14 | 7 | Men's Group |
1980s |
14 | 8-11 | National Endowment for the Humanities |
1981-1992 |
14 | 12 | Oregon Research Proposal |
1988-1989 |
14 | 13 | Pennsylvania Project |
1980 |
14 | 14 | Professorship Proposal |
1997 |
14 | 15 | Religion and Society Grant Proposal |
1989 |
15 | 1-2 | Rocky Mountain Humanities Center |
1999-2001 |
15 | 3 | Sabbatical Leave |
1985-1986 |
15 | 4-5 | Social Science History Association |
1980-1989 |
15 | 6 | Telephone Memoranda |
1980-1981 |
15 | 7 | United States Information Agency |
1988 |
15 | 8 | Western History Association Conference |
1980-1981 |
15 | 9 | Western Landscapes |
1988-1989 |
15 | 10 | Whittlers and Whistlers |
1982-1984 |
University of Utah Materials, Center for Historical Population StudiesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
16 | 1 | Correspondence |
1980-1988 |
16 | 2 | Charles Tilly Lecture |
1981-1982 |
16 | 3 | Ottowa Valley Project |
1981-1982 |
16 | 4-5 | "Two Utah Towns" Grant |
1982-1983 |
16 | 6 | Upward Bound Career Experience Internship |
1983 |
16 | 7 | Visiting Scholars |
1980-1983 |
16 | 8 | Newsletters |
1980-1983 |
16 | 9 | Review and Resignation |
1982-1983 |
University of Utah Materials, Promotion, Retention, and Tenure CommitteeReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
17 | 1-3 | Correspondence |
1977-1985 |
17 | 4 | Letter Drafts |
1980s |
17 | 5 | Policies and Procedures |
1976-1983 |
18 | 1 | Meetings and Reports |
1983-1985 |
18 | 2 | Supporting Documents
Gathered by May to support possible promotion.
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1980s |
18 | 3 | Statements by Dean L. May |
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18 | 4 | Statements and Reviews by Others |
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18 | 5 | Salary-Merit Committee |
1981-1982 |
18 | 6 | Notes |
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18 | 7 | Miscellaneous |
From New Deal to New Economics: The American Liberal Response to the Recession of 1937Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | Correspondence |
1971-1984 |
19 | 2 | Germinal Thesis |
1972 |
19 | 3-7 | Preface-Chapter 5, Draft |
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20 | 1 | Chapters 6-7, Draft |
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Volume | |||
20 | 1 | Final Thesis Copy |
1975 |
Folder | |||
20 | 2 | Thesis Log, 1971 |
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20 | 3 | Pictures and Maps |
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20 | 4 | Research Materials |
1930s-1980s |
21 | 1-2 | Research Materials |
1930s-1980s |
21 | 3 | Reviews |
1982-1983 |
21 | 4 | Miscellaneous |
"Sugar House Ward: A Latter-day Saint Congregation"Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
22 | 1 | Drafts and Final Copies |
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22 | 2 | Project Information, 1989-1993 |
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22 | 3 | Histories and Minutes |
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22 | 4 | Housing and Family Records |
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22 | 5 | News Articles and Essays |
1880s-1980s |
22 | 6 | Notes |
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22 | 7 | Miscellaneous |
Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
23 | 1 | Correspondence |
1980-1998 |
23 | 2 | Research Proposal |
1980s |
23 | 3-8 | Preface-Chapter 3, Drafts
Also includes a final copy of the finished work.
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24 | 1-2 | Chapters 5-7, Drafts and Research |
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24 | 3 | Diary |
1987-1992 |
24 | 4 | Intermountain Tours Project
Correspondence, essay, and notes.
|
1984 |
24 | 5 | "Early Rural Villages of the Far West" |
1989-1990 |
24 | 6 | "Religion and Social Organization in the Agrarian West, 1860-1880" |
1988 |
24 | 7 | "Two Western Towns: A Comparative View" |
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24 | 8 | "Wealth, Production, and Community in Two Western Towns" |
1980s |
24 | 9 | Coding Forms and Batch System Output |
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25 | 1 | Ratings Reference Copies |
1899 |
25 | 2-3 | Essays and Articles |
1970s-1980s |
25 | 4 | Reviews |
1995-1997 |
25 | 5 | Speeches |
1994; 2000 |
25 | 6 | Bibliographic References |
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25 | 7 | Graphics, Pictures, and Captions |
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25 | 8 | Notes |
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25 | 9 | Miscellaneous |
Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Alpine, UtahReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
26 | 1 | Articles |
1966-1980s |
26 | 2 | Family Record Sheets |
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26 | 3 | Coding Forms |
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26 | 4 | Maps and Graphics |
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26 | 5-6 | Notes |
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27 | 1-2 | Notes |
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27 | 3 | Miscellaneous |
Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Middleton, IdahoReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
28 | 1 | Correspondence |
1965-1992 |
28 | 2 | General History of Middleton |
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28 | 3 | Mary L. Luster, Autobiography |
1983 |
28 | 4 | Junius B. Wright, Autobiography |
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28 | 5 | Canyon Couty Pioneers, Personal Data Records |
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28 | 6 | Homestead Records |
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28 | 7-8 | Methodist Church Records |
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28 | 9 | Schools
Copies of historical records and disctrict information.
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1880s-1980s |
28 | 10 | "Middleton's Agri-Miners," Draft and Research Material |
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29 | 1-2 | Articles, Essays, and Book Excerpts |
1940s-1990s |
29 | 3 | Coding Forms |
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29 | 4-5 | Census Records and Information |
1910 |
29 | 6 | Notes |
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29 | 7 | Graphs and Maps |
Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Sublimity, OregonReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
30 | 1 | Correspondence |
1987-1988 |
30 | 2-5 | Family Group Sheets |
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30 | 6 | Pamona Grange Record Copies |
1870s-1880s |
30 | 7 | Church of Christ History |
1956 |
31 | 1-2 | Marion County Cemetery Records |
1987-1988 |
31 | 3 | Census Information |
|
31 | 4 | Probate Inventory Copies |
1880s-1900s |
31 | 5-6 | Hunt Family History Copy |
1890 |
31 | 7 | William Porter Diary |
1848 |
31 | 8 | Patton Scrapbook |
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31 | 9 | Women and Gender, Research Results |
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32 | 1 | Book of Remembrance of Marion County, Oregon Pioneers, Copy |
1927 |
32 | 2 | Marion County Newspaper Abstracts |
1988 |
32 | 3-4 | Articles and Essays, Copies |
1850-1980s |
32 | 5 | Book Copies |
1928-1983 |
32 | 6 | Notes |
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32 | 7 | Miscellaneous |
Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
33 | 1 | Correspondence |
1974-1992 |
33 | 2-3 | Proposal and Planning |
1979-1980 |
33 | 4-6 | Program Scripts |
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33 | 7 | Schedules |
1980s |
33 | 8 | Stand-ups |
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34 | 1 | Book Proof |
1987 |
34 | 2-3 | Book Draft |
1987 |
34 | 4 | Book Captions and Index |
1987 |
34 | 5 | Visuals |
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34 | 6 | Permissions |
1987 |
35 | 1 | Meeting Minutes |
1979-1988 |
35 | 2 | History 187R-T.V., Syllabus |
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35 | 3 | KUED Hotline Messages |
1988-1989 |
35 | 4 | Awards and Reviews |
1983-1993 |
35 | 5 | Promotional Materials |
1980s |
35 | 6 | Receipts and Invoices |
1987 |
35 | 7 | Notes and Notecards |
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35 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
Short Essays, Speeches, and PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
36 | 1-2 | Correspondence |
1982-1997 |
36 | 3 | "Agri-Miners in the North American West: The Nexus of Farming and Mining Cultures" |
1987 |
36 | 4 | "All Are Talking of Utah" |
2001 |
36 | 5 | "Angels, Beehives, and the Mormon Search for Community" |
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36 | 6 | Atlas of Mormonism Articles |
1992-1993 |
36 | 7 | "Availability of Archival Resources for Local History" |
1979-1980 |
36 | 8 | "Balancing the People and the Land" |
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36 | 9 | "Bare Bones of Historical Demography" |
1964, 1971 |
36 | 10 | "Bayous, Beaches, and Breaches" |
1978-1996 |
36 | 11 | Beyond the Kindgom |
1987 |
37 | 1 | "A Bitter Persecution" |
1989-1993 |
37 | 2 | Boom and Bust Symposium Talk |
1987 |
37 | 3 | Building the City of God |
1975-1991 |
37 | 4 | "Cache Valley's Jensen Farm Area in the 19th Century" |
1970s |
37 | 5 | "Cedar City: The Building of a Community" |
1978 |
37 | 6 | "The Challenge of Building the Kingdom" |
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38 | 1 | Chinese Visitors Speech |
|
38 | 2 | Christmas Talk |
|
38 | 3 | Columbia River Conference Talk |
1992 |
38 | 4 | "A Different Mode of Life" |
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38 | 5 | "Dissent and Authority in Two Latter-day Saint Traditions" |
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38 | 6 | "The Economics of Zion" |
1981-1990 |
38 | 7 | Encyclopedia of the American West Articles |
1993 |
38 | 8 | "The Far West" |
1982-1983 |
38 | 9 | "Fremont and the Mormons" |
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38 | 10 | "Gold, War, and the New West of the 1860s" |
1991 |
38 | 11 | "Images of China" |
1966 |
38 | 12 | "The Importance of History" |
1988, 1997 |
38 | 13 | "In Search of Family History" |
1979-1980 |
39 | 1 | Local Records Speeches |
1991-1992 |
39 | 2 | "The Mormons" |
1979 |
39 | 3 | National Conference of Editorial Writers Speech |
1991 |
39 | 4 | "The Nexus of Faith and Doubt" |
1993 |
39 | 5 | "Notes on A Persistent Question" |
1981 |
39 | 6 | "One Heart and Mind" |
1986-1996 |
39 | 7 | "Patterns of Production" |
1995 |
39 | 8 | "People of Grand Staircase-Escalante" |
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39 | 9 | "People on the Edge" |
1991 |
39 | 10 | "People on the Mormon Frontier" |
1975-1976 |
39 | 11 | Polygamy Lecture |
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39 | 12 | "A Ray of Millenial Light" |
1974-1975 |
40 | 1 | "Religion in the Mountain West" |
2002-2003 |
40 | 2-3 | Reviews by May |
1970s-1990s |
40 | 4 | "Rites of Passage" |
2002 |
40 | 5 | "Self-conscious Provinciality in Colonial America" |
1970 |
40 | 6 | "Sinful Wandering" |
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40 | 7 | "St. George and the Dixieites" |
2003 |
40 | 8 | Tanner Lectures |
1990s-2001 |
41 | 1 | Temple Talk |
|
41 | 2 | Thanksgiving Talk |
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41 | 3 | "Three Days in May" |
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41 | 4 | Tithing Talk |
|
41 | 5 | "A Utah Cultural Perspective" |
1991 |
41 | 6 | "Utah Religions" |
1991-1992 |
41 | 7 | "Utah Remembers," Video Centennial Special |
1996-1997 |
41 | 8 | "Varieties of Mormon Settlement" |
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41 | 9 | "Visions of Utah" |
1993 |
41 | 10 | "Writings from Within As A Mormon" |
1994 |
41 | 11 | Miscellaneous |
Writings by OthersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
42 | Af-No |
1921-2002 |
43 | Op-Wo |
1977-1980s |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
44 | 1 | Archives |
1975 |
44 | 2 | Leonard J. Arrington |
1987-1999 |
44 | 3 | Banking |
1930s-1960s |
44 | 4 | Bibliographies |
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44 | 5 | Brigham Young University |
1974-1984 |
44 | 6 | Carl Christian Anton Christensen |
1978 |
44 | 7 | Charles Redd Center for Western Studies |
1979-1992 |
45 | 1 | Charles Redd Center for Western Studies |
1979-1992 |
45 | 2 | Communal Societies |
1977-1997 |
45 | 3 | Community Growth |
1980s |
45 | 4 | Patrick E. Connor |
1860s; 1960s |
45 | 5 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
1981-1982 |
45 | 6 | Demography |
1970s |
45 | 7 | Devereaux House |
1978 |
45 | 8 | Encyclopedia of Mormonism |
1988-1990 |
46 | 1 | Ensign Peak |
1989 |
46 | 2-3 | Evans Biography and Handcart Awards |
1987-2002 |
46 | 4-6 | Family
Also includes materials on family history and the Family in American Life Conference.
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1977-1982 |
46 | 7 | Garland Press |
1981-1984 |
46 | 8 | Gold |
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46 | 9 | Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument |
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46 | 10 | History Methodology |
1990s |
46 | 11 | Human Population |
1997 |
46 | 12 | Hymns |
1913 |
47 | 1 | Iron County Mission |
1970s |
47 | 2 | Japanese American Citizens League |
1985 |
47 | 3 | Japanese American Relocation |
1983; 1989 |
47 | 4 | Jensen Historical Farm Project |
1979 |
47 | 5 | Kanab, Utah |
1976 |
47 | 6 | Lockley Group |
1870s-1994 |
47 | 7 | Mobility Studies |
1970s |
47 | 8 | Monks |
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48 | 1-3 | Mormon History Association |
1970s-1990s |
48 | 4 | Mountain Meadows Massacre |
1982; 1990 |
48 | 5 | National Endowment for the Humanities |
1980s |
48 | 6 | Nauvoo Symposium |
1989 |
48 | 7 | Newberry Library |
1974; 1977 |
48 | 8 | Oregon-California Trails Association |
1989 |
49 | 1 | Parowan, Utah |
1999; 2001 |
49 | 2 | Politics and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
1991 |
49 | 3 | Franklin D. Roosevelet |
1981-1985 |
49 | 4 | Sunstone |
1988 |
49 | 5 | Sustainability |
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49 | 6 | United Order |
1978-1979 |
49 | 7 | University of Nebraska |
1982-1987 |
49 | 8 | Utah Centennial History Foundation |
1979-1986 |
49 | 9 | Utah Committee for Geographic Names |
1976-1990 |
49 | 10 | Utah Heritage Foundation |
1979 |
50 | 1 | Utah History |
1800s-1990s |
50 | 2 | Utah History Encyclopedia |
1987-1992 |
50 | 3 | Utah History Fair |
1981-1990 |
50 | 4 | Utah State Board of Education |
1979-1984 |
50 | 5-7 | Utah State Centennial |
1994-1996 |
51 | 1 | Waldo Hills Baptist Church |
1870s |
51 | 2 | Women and the Transition to Capitalism in Rural America |
1987-1989 |
51 | 3 | World Conference on Records |
1980 |
51 | 4 | Zions Savings Bank and Trust |
1980; 1982 |
51 | 5-6 | Miscellaneous |
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52 | Research Notecards |
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53 | Research Notecards |
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54 | Research Notecards |
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55 | Research Notecards |
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56 | Research Notecards |
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57 | Research Notecards |
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58 | Research Notecards |
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59 | Research Notecards |
Miscellaneous ResearchReturn to Top
Box 60 contains those materials that may or may not be related to May's published works and have, therefore, remained separated from that section of the collection.
Container(s) | Description | |
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Box | Folder | |
60 | 1 | General Information |
60 | 2 | Family History Forms |
60 | 3 | Notes |
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
61 | 1-2 | Correspondence |
1966-2003 |
61 | 3 | Fulbright Grants |
1990-1996 |
61 | 4 | Job Searches |
1974-1976 |
61 | 5 | Clearfield Depression Era Museum |
2002 |
61 | 6 | Diary |
1966-1990 |
62 | 1 | Diary |
1957 |
62 | 2 | Scrapbook |
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62 | 3 | Miscellaneous |
Mormon Demography ProjectReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
63 | 1 | Correspondence |
1975-1980 |
63 | 2 | Grant Proposals |
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63 | 3 | Data Printouts |
1976-1977 |
63 | 4-5 | Papers and Reviews |
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63 | 6 | Miscellaneous |
Mormon History AssociationReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
64 | 1 | Correspondence |
1974-2003 |
64 | 2-5 | Handbooks |
1997-2003 |
64 | 6 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Mountain Conference |
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64 | 7 | Annual Meeting |
1993 |
64 | 8 | Mexico Mormon History Museum |
2001 |
65 | 1 | Journal Volume Draft |
1987 |
65 | 2 | Essays |
2000-2002 |
65 | 3 | Notes |
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65 | 4 | Miscellaneous |
Utah Remembers, DocumentaryReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
66 | 1 | Correspondence |
1995-1996 |
66 | 2 | Project Overview |
1995 |
66 | 3 | Interviews and Release Forms |
1995-1996 |
66 | 4 | Script Drafts |
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66 | 5 | Essays and Articles |
1996 |
66 | 6 | Schedules |
1995-1996 |
66 | 7 | Notes |
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66 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
World Conference on RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
67 | 1 | Correspondence |
1978-1980 |
67 | 2 | General Program Recommendation |
1979 |
67 | 3 | Registration and Lodging |
1980 |
67 | 4 | Minutes and Agendas |
1979-1980 |
67 | 5-6 | Sub-committees |
1978-1979 |
67 | 7 | Speakers and Topics |
1980 |
68 | 1-3 | Paper Presentations |
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68 | 4 | Conference Publication |
1969 |
68 | 5 | Demography Statistics |
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68 | 6 | Notes |
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68 | 7 | Miscellaneous |
Class MaterialsReturn to Top
This and subsequent boxes labeled "Class Materials" all contain materials derived from higher education classes that May took.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
69 | 1 | American Intellectual History |
1966-1967 |
69 | 2 | Ancient Oriental History |
1961 |
69 | 3 | Colloquia |
1960s |
69 | 4-5 | Economics |
1970-1971 |
69 | 6 | Family History Summer Institute |
1974 |
69 | 7 | Historical Survey of the LDS Church |
1960s |
69 | 8 | Historiography |
1963-1964 |
70 | 1 | History 119 |
1966-1967 |
70 | 2-3 | History 120 and 121 |
1961, 1966 |
70 | 4 | History 143b |
1967-1968 |
70 | 5 | History 160a |
1965-1967 |
70 | 6-7 | History 161a |
1965-1967 |
71 | 1 | History 163 |
1965-1966 |
71 | 2 | History 289 |
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71 | 3 | History 361 |
1965 |
71 | 4 | History 370 and 670 |
1960s |
71 | 5 | History 373 |
1961 |
71 | 6 | History 379 |
1963-1964 |
71 | 7-8 | History 401H |
1964 |
71 | 9 | History 575 |
1964 |
72 | 1 | Readings in Intellectual History |
1967 |
72 | 2 | Sociology 651-1 |
1976 |
72 | 3 | Statistics |
1974 |
72 | 4 | United States History Colloquium |
1965 |
72 | 5 | Various Classes Notebook |
1969-1970 |
72 | 6 | Miscellaneous |
Teaching FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
73 | 1 | Correspondence |
1991-1993 |
73 | 2 | American Aesthetic |
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73 | 3 | Bonn Lecture Course |
1991 |
73 | 4 | Civil War |
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73 | 5 | Emigration |
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73 | 6 | Expansion |
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73 | 7 | Foreign Policy |
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73 | 8 | History 115-2 |
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73 | 9-11 | History 170 and 270 |
1980s |
74 | 1-3 | History 170 and 270 |
1990s |
74 | 4 | History 378 |
1978 |
75 | 1 | History 466-1 |
1997 |
75 | 2 | History 466R-01 |
1998 |
75 | 3 | History 478 |
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75 | 4 | History 571-1 |
1981 |
75 | 5 | History 691R |
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75 | 6 | History 787 |
1988 |
75 | 7 | History 2212H-1 |
2000-2001 |
75 | 8-9 | History 2212-001 |
2002 |
75 | 10 | History 2212-003 |
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76 | 1-2 | History 4660 |
2001; 2003 |
76 | 3-6 | History 4660-001 |
1998-2003 |
77 | 1 | History 4660-001 |
2003 |
77 | 2 | History 7870-001 |
2001 |
77 | 3 | Honors 212H-1 |
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77 | 4 | Honors 2212 |
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77 | 5-6 | Liberal Education 115-1 |
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77 | 7 | Mormon Institutions Seminar |
1976 |
77 | 8 | New Deal |
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78 | 1 | Recreation and Leisure 385R-31 |
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78 | 2 | World War I |
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78 | 3 | World War II |
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78 | 4-5 | Various Classes Notebook |
1960s-1970s |
79 | 1 | Sample Syllabi and Assignments |
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79 | 2 | Miscellaneous |
Teaching Files, Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
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Box | Folder | |
80 | 1 | Program #1, "Utah, the Place" |
80 | 2 | Program #2, "The First Utahns" |
80 | 3 | Program #3, "Utah's Indians and the Spainiards" |
80 | 4 | Program #4, "Utah's First Bonanza" |
80 | 5 | Program #5, "A Peculiar People" |
80 | 6 | Program #6, "Crossings to the West" |
80 | 7 | Program #7, "A New Land" |
80 | 8 | Program #8, "Colonizing the West" |
80 | 9 | Program #9, "A Bootstrap Economy" |
80 | 10 | Program #10, "Cultural Life in the Desert" |
81 | 1 | Program #11, "Troubled Times--the 1850s In Utah" |
81 | 2 | Program #12, "Utah's Indians in the 1800s" |
81 | 3 | Program #13, "The Coming of the Railroad" |
81 | 4 | Program #14, "The Americanization of Utah" |
81 | 5 | Program #15, "The New Pioneers" |
81 | 6 | Program #16, "The Organization of Utah Labor" |
81 | 7 | Program #18, "War, Depression and War" |
81 | 8 | Program #19, "Cultural Life in the Twentieth Century" |
81 | 9 | Program #20, "Utah Today and Tomorrow" |
Writings by MayReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
82 | 1 | "The Banking Act of 1935" |
1966 |
82 | 2 | "Body and Soul: Mormon Religious Philanthropy since 1850" |
1983-1990 |
82 | 3 | Bonn Lecture and Speeches |
1990s |
82 | 4 | "Brigham Young and the Bishops" |
1970s-1980s |
Volume | |||
83 | 1 | Building the City of God |
1975 |
Folder | |||
83 | 1 | Building the City of God |
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83 | 2 | "The Challange of Building the Kingdom" |
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84 | 1-2 | "A Demographic Portrait of the Mormons: 1830-1980" |
1980-1991 |
84 | 3 | "A Different Mode of Life" |
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84 | 4 | "The Distribution of Mormon Wealth and Income in 1857" |
1977-1979 |
84 | 5 | "The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective" |
1975 |
85 | 1 | "The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective" |
1975-1976 |
85 | 2 | "Mormon Western Settlement" |
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85 | 3 | "Once I Lived in Cottonwood" |
1980s |
85 | 4 | "People on the Mormon Frontier" |
1976 |
85 | 5 | "The Philanthrophy Dilemma" |
1989 |
85 | 6 | "Religion and Social Organization in the Three Communities of the Agrarian West, 1860-1880" |
1990 |
85 | 7 | Reviews by May |
1970s-1980s |
85 | 8 | "The Stability Ratio" |
1978-1982 |
86 | 1 | "The Stability Ratio" |
1982-1984 |
86 | 2 | "Star Valley in the Context of Western Settlement" |
1980s |
86 | 3-6 | Tanner Lectures |
2002 |
86 | 7 | Tours Book |
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87 | 1-2 | "Two Western Towns" |
1980s |
87 | 3 | "Uses of Historical Demography in the Reconstruction of Family History" |
1977 |
87 | 4-5 | Utah: A People's History |
1987 |
87 | 6 | Utah: A Comparative History |
1970s |
88 | 1 | "The Utah Connection to Montana and Idaho, 1870-1890" |
1989 |
88 | 2 | "Utah Writ Small" |
1984 |
88 | 3 | "Utah's Economic Development, 1847-1900" |
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88 | 4 | "Writing Religious History in A Secular Age" |
1970 |
88 | 5-6 | Short Articles and Essays |
1970s-1980s |
88 | 7-8 | Miscellaneous |
Writings by OthersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
89 | Ab-Gr |
1970s-1990s |
90 | Ha-Mo |
1970s-1990s |
91 | Mo-So |
1970s-1990s |
92 | So-Zi |
1970s-1990s |
Writings by Others, Mormons and UtahReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
93 | Af-Ho
This and the following three boxes have been separated from the previous boxes entitled "Writings by Others" due to May's original organization. These boxes contain writings specifically on Mormons and Utah. Previous boxes may also contain similar writings, but these were specifically grouped together by May.
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94 | Im-Ou |
1970s-1990s |
95 | Pe-Zi |
1970s-1990s |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
96 | 1 | A. J. Allen |
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96 | 2 | American Indians |
1997 |
96 | 3-5 | Bibliographies |
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96 | 6-7 | Brigham Young University, Center for Family and Community History |
1981-1989 |
97 | 1 | Center for Research on Social Organization |
1970s-1980s |
97 | 2 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Historical Department |
1976 |
97 | 3 | Civil War |
1991 |
97 | 4 | Coding |
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97 | 5 | Economics and the Mormon Culture |
1974-1976 |
97 | 6 | Evans Biography Award |
1980s |
97 | 7 | Serine Gahrsen |
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98 | 1-3 | Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups |
1970s |
98 | 4 | Kanab, Utah |
1975 |
98 | 5 | Kinderhook Plates |
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98 | 6 | Libraries and Archives |
1946-1988 |
99 | 1 | Millennial Hymns |
1975-1982 |
99 | 2 | Monks Project |
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99 | 3 | Mormon Family |
1975 |
99 | 4 | Mormon Folk Music |
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99 | 5 | Mormon Hymn Tradition |
1972 |
99 | 6 | News Articles |
1870s-2002 |
99 | 7 | Organization of American Historians |
2003 |
99 | 8 | Paris, Idaho |
1975 |
99 | 9 | Pioneer Trails |
1986 |
99 | 10 | Salamander Letter |
1980s |
100 | 1 | George Albert Smith |
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100 | 2 | Social and Historical Societies |
1970s-1990 |
100 | 3 | State History Board |
1992 |
100 | 4-7 | United States Social History and Community Studies |
1970s-1980s |
101 | 1 | Utah Heritage Foundation Lecture Series |
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101 | 2 | Utah State Historical Society |
1980s |
101 | 3-4 | Western History Association |
1992 |
101 | 5 | Women |
1980s |
101 | 6 | Miscellaneous |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
102 | Research Notecards |
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103 | Spirit of Utah Centennial Board Game |
1993 |
104 | Oversize Materials |
1880s-1980s |
105 | Correspondence |
1969-1986 |
106 | Correspondence |
1987-2003 |
Teaching and University of Utah MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
107 | 1 | Memoranda |
1977-1982 |
107 | 2 | Policies and Procedures |
1970s-1980s |
107 | 3 | Class Schedules |
1978-2002 |
107 | 4 | Ph.D. Candidates |
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107 | 5 | Receipts and Invoices |
1981-2002 |
107 | 6 | Benefits |
1990s-2002 |
107 | 7 | Outside Reading Proposals |
1970s |
107 | 8 | Directed Reading |
1979 |
107 | 9 | History 571 |
1979-1990 |
107 | 10 | Minutes and Agenda |
1977-1981 |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
108 | 1 | Diary |
1953 |
108 | 2 | Writings |
1970s-1980s |
108 | 3 | "First Boston Saints" |
1970s |
108 | 4 | Certificates |
1980s-1990s |
108 | 5 | Programs and Schedules |
1970s-1980s |
108 | 6 | Utah State Centennial |
1996 |
108 | 7 | Notes |
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108 | 8 | Newletters and Clippings |
1975-2001 |
108 | 9 | Miscellaneous |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Latter Day Saints--West (U.S.)--History
Personal Names
- May, Dean L.--Archives
Geographical Names
- Utah--History
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Essays
- Scripts (documents)