Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers, 1936-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bradford, Mary Lythgoe
Title
Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers
Dates
1936-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.75 linear feet, (22 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1830
Summary
The Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers (1936-1994) contain personal writing, research, and manuscripts written by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, a LDS poet, author, and literary critic. Materials predominantly consist of her research and drafts of the biography of Lowell Bennion, Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.
Repository
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

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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mary Lythgoe Bradford (b. 1930) is a LDS editor, critic, and poet. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in education and a masters degree in English. Her masters thesis on Virginia Sorensen made Mary the first to write a scholarly work about the author. She continued this work in literary criticism, She edited Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from 1978 to 1983, and edited Mormon Women Speak, which was published in 1982. Her compilation Leaving Home: Personal Essays won the Association for Mormon Letters award for Personal Essay in 1988.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Materials consist of papers relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford. Her personal materials includes diaries and short stories written by the young Bradford, as well as pamphlets and correspondence related to her activity and missionary service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The personal materials also include genealogy work done by Bradford.

Materials related to her professional work primarily include interviews, oral histories, articles, correspondence, and other research related to the writing of Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian, a memoir and biography about the University of Utah professor Lowell L. Bennion. Materials also include a draft of the book.

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

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Processing Note

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 2000s.

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Related Materials

See also the Linda Sillitoe papers (Accn 1262) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections. Linda Sillitoe was the editor for Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.

Separated Materials

See also the Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection (P0862) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Interviews and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Phillip Barlow-LLB & McConkie
1 2
Ben Bennion Correspondence
1 3
Lynn Bennion, Buchanan
1 4
LLB Letters to Frances and Others
1938-1943
1 5
Maurice B. Folsom
1987
1 6
Correspondence with Frances
1944-1948
1 7
Correspondence with Frances
1948
1 8
Lowell Bennion Research Corresondence
1944-1990
1 9
Merle Bennion Tribute
1994
1 10
Laurel Bennion
1933-1994
1 11
Douglas Bennion
1987
1 12
Vaughn Bennion
1957
1 13
Claire Bennion Jones
1988-1989

Family Research and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1
Ellen Bennion Letter and Interview
1987
2 2
Kenneth Baldridge
1988
2 3
Frances B. Morgan
1943-1989
2 4
Steven Bennion
1989-1994
2 5
Howard Bennion
1945
2 6
Biography Project
1993
2 7
Bennion Research Letters
2 8
Travel Diary
1931-1932
2 9
Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion Drafts
1985
2 10
Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion
1985
2 11
Oral History Transcription
2 12
George Shepherd Tanner Oral History
1972
2 13
Calendars and Correspondence
1983-1988
2 14
Inauguration Invitation
1961
2 15
Inauguration Ceremonies Program
1961

Diary, Correspondence, and InterviewsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 1
Olpin Diary
1954-1964
3 2
Olpin Diary
1957-1962
3 3
Olpin Diary
1962-1964
3 4
George Boyd
1955-1990
3 5
L.D.S. Institute Ledger and Journal
1931
3 6
Laurie N. Di Padova
1986
3 7
O. Kendall White, Jr.
3 8
John W. Fitzgerald
1970-1978
3 9
Boards and Councils
3 10
Don Keeney Interview
1989
3 11
Helen Papanikolas
1989
3 12
Milton Bennion Memorial Foundation
3 13
Neal Maxwell Interview and Clippings

Interviews, Research Notes, and SpeechesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Community Services Council
1991
4 2
Church Causes
1978-1980
4 3
Lowell Bennion Speeches
4 4
Ted Lyon and LaMar Peterson
4 5
Lowell Bennion, Readers Digest Anecdotes
4 6
Roy and Louise Jones
4 7
Sociology of Religion
4 8
Laura H. Lyon History
4 9
Research Notes and Letters
4 10
Correspondence
1937-1989
4 11
Early Influences Notes
4 12
Bill Moran Diary
1940-1990
4 13
Lowell and Merle Bennion Interview
1990

Interviews, Essays, and the Bennion CenterReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1
Fred Buchanan
5 2
Joseph Fielding Smith
5 3
The Personalist
1947
5 4
Albert Payne Interview
1987
5 5
Interviews and Notice
1960-1988
5 6
Lambda Delta Sigma Handbook
1962-1986
5 7
"What Is Truth?" Essay
1974
5 8
Hammond Interview
1988
5 9
Merle Bennion
1956-1990
5 10
The Bennion Center at the University of Utah
1987-1990
5 11
Manuscripts Division Political Collections
1986

The Bennion Center and Institute BusinessReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 1
Institute Course Outline
1936
6 2
Bennion Center, Graduation Papers
1963-1992
6 3
Personal Files
1988-1991
6 4
Grant Bennion
1972-1989
6 5
Institute Business
1940-1955
6 6
Letters to Lowell Bennion
1955-1959
6 7
Marion D. Hanks, Correspondence
1958-1978

Essays and ManuscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 1
Paul Ellington
1965-1988
7 2
Religious Essays
1990-1992
7 3
"Feed My Sheep" Essay
1982
7 4
Obert C. Tanner
1956-1988
7 5
Ezra Taft Benson Address
1961
7 6
Institute Life in the 1950s
1948-1959
7 7
Manuscript Correspondence
1972-1994
7 8
Ed Hart Interview
1988
7 9
Max Weber and Lowell Bennion Essays
1973-1992
7 10
Max Weber's Methodology
1933
7 11
New Testament Notes and Lecture
1948
7 12
World Religion Manuscript
1987
7 13
Bennion Speeches and Correspondence
1961-1972
7 14
Lowell Bennion Essays
1987
7 15
Teachers Training Notes
1940-1988
7 16
Miscellaneous
1948-1963

Research Files and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1954-1974
8 2
Leaving the Institute
1962
8 3
Interviews and Correspondence
1980-1990
8 4
Institute Files
1940-1949
8 5
Arizona
1938-1989
8 6
Ernest Wilkinson Diary and Correspondence
1954-1962
8 7
Miscellaneous Research
1989-1993

Teton Boys Ranch, Social and Youth IssuesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
Senior Honors Project
1990
9 2
Teton Boys Ranch
1980-1996
9 3
Teton Boys Ranch Clippings and Correspondence
1980-1991
9 4
Boys Ranch Research and Correspondence
1955-1993
9 5
"Leaving Institute" Draft Chapter and Notes
1990-1992
9 6
Social Issues
1963-1989
9 7
Interviews and Essays
1972-1991
9 8
Grants, Awards, Honors, and Correspondence
1973-1993
9 9
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1938-1991
9 10
Honorary Doctorate and Correspondence
9 11
William E. Berrett Interview
1987
9 12
"Youth and Its Religion"
1934-1940
9 13
Essay "Legacies for their Descendants"
Container(s) Description
Box Folder
10 1
Draft, Introduction
10 2
Draft, Chapter One
10 3
Draft, Chapter Two
10 4
Draft, Chapter Three
10 5
Draft, Chapter Four
10 6
Draft, Chapter Five
10 7
Draft, Chapter Six
10 8
Draft, Chapter Seven
10 9
Draft, Chapter Eight
10 10
Draft, Chapter Nine
11 1
Draft, Chapter Ten
11 2
Draft, Chapter Eleven
11 3
Draft, Chapter Thirteen
11 4
Draft, Chapter Fourteen
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1
Diary
1945-1946
12 2
Diary
1946-1947
12 3
Diary
1945-1946
12 4
Diary
1947-1948

Diaries, Yearbooks, and Early WritingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
13 1
Autobiography
1945
13 2
Diary
1947-1951
13 3
Loose Diary Pages
1948-1951
13 4
Granitian
A 1946 Granite High School yearbook.
1946
13 5
Granitian
A 1947 Granite High School yearbook.
1947
13 6
Stories and Play
Contains early writings by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, including short stories and a play entitled "The Prince's Heirloom".
ca. 1944
13 7
Literary Excerpts
1954

Mission, Genealogy, and LDS MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
Mission Papers and Essays
1970-1983
14 2
Family Genealogy Documents
ca. 1945-1977
14 3
Family Genealogy Documents
14 4
General Genealogy Documents
14 5
Winter Family Papers
14 6
LDS Pamphlets
1966-1981
14 7
LDS Pamphlets
1963-1970

Religious Articles and NotesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1
Religious and Cultural Articles
1950-1982
15 2
Religious and Cultural Articles
1957-1980
15 3
Miscellaneous Notes
1954-1980

Lowell Bennion Transcripts and NotesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
16 1
Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters
1989-1994
16 2
Bennion Book Correspondence
1988-1996
16 3
Lowell Bennion Diary Entries and Letters
Photocopies.
16 4
Miscellaneous Interviews
1988-1989

Transcripts, Notes, and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1
Franklin L. West Tape Transcript
1950s
17 2
T. Edgar Lyon Documents
17 3
LDS Essays and Articles
17 4
Lowell Bennion Transcripts
17 5
Lambda Delta Sigma Documents
17 6
Miscellaneous Research Notes
17 7
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Diary Entries

Essays, Articles, and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
18 1
Bennion Book Photos and Page Setups
Photocopies.
18 2
Essays and Articles
1959-1988
18 3
Research Notes and Correspondence
1962-1965
18 4
Research Correspondence
1989-1993
18 5
Lowell L. Bennion Related Correspondence and Documents
1991-1994
18 6
Miscellaneous Research Materials
1986-1996

Interviews and CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
19 1
Miltion and Cora Bennion
19 2
T. Edgar Lyon Articles
19 3
John B. Cannon Oral Interview, Notes and Correspondence
1980
19 4
Forest Dale Ward Documents
19 5
Sociological Theory, Max Weber and Related Documents
19 6
Joseph Smith Series
19 7
Widtsoe Article
19 8
Hawarden Documents
1987
19 9
Correspondence
1989-1993
19 10
Publishing Documents
1995
20 1
Awards, Certificates, and Published Material
20 2
Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters
20 3
Announcements and Essays
20 4
Social Problems
20 5
Printed Material
20 6
Unidentified Diary Entries
20 7
Lowell Bennion Community Service Center Documents
20 8
Lowell Bennion Correspondence
1962-1990
20 9
Lowell and Merle Bennion Memorial Documents
1990-1996
20 10
Miscellaneous Interviews
21 1
Merle Bennion Diary
1931-1932
21 2
Bennion Papers and Genealogy
21 3
Research and Notes
21 4
Robert G. Vernon Notes
1955
21 5
Belief Unbound
1931
21 6
Dorothea Smart and Forest Dale Papers
21 7
Paul Cannon Papers
1985
21 8
Earl Bennion Interview
21 9
Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom
21 10
Contract Papers and Dust Cover

Articles and Tax DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
22 1
Autograph Book
22 2
Miscellaneous Articles
22 3
Miscellaneous LDS Documents
22 4
Correspondence
1965-1985
22 5
Taxes
1991
22 6
Taxes
1991

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College teachers--Utah--Biography
  • Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--20th century--Archives
  • Women editors--Utah--20th century--Archives
  • Women poets, American--Utah--20th century--Archives

Personal Names

  • Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996
  • Bradford, Mary Lythgoe--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Salt Lake Institute of Religion
  • University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Autobiographies
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Business correspondence
  • Calendars
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Diaries
  • Drafts (documents)
  • Essays
  • Family histories
  • Interviews
  • Manuscripts
  • Oral histories
  • Personal correspondence
  • Research (Documents)
  • Short stories
  • Tax records
  • Travel writing
  • Yearbooks