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Vicky D. Burgess papers, 1798-2003
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Vicky D. Burgess papers
- Dates
- 1798-2003 (inclusive)17982003
- Quantity
- 5 boxes, (2.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 321
- Summary
- This collection consists of research material Dr. Burgess collected while researching her dissertation, "Family Structure and Dynamics in Early Utah Mormon Families, 1847-1885," and her later book, Sister Saints.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Vicky D. Burgess grew up on her family's cattle ranch in Salina, Utah. She attended Utah State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in political science and history in 1967 and a master of science degree in psychology in 1968. In 1975 Dr. Burgess was awarded a PhD from Northwestern University in counseling psychology. She has taught at various institutions, including Lasell Junior College in Massachusetts, the University of Maryland's European Division in Berlin, Germany, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Weber State University, the College of Eastern Utah, Columbia College in Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake Community College. Dr. Burgess also served in the United States Army Reserve and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel, providing psychological assistance for soldiers including those who served in Operation Desert Storm. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dr. Burgess examined the psychological aspects of early Latter-day Saint families for her dissertation, "Family Structure and Dynamics in Early Utah Mormon Families, 1847-1885." In the course of researching diaries and journals for this project, Dr. Burgess became interested in the biographical subjects who would be the focus of her book, Sister Saints.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of research material Dr. Burgess collected while researching her dissertation, Family Structure and Dynamics in Early Utah Mormon Families, 1847-1885, and her later book, Sister Saints. The first three boxes include subject files about various Latter-day Saint women which are arranged alphabetically by last name. Dr. Burgess initially intended to publish a two-volume book, but the project was scaled down to one volume for the publication of Sister Saints. Box 4 includes photocopied journal and magazine articles, as well as a few primary source documents. The last box contains correspondence with the publisher, conference material, interviews, research notes, and miscellaneous research materials.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Vicky D. Burgess papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Vicky D. Burgess papers USU_COLL MSS 321, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 321, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Research Files: Sister Saints Vol. 1, 1804-1959Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Emma Bachellor Lee |
1836-1897 |
1 | 2 | Rachel Woolsey Lee |
1825 |
1 | 3 | Amy Brown Lyman |
1872-1959 |
1 | 4 | Dr. Romania Bunnell Pratt Penrose |
1839-1932 |
1 | 5 | Louisa Barnes Pratt |
1802-1880 |
1 | 6 | Alice Louise Reynolds |
1873-1938 |
1 | 7 | Louisa Lula Greene Richards |
1849-1944 |
1 | 8 | Jane Snyder Richards |
1823-1913 |
1 | 9 | Aurelia Spencer Rogers |
1834-1922 |
1 | 10-11 | Stena Scorup |
1882-1950 |
1 | 12 | Patty Sessions |
undated |
1 | 13 | Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp |
1847-1939 |
1 | 14 | Bathsheba Smith |
undated |
1 | 15 | Eliza Roxey Snow |
1804-1887 |
1 | 16 | Fanny Stenhouse |
1829-1904 |
1 | 17 | Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells |
1828-1921 |
Research Files: Sister Saints Vol. 2, 1804-1989Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Sarah Elizabeth Nelson Anderson |
undated |
2 | 2 | Reva Beck Bosone |
1895-1983 |
2 | 3 | Emma Lucy Gates Bowen |
1880-1951 |
2 | 4 | Fawn Brodie |
1915-1981 |
2 | 5 | Juanita Leone Leavitt Brooks |
1898-1989 |
2 | 6 | Martha Jane Cannary (Calamity Jane) |
1848-1903 |
2 | 7 | Martha Hughes Cannon |
undated |
2 | 8 | Marion Garland Davis Clegg |
undated |
2 | 9 | Ina Coolbrith (Josephine Donna Smith) |
1841-1928 |
2 | 10 | Martha Cragun Cox |
1852-1932 |
2 | 11 | Genevieve Raine (Pitt) Curtis |
1879-1968 |
2 | 12 | Mary Rachel Smith Ellsworth |
1876-1953 |
2 | 13 | Hilda Anderson Erickson |
1859-1968 |
2 | 14 | Lorena Chipman Fletcher |
1888 |
2 | 15 | Ruth May Fox |
1853-1958 |
2 | 16-17 | Mary Ann Burnham Freeze |
1845-1912 |
2 | 18 | Kate DeLong Heywood |
1870-1955 |
2 | 19 | Martha Spence Heywood |
1812-1873 |
2 | 20-21 | Jane Elizabeth Manning James |
1847-1908 |
3 | 1 | Camilla Eyring Kimball |
undated |
3 | 2 | Vilate Murray Kimball |
1806-1867 |
3 | 3 | Hannah Tapfield King |
1809-1886 |
3 | 4 | Sarah Sturdevant Leavitt |
1798-1878 |
3 | 5 | Ettie Lee |
undated |
3 | 6 | Belle Harris Nelson |
1861-1938 |
3 | 7 | Emily Sophia Tanner Richards |
undated |
3 | 8 | Amanda Barnes Smith |
1809-1886 |
3 | 9 | Emma Hale Smith |
1804-1879 |
3 | 10 | Georgie Snow |
1843-1887 |
3 | 11 | Marion Isabell Spafford |
1895 |
3 | 12 | Myrtle Maiben Stewart |
1883 |
3 | 13 | Mary Jane Mount Tanner |
1837-1890 |
3 | 14 | Mercy Thompson |
undated |
3 | 15 | May Ward |
1870-1938 |
3 | 16 | Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney |
1800-1882 |
3 | 17 | Leah Dunford Widtsoe |
undated |
3 | 18 | Etta Bell Wilkins |
1881 |
3 | 19 | Emily Hill Woodmansee |
1836-1906 |
3 | 20 | Phoebe Carter Woodruff |
1807-1885 |
3 | 21 | Zina Huntington Jacobs Smith Young |
1821-1901 |
Photocopied Articles and Primary Source Material, 1874-1980Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | "Mormonism the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever" – Bosworth |
1903 |
4 | 2 | "A Close-up of Polygamy" – Juanita Brooks |
1934 |
4 | 3 | Family Structure and Dynamics in Early Utah Mormon Families - 1847-1885 - by Vicky Burgess-Olson |
undated |
4 | 4 | "Handcarts to Zion - Tragedy Stalks the Trail" – Arthur H. Clark |
1960 |
4 | 5 | "The Contributions of Joseph Smith to Plural Marriage" – James A. Cox |
1964 |
4 | 6 | Magazine articles: "The First Sister Missionaries" and "Suffering and Song" |
1980 |
4 | 7 | "A Little Known Early Pamphlet Defense of Polygamy Printed by the Mormon Press in 1842" – Lawrence Foster |
undated |
4 | 8 | "Some Thoughts Regarding an Unwritten History of Nauvoo" – Kenneth W. Godfrey |
undated |
4 | 9 | James E. Hulett- Garrett Theological Seminary |
1940-1943 |
4 | 10 | "Twelve Mormon Homes" -Elizabeth Kane |
1874 |
4 | 11 | "Childhood in a Mormon House" – Louis Larsen |
undated |
4 | 12 | "Plural Marriage Among the Mormons" –Larson |
undated |
4 | 13 | "Cultivating Zion's Children: Mormon Schoolmarms" – Jill C. Mulvay |
undated |
4 | 14 | "For the Utah Academy: 'Wake Up the Brethren!': Eliza R. Snow on the Woman Question" - Jill Mulvay |
undated |
4 | 15 | "Polygamy, Plain and Practical"- Stephanie Smith Goodson |
1973 |
4 | 16 | "Mormon Fertility Through Half a Century: Another Test of the Americanization Hypothesis" –Spicer and Gustavus |
undated |
4 | 17 | "Woman's Work and Mormonism"- Orson Whitney |
1906 |
4 | 18 | "Priesthood and the Home"- Priesthood and Church Govt. – Widtsoe |
undated |
4 | 19 | Kimball Young - Garrett Theological Seminary |
1947-1952 |
4 | 20 | Academic Journal Articles |
1976 |
4 | 21 | Articles on Theses and Dissertations |
1972-1975 |
4 | 22 | Bibliographies, Resources |
1977-1985 |
4 | 23 | Dissertation Questionnaires and Tables for Presentation - General |
undated |
4 | 24 | Review of Literature |
1976-1981 |
4 | 25 | Photocopied articles - polygamy |
undated |
4 | 26 | Photocopy - "Why We Practice Plural Marriage" |
1884 |
4 | 27 | Excerpts - Grand Mass Meeting of the Women of Utah on Polygamy and Cullom Bill, Jan. 1870 |
1870-1886 |
4 | 28 | Photocopy - "Women's Exponent" |
1895 |
4 | 29 | Misc. Photocopies |
undated |
Conferences, Correspondence, Research Materials, 1973-2003Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1-2 | Mormon Women Studies, Boston-Chicago-Denver |
1973-1989 |
5 | 3 | Women's Study Research Meeting - Minutes |
1981 |
5 | 4 | Sister Saints Misc., Letters and BYU Press Business |
1975-1980 |
5 | 5 | Correspondence w/ publishers, publishers' info. |
1978-1980 |
5 | 6 | Correspondence - Center for Women Policy Studies |
1978-1980 |
5 | 7 | Research Notes |
undated |
5 | 8 | Studies |
1976-1981 |
5 | 9 | Other Correlation Studies |
1981 |
5 | 10 | Interviews |
1981 |
5 | 11 | Tapes |
undated |
5 | 12 | Curriculum Vitae |
2003 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mormon families
- Mormon women