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Harvey Harris Cluff collection, 1893-1944
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Dalgliesh, Harold
- Title
- Harvey Harris Cluff collection
- Dates
- 1893-1944 (inclusive)18931944
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0566
- Summary
- The Harvey Harris Cluff collection (1893-1944) consists of a scrapbook of clippings on Cluff's life and career. Also included are a biographical sketch of his wife, Frances Amelia Worsley Cluff, 1841-1934, genealogical notes, poems, letters, and essays on various subjects. Harvey Harris Cluff was a Utah attorney who served as attorney general of Utah from 1920 to 1928.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Harvey Harris Cluff (1872-1949) was born on the family homestead in Provo to Samuel S. Cluff and Frances Worsley. He attended the local schools, worked on the family farm, graduated from Brigham Young University, and earned a law degree from Highland Park College of Law in Des Moines, Iowa. On October 11, 1900, he married Freda Barnum. The couple had two daughters and were later divorced. In 1929, he married Matilda (Stanforth) Roby. Cluff was active in Republican Party politics, serving as Utah State Attorney General from 1920 to 1928. He spoke our against the League of Nations, and shocked his conservative colleagues during 1925 and 1926 by proclaiming Prohibition a failure. Over the years, he served his chosen profession in various positions of leadership, including president of the Utah County Bar Association and as president of the National Association of Attorneys General.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Harvey Harris Cluff collection (1893-1944) consists of a scrapbook containing news clippings relating to the life and career of Harvey H. Cluff; copies of poems, letters, and essays on varied subjects; various programs and certificates; and miscellaneous materials. Included also is a biographical sketch of Frances Amelia Worsley Cluff (1841-1934), as well as "incidents in Her Life as Told to Her Son Harvey Cluff," genealogical notes, and three snapshots of Bernice Cluff Worsley and Sarah Hamer Worsley. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1841 and emigrated from Lancashire, England, to America in 1842, settling in Nauvoo. They left Nauvoo at the time of the Mormon exodus in 1846. While preparing to move his family west, John Worsley died. In the spring of 1853, Sarah and her children crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake City in October. In 1856, Sarah moved her family to Provo. In 1861, daughter Frances married Samuel S. Cluff (1837-1920). Frances served for sixteen years in the Relief Society of the Provo LDS Fourth Ward, and after 1891 served for fourteen years as president of the Pleasant View Ward Relief Society.
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
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Cluff, Frances Amelia Worsley
- Cluff, Harvey Harris
Geographical Names
- Utah--Politics and government--20th century--Sources
Form or Genre Terms
- Biographies
- Correspondence
- Scrapbooks
Finding aid created by Dorothy Mortensen
1997 (last modified: 2019)
