Lester E. Bush papers, 1809-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bush, Lester E., Jr.
Title
Lester E. Bush papers
Dates
1809-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
14.25 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0685
Summary
The Lester E. Bush papers (1809-1999) contain correspondence, articles, bibliographies, research materials, editor materials for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, surveys, textual excerpts, references, subject files, notes, theses transcripts, and pamphlets.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Lester E. Bush Jr. was born on 22 November 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia. He married Yvonne DeCarrol Snow on 24 August 1967.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Lester E. Bush papers (1809-1999) contain correspondence, articles, bibliographies, research materials, editor materials for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, surveys, textual excerpts, references, subject files, notes, theses transcripts, and pamphlets. The collection is divided into three sections: professional materials, research materials on issues and history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and research on medical issues and practices in LDS culture.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Kate Kimball in 2004.

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Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1077).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  Professional MaterialsReturn to Top

This section contains correspondence sent by Bush and received by him, as well as articles that he wrote, and general editing materials for Dialogue.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Lester E. Bush Correspondence
 1969-1999
Correspondence, A-Z
Box Folder
2 1
October Adamson-Woods
 1995
2 2
Anthony M. Aduhene
2 3
Thomas G. Alexander
 1978-1980
2 4
A. Lester Allen
 1983
2 5
James B. Allen
 1974-1980
2 6
Jon P. Alton
 1980
2 7
Joseph Anderson
 1952-1954
2 8
Lavina Fielding Anderson
 1983-1999
2 9
Leonard J. Arrington
 1973-1985
2 10
Edward H. Ashment
 1982
2 11
Hans A. Baer
 1978
2 12
Ian G. Barber
 1983
2 13
Philip L. Barlow
 1985
2 14
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher
 1983
2 15
Ezra Taft Benson
 1974
2 16
Lamar Berrett
 1983
2 17
Guy Bishop
 1982
2 18
Davis Bitton
 1973-1981
2 19
George Boyd
 1979
2 20
Mary L. Bradford
 1979
2 21
Margaret M. Brezicki
 1980
2 22
Newell G. Bringhurst
 1976-1983
2 23
Dale R. Broadhurst
 1982
2 24
Juanita and Will Brooks
2 25
Gary Bunker
 1979
2 26
Edwin Q. Cannon
 1981
2 27
K. Codell Carter
 1982
2 28
Kate B. Carter
 1972
2 29
James Cassedy
 1980
2 30
Larry J. Chesley
 1973
2 31
Harold T. Christensen
 1975
2 32
Everett L. Cooley
 1971-1985
2 33
Richard O. Cowan
 1983
2 34
Lindsay R. Curtis
 1974
2 35
Dawson's Book Shop
 1972
2 36
Darrow F. Dawson
 1974
2 37
Melody Dean
 1983
2 38
William Dibble
 1975-1978
2 39
Robert Divett
 1978-1979
2 40
Scott Dunn
 1982-1985
2 41
Reed C. Durham
 1970-1974
2 42
J. N. Eastmond Jr.
 1979
2 43
Linda Ebmeier
 1985
2 44
Gary B. Ellis
 1987-1988
2 45
Eugene England
 1969-1973
2 46
Ronald K. Esplin
 1979-1980
2 47
James Farmer
 1977-1980
2 48
Austin E. Fife
 1974
2 49
Chad Flake
 1958-1981
2 50
Lawrence Foster
 1977-1983
2 51
Peggy Fletcher
 1979
2 52
Luther Val Giddings
 1974
2 53
L. Kay Gillespie
 1978-1979
2 54
Kenneth Godfrey
 1973-1979
2 55
Glenn Gordon
 1982
2 56
Mark L. Grover
 1985
2 57
Wayland Hand
 1974
2 58
Marion D. Hanks
 1967-1975
2 59
Caroline Hannaway
 1983
2 60
Chauncey Harris
 1953-1974
2 61
William G. Hartley
 1973-1979
2 62
Donald W. Hastings
 1974
2 63
Tim Heaton
 1983
2 64
Edna Sue Herzog
 1972
2 65
Marvin Hill
 1976
2 66
Richard P. Howard
 1970
2 67
Tony Hutchinson
3 1
Cardell Jacobson
 1986
3 2
Duane E. Jeffery
 1974-1983
3 3
G. Wesley Johnson
 1969
3 4
R. Christian Johnson
 1975
3 5
Winthrop D. Jordan
 1973
3 6
Omar Kader
 1979
3 7
Scott G. Kenney
 1983-1984
3 8
Edward L. Kimball
 1980-1998
3 9
Boyd Kirkland
 1983
3 10
Stan Larson
 1978
3 11
Glen Leonard
 1978
3 12
Mark P. Leone
 1977
3 13
William F. Lye
 1980
3 14
Lynn Lyon
 1979
3 15
David O. McKay
 1953
3 16
Sterling M. McMurrin
 1965-1983
3 17
Trudy McMurrin
 1983
3 18
Garth L. Magnum
 1980
3 19-20
Byron Marchand
 1974-1985
3 21
James O. Mason
 1974
3 22
Robert J. Matthews
 1971
3 23
Armand Mauss
 1978-1988
3 24
Neal A. Maxwell
 1982
3 25
Heber Meeks
 1947
3 26
Diane Monson
 1983
3 27
Michael F. Moody
 1974
3 28
Don H. Nelson
 1979
3 29
Lowry Nelson
 1947-1972
3 30
Russell M. Nelson
 1979
3 31
L. Jackson Newell
 1983-1984
3 32
Hugh Nibley
 1965
3 33
Floyd A. O'Neil
 1972
3 34
Peter D. Olch
 1981
3 35
Jules Older
 1985
3 36
Boyd K. Packer
 1972-1973
3 37
Spencer Palmer
 1974
3 38
Robert Paul
 1983-1988
3 39
Charles S. Peterson
 1974
3 40
Greg Prince
 1978
3 41
Sharon Pugsley
 1973
3 42
D. Michael Quinn
 1973-1974
3 43
James R. Richardson
 1981
3 44
Carol H. Romney
 1973
3 45
William O. Russell
 1985
3 46
Richard Sadler
 1978
3 47
Donald T. Schmidt
 1973-1977
3 48
Gene Sessions
 1978-1979
3 49
Richard Sherlock
 1978-1982
3 50
Miller F. Shurtleff
 1973-1981
3 51
Charles Sloca
 1966
3 52
E. Gary Smith
 1977-1980
3 53
George Albert Smith
 1947
3 54
George D. Smith Jr.
 1979
3 55
H. Shelton Smith
 1972
3 56
Lee Smith
 1979
3 57
John L. Sorenson
 1978
3 58
Myron L. Sorenson
 1985
3 59
R. Jan Stout
3 60
Gary Sturgess
 1979-1981
3 61
George Tanner
 1981
3 62
Arland Thorton
 1975-1979
3 63
Theodore Tuttle
 1974
3 64
Gail D. Ulrich
 1973
3 65
David M. Walden
 1986
3 66
Douglas Wallace
 1977
3 67
Clayton M. White
 1980-1981
3 68
David Whittacker
 1978
3 69
Linda Wilcox
 1979
3 70
Elizabeth Willson
 1978
3 71
Robert J. Woodford
 1981-1982
3 72
Bruce H. Woolley
 1985
3 73
Stan Workman
 1972
3 74
Thane A. Young
 1979
3 75
Unidentified Senders
 1969-1979
Lester E. Bush Publications and Research
Box Folder
4 1
Articles on Medicine
 1976-1986
4 2
Bibliography and Articles
 1979-1994
4 3-8
"Compilation on the Negro in Mormonism," Article and Supplement
 1973
5 1
Longevity, Research Materials
5 2
"Mormonisms Negro Doctrine: A Historical Overview"
 1973
5 3
Research on Black History and LDS Views
 1973-1974
5 4
"Whence the Negro Doctrine?"
 1983
Lester E. Bush, Dialogue Editor Materials
Box Folder
6 1
Devery Scott Anderson, Correspondence
 1995-2002
6 2
Gary James Begera, Correspondence
 1978-1981
6 3
Mary Bradford, Editor Materials
 1975-1980
6 4
David John Buerger, Correspondence
 1981-1985
6 5
Linda K. Newell, Correspondence
 1981-1986
6 6
Ross and Kay Peterson, Correspondence
 1988-1992
6 7
Robert Rees, Dialogue Materials
 1972-1975
7 1
Articles and Materials
This folder contains correspondence, research, notes, and articles.
1880-1982
7 2
Editing Materials
This folder contains information on publishing and book release information regarding compilation of articles in Dialogue.
7 3
"Essays in Mormon History," Survey
 1977
7 4
Reprints
 1966-1982

II:  Research Materials on LDS History and IssuesReturn to Top

This series contains research on LDS history, doctrines, policies, and training materials.

Container(s) Description Dates
LDS Church, First Presidency Research and Materials
Box Folder
8 1
Correspondence, Missouri
This folder contains photocopies of letters between church leaders and pioneers.
1837-1838
8 2-3
LDS Church, First Presidency Materials
These folders contain correspondence, talks, articles, and policies.
1861-1981
8 4
LDS Church Leaders, Manuals
 1977-1984
8 5
LDS Church, Messages to Stake, District, Mission Presidents, Bishops, and Branch Presidents
 1974-1976
8 6-7
David O. McKay, Daily Office Journal, Excerpts
 1953-1969
LDS Church, Blacks and the Priesthood, Research Materials
Box Folder
9 1
Blacks and Brazil Mission, LDS Views, Articles, Bibliographies, and Textual Excerpts
 1983
9 2
Black History, Articles
 1853-1983
9 3
Blacks and the LDS Religion, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1953-1996
9 4
Blacks, Priesthood, and Missions, LDS Splinter Group Views, Correspondence and Articles
 1962-1971
9 5-8
Blacks and the Priesthood, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1830-1981
10 1-2
Blacks and the Priesthood, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1966-1980
10 3
Blacks and the Priesthood, Textual Excerpts from the George Albert Smith Papers and the Adam S. Bennion Papers
 1859-1954
10 4
Newell G. Bringhurst, Research on Blacks in LDS History
 1831-1873
10 5
Ronald K. Esplin, Articles on Blacks and the Priesthood
 1979
10 6
Chester L. Hawkins, Selected and Annotated Bibliography on the History and Status of Blacks in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1985
1987
10 7
Priesthood Revelation, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1978
10 8
Stephen G. Taggart, "Social Stress and the Emergence of Mormonism's Negro Policy," Article and Commentaries
10 9
Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, Excerpt
 1987
LDS Subject Files, A-Z
Box Folder
11 1
Michael Guy Bishop, The Celestial Family: Early Mormon Thought on Life and Death, 1830-1846
1981
11 2
Dale R. Broadhurst, Materials on Solomon Spaulding
 1980-1982
11 3
Community Service, LDS Involvement, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1976-1989
11 4
Excommunication References
 1930-1983
11 5
Excommunication, Sunstone Review, Articles
 1983-1984
11 6-7
LDS International Aid, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1983-1994
11 8
LDS Church, Articles on Fashion
 1872-1984
12 1
LDS Church, Principles Regarding Homosexuality, Materials
This folder contains articles, textual excerpts, research, notes.
1970-1992
12 2
LDS Church, Principles Regarding Sex Change, Materials
This folder contains correspondence, articles, and textual excerpts.
1978-1989
12 3-4
LDS Church in Vietnam, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1972-1980
12 5
Masonry, Articles
 1974
12 6-7
Mormons on Dance, Articles
 1830-1986
12 8-9
Solomon Spaulding, Articles and Research Materials
 1840-1879
13 1-4
Solomon Spaulding, Articles, Notes, and Research Materials
 1880-1980
13 5
Temple Ceremonies, Articles
 1879-1971
13 6
Temple Recommends and Excommunication Materials
 1976-1980
LDS Publications
Box Folder
14 1-2
Bibliographies
 1975-1984
14 3-4
Annual Instructions: To Presidents of Stakes and Counselors, Bishop's and Counselors, Stake Clerks and General Authorities in Zion, #1-13
1899-1923
14 5
Handbook of Instructions: for Bishops and Counbselors, Stake and Ward Clerks, #14-16
1928-1940
14 6
General Handbook of Instructions, #17-21
1944-1976
15 1-2
General Handbook of Instructions, #22-24, Handbook and Supplements
 1976-1989
15 3
LDS Church, Bishop's Training Course and Self-Help Guide
15 4
LDS Church, Bulletins, Vol. 1-2
 1980-1983
15 5
The Priesthood Bulletin, Vol. 1-10
 1965-1974
15 6
Suggestive Lines of Activity and Principles of Conduct for Quorums of Priesthood, Excerpt
 1928

III:  Research on Medical Issues and Practices in LDS CultureReturn to Top

This series contains research on medical issues as well as the practice of medicine and LDS views and uses.

Container(s) Description Dates
Health and Medicine Subject Files, A-Z
Box Folder
16 1
W. F. Anderson, Biographical Information
 1877-1979
16 2
Army Physicians, Utah Expedition, LDS Views and History, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1839-1978
16 3-4
Brigham Young's Health, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and Research
 1801-1982
16 5
Caring and Service, LDS Involvement and Contributions, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1932-1985
16 6
Deaf and Disabled, LDS Services, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1894-1989
16 7
L. Kay Gillespie, "Cancer Quakery in the State of Utah"
 1976
16 8
Healing in LDS Culture, Efficacy of Prayer, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1883-1965
17 1-3
Healing in LDS History, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and Doctrinal Transitions
 1830-1991
17 4
Healing Rituals in LDS Temples, Textual Excerpts
17 5-8
Health and Disease, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1830-1949
18 1
Health and Disease, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1950-1978
18 2-3
Health and Medicine, LDS First Presidency Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1830-1994
18 4
Health Studies, Comparisons and Research, Articles
 1968-1991
18 5
Health and Welfare, LDS Service Missionaries, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1973-1974
18 6
Tim B. Heaton, LDS Demography Articles
 1985-1987
18 7
Home Health Care, LDS Guidance, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1840-1985
18 8
LDS Church, Hospitals, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1876-1990
19 1
LDS Missionaries' Health, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and Research
 1977-1991
19 2
LDS Physicians, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1852-1986
19 3
LDS Service Missionaries, Health and Welfare, Articles
 1971-1979
19 4
LDS Social Services, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1920-1988
19 5
"The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook"
 1900
19 6
David O. McKay, Daily Office Journal
 1962-1965
19 7
Val MacMurray, Medical Ethics, LDS Views, Correspondence and Research Materials
 1983
19 8
Medical Care in LDS Culture, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1842-1989
19 9-10
Medical Ethics, LDS Views, Correspondence, Articles, and Textual Excerpts
 1971-1989
19 11
Medical Ethics, LDS Views, University of Utah Symposium Materials
This folder contains programs and papers.
1982-1985
20 1
Medical History in Utah, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1955-1989
20 2
Medical History in Utah, Utah Historical Quarterly
1942
20 3
Medical History, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1936-1976
20 4-6
Mormon Health Demographics
 1840-1989
20 7
Linda K. Newell, Gifts of the Spirit: Women's Share
21 1
Park Ridge Center, Health Among the Latter-day Saints, Correspondence and Research Materials
 1984-1995
21 2
Project Ten, LDS Medical History Chapter, Materials
This folder contains correspondence, memorandums, programs, brochures, and textual excerpts.
1982-1985
21 3-4
Salt Lake Sanatarian, Vol. 1-2
 1889-1890
21 5
George Sanderson, Articles on Mormon Battalion and Physician Records
 1844-1849
21 6
M. B. Shipp, Infancy and Childhood
1889
21 7
Small Pox and Vaccination, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1856-1992
21 8
Suffering, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1835-1986
21 9
Matthew Anthony Thomas, Disease in a Mormon Community: Nauvoo, Illinois: 1839-1846
1977
21 10
Women in Medicine, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1852-1987
Mortality Articles and Research Materials
Box Folder
22 1
M. Guy Bishop, Nauvoo, Illinois, Disease and Death Materials
 1980-1981
22 2
Death Dedications, LDS Practices, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1861-1984
22 3
Death, Funerals and Cremation, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1884-1984
22 4
Death, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1838-1985
22 5
LDS Mortality Report, Nauvoo, Illinois, Data
22 6
Mortality, Notes and Data
 1841-1974
22 7
Near Death Experiences, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1943-1989
22 8
Resurrection, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1842-1988
23 1
Edward Neil Robertson, Life Table Analysis of Mormon and Non-Mormon Longevity Patterns in Utah, California, and the United States
1977
23 2
Suicide and Euthanasia, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1892-1987
23 3
Utah, Analysis of Territorial Deaths from Mortality Schedules
23 4
Utah, Demographics, Articles and Data
 1830-1980
23 5
Utah, Sexton Reports and Death Rate Analysis
 1864-1890
23 6
Winter Quarters, Death Lists
23 7
Winter Quarters, Disease and Death Research Materials
 1845-1984
23 8
Brigham Young's Death, Articles, Textual Excerpts, and Research Materials
 1865-1920
Psychology Articles and Research Materials
Box Folder
24 1-4
Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP), AMCAP Journals
 1977-1985
24 5
Biennial Report of the Board of Directors and the Secretory and Medical Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of Utah Territory
1888
24 6
Margaret Shugart Brunson, "Mental Health in Utah"
 1970
24 7
Child Abuse, LDS Views
 1985-1988
24 8
Evil Spirits and the Psychological Aspects to Disease, Research
 1838-1984
25 1
LaMar E. Garrand, "A Study of the Problem of a Personal Devil and Its Relationship to Latter-day Saint Beliefs"
 1955
25 2
Charles Robert McKell, "History of the Utah State Hospital, Provo: A Study of the Evolution of Public Care for the Mentally Ill"
 1948
25 3
Mental Health, Articles
 1956-1989
25 4
Psychiatric Disorders Among Mormons, Articles
 1917-1994
25 5
Psychiatry in Utah, Research Materials
 1983-1985
25 6
Psychological Health, Research Materials
 1880-1950
25 7
Psychotherapy, Mormon Uses, Research Materials
 1977-1987
25 8-9
Utah State Hospital, Provo Papers
 1953-1960
Sex and Reproduction Articles and Research Materials
Box Folder
26 1-2
Abortion, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1830-1986
26 3
Artificial Insemination, LDS Views, Articles
 1968-1985
26 4
Birth Control, Articles from the Neal Maxwell Collection
 1973
26 5-10
Birth Control, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1830-1939
27 1-4
Birth Control, LDS Views, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1940-1983
27 5-7
Fertility, LDS Statistics, Articles, and Charts
 1912-1986
27 8
Mormon Sexuality in Patent Medical Advertisements, Articles
 1849-1974
27 9
RLDS Church, Policies on Abortion and Homosexuality
 1974-1983
27 10
Phyllis Ann Roundy, An Analysis of BYU 1963 Women Graduates' Present Status of Mothers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1970
28 1
Sex and Fertility, Articles
 1918-1977
28 2-4
Sexuality, LDS Views, Articles
 1877-1983
28 5
"Statements of the General Authorities on Birth Control"
28 6
Utah Legislation on Birth and Birth Control, Articles
 1924-1979
Substance Abuse and the Word of Wisdom Articles and Research Materials
Box Folder
29 1
Alcoholism, Resource Manuals
 1983-1985
29 2
Health, Disease, Word of Wisdom, Bibliographies and Notes
29 3
M. Wilford Poulson, Word of Wisdom Views and Research Materials
 1820-1930
29 4-9
Word of Wisdom, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1809-1949
30 1-3
Word of Wisdom, Articles and Textual Excerpts
 1950-1985
30 4
Word of Wisdom, Pamphlets

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Medicine--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches

Personal Names

  • Bush, Lester E., Jr.--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Zuni River (N.M. and Ariz.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Bibliographies
  • Correspondence
  • Notes (documents)
  • Pamphlets
  • Subject files

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