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Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers, 1833-1996
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Smith, Hyrum Jenkins, 1914-1999
- Title
- Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers
- Dates
- 1833-1996 (inclusive)18331996
- Quantity
- 4.5 linear feet, (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 3074
- Summary
- The Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers (1833-1996) consist of biographical materials, correspondence, nineteenth century articles on LDS history, nineteenth century maps of Utah, Salt Lake City. and Mexico, family histories, publications of B. H. Roberts, Salt Lake City play programs, and missionary photos.
- 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
Hyrum Jenkins Smith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on 18 October 1914. His grandfather was Joseph F. Smith who presided over the L.D.S. church from 1901 until his death in 1918. Hyrum graduated from LDS high school in 1931 after which he contimued his educational pursuits at Brigham Young university where he earned a B.A. as a marketing major in 1938 and a M.A. specializing in transportation during the following year. In 1941 Hyrum married Leah Cannon with whom he raised a family of seven children. They were divorced in 1961 and in the same year Hyrum married Lucille Burrows. Smith spent four years in the United States armed forces from 1941 until the end of World War II. Subsequent to his discharge, Smith commenced a thirty-nine year career working in the private and public spheres. From 1964 until his retirement in 1984 Hyrum was the president of the Utah State branch of the National Federation of Federal Employees.
An active member of the LDS church, Smith was called in the summer of 1935 to serve as a missionary in the Swiss-German mission. During his two year mssionary stint, Hyrum corresponded with his parents and siblings. These letters reported not only his activities and reflections on his missionary experience, but also provided a commentary about living under a Nazi dictatorship. Initially Hyrum expressed his approval of Hitler's military and economic policies, such as the rearmament of the Rhineland. He agreed "wholeheartedly" with the Fuhrer's argument that German nation had a right to defend itself from potential foreign aggression and was convinced that Hitler was not preparing for a war against his adversaries. Deeming the end of the Nazi Four Year Plan as a success, he stated that "the streets are certainly beautiful with the party flags flying from nearly every window." Gradually he became disenchanted from with fascist rule noting that L.D.S. missionary endeavors were hampered in a variety of ways. Street meetings were banned, tracting activities were inhibited, and Mormons could not utilize the radio and window posters to promote their cause. Smith opined that for many Germans the Nazi regime was regarded as their religion. Noting that Hitler was conducting a campaign against numerous religious institutions, Hyrum expressed apprehension that the future of the L.D.S. faith in Germany might be in peril. He advised his correspondents to send their missives to him via registered mail because it was well-known that the German post office officials were opening and reading all incoming letters. While residing in Stuttgart and Cologne, Smith mentioned that Nazi authorities threatened foreigners with a seizure of their camera film if photos were taken of militarily sensitive objects which the Nazis believed could be used by the intelligence services of Germany's enemies. On his peregrinations throughout Germany, Hyrum took photos of anti-Semitic public signs and on one occasion photographed Hitler speaking at a Nazi street rally and afterwards showing the German dictator departing from that event in a government car.
Hyrum Jenkins Smith died on 4 June 1999 in Salt Lake City.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers (1833-1996) consist of biographical materials, correspondence, nineteenth century articles on LDS history, nineteenth century maps of Utah, Salt Lake City, and Mexico, family histories, publications of B. H. Roberts, Salt Lake City play programs, and missionary photos.
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Correspondence and Assorted MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Autobiographical History of Hyrum Jenkins Smith |
1991-1995 |
1 | 2 | Newspaper and Assorted Clippings |
1937-1967 |
1 | 3 | Certificates |
1979-1984 |
1 | 4 | Biographical and Genealogical Materials |
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1 | 5 | Correspondence: Laura Slade to Marinda Slade |
1869 |
1 | 6 | Correspondence: Addie Slade to Laura Slade |
1869 |
1 | 7-8 | Correspondence: Florence Slade to Addie Slade |
1869-1870 |
1 | 9-11 | Correspondence: Geneva Slade to Addie Slade |
1870-1874 |
1 | 12 | Correspondence: Amy to Addie Slade |
undated |
1 | 13 | Correspondence: Joseph F. Smith to David A. Smith |
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1 | 14 | "Some Recollections of Grandfather Joseph F. Smith" |
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1 | 15 | David A. Smith's L.D.S. Conference Report |
1929 |
1 | 16 | Correspondence: Hyrum Smith to Waldo Benson |
1935 |
1 | 17 | Correspondence: Hyrum Smith to His Parents |
1936 |
1 | 18 | Correspondence: Hyrum Smith to Dick Sorensen |
1936-1937 |
1 | 19 | Correspondence: Louise Smith to Hyrum Smith |
1936-1941 |
1 | 20 | Correspondence: David A. Smith to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1941 |
1 | 21 | Correspondence: Emily J. Smith to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1941 |
1 | 22 | Correspondence: Mahala Smith Cook to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1952 |
1 | 23 | Correspondence: Edward Smith to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1941 |
1 | 24 | Correspondence: H.V. Hoyt to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1955 |
1 | 25-26 | Correspondence: Edna Richardson to Hyrum Smith |
1940-1941 |
1 | 27-28 | Correspondence |
1940-1941 |
1 | 29 | Correspondence: Edward Smith to Hyrum Smith |
1960-1962 |
1 | 30 | Correspondence: Hyrum Cannon Smith to Hyrum Jenkins Smith |
undated |
1 | 31 | Last Will and Testament of Edward Smith and Other Documents |
1961-1988 |
1 | 32 | Wedding Announcements |
1940-1996 |
1 | 33 | Assorted Materials |
1935-1983 |
Articles, Programs, and PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | "Niles' Weekly Register": Article on "Regulating the Mormonites" |
1833 |
2 | 2 | "New-York Weekly Tribune": Articles on the "Civil War in Hancock County" |
1846 |
2 | 3 | "Harper's Weekly": Articles on Salt Lake City |
1858 |
2 | 4 | "The Graphic": Article on Mormonism |
1877 |
2 | 5 | Advertisements for Mormon Religious Literature |
1884 |
2 | 6 | Program: First Annual Convention Utah Federation of Women's Clubs |
1894 |
2 | 7 | Play Programs |
1894-1910 |
2 | 8 | Play Program: "The Mollusc" |
1911 |
2 | 9 | "The Mormon Battalion and Its Monument" |
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2 | 10 | "Brigadier General Richard W. Young" |
1920 |
2 | 11 | "In Honor of the Pioneers" |
1921 |
2 | 12 | Program: Pratt Family Reunion |
1933 |
2 | 13 | "A Curious Piece of Antiquity of the Crucifixion of Our Savior" |
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2 | 14 | John R. and Robert B. Harmon: "Descendants of Charles Claymore Bartlett and Annie Katrine Jensen" |
1965 |
2 | 15 | Nona Stevens Smith: "History of Clay E. Stevens" |
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2 | 16 | Nona S. Smith: "History of James Walter Smith" |
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2 | 17 | Nona S. Smith: "A History of John Eleazer Stevens and Annie Caroline Swenson Stevens" |
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2 | 18 | Nona S. Smith: "A History of Martin Swenson and Anna Erickson Norling Swenson" |
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2 | 19 | W. Clayton: "The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide from Council Bluffs to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake" |
1848 |
B. H. Roberts: PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | "The Advantages Possessed by the Saints" |
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3 | 2 | "Analysis of the Book of Mormon" |
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3 | 3 | "Discourses of Master Minds": B. H. Roberts and "The Nearness of God" |
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3 | 4 | "Do You Wish the World To Go To Mormon?" |
1927 |
3 | 5 | "The Latter-Day Dispensation of the Gospel-Glorious Privilege of Being Witnesses for God and Christ" |
1932 |
3 | 6-10 | "The Lord Hath Spoken"-Numbers 1-5 |
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3 | 11 | "The Lord's Day" |
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3 | 12 | "A Mormon View of the World War of 1914" |
1914 |
3 | 13 | "The 'Mormon' Doctrine of Deity" |
1901 |
3 | 14 | "Mormonism Its Origin and History" |
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3 | 15 | "On Tracting" |
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3 | 16 | "Purpose of Man's Creation" |
1930 |
3 | 17 | "The Revolt against God" |
1933 |
3 | 18 | "Why 'Mormonism'?" |
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3 | 19-22 | "Why 'Mormonism'?"-Numbers 1-4 |
Oversize MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
4 | Photograph album kept during L.D.S. mission to Nazi Germany |
1935-1945 |
5 | Photograph album kept during L.D.S. mission to Nazi Germany |
1935-1937 |
6 | Utah Territorial, State, and L.D. S. Documents |
1880-1995 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Antisemitism--Germany--Sources
- Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century--Sources
- Latter Day Saint missionaries--Correspondence
- Latter Day Saint missionaries--Germany--Archives
- National socialism--Germany--Sources
- Nazis--Photographs
Personal Names
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Photographs
- Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry), 1857-1933
Corporate Names
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Swiss-German Mission
Geographical Names
- Germany--20th century--Photographs
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Sources
Form or Genre Terms
- Albums (Books)
- Autobiographies
- Certificates
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Family histories
- Maps
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Theater programs