Betty M. Madsen papers, 1938-1997

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Madsen, Betty M., 1917-1997
Title
Betty M. Madsen papers
Dates
1938-1997 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.25 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1649
Summary
The Betty M. Madsen papers (1938-1997) contains journals, professional correspondence, unpublished manuscripts on linguistics and 19th-century women, and news clippings on women's issues in the 1970s and 1980s. Betty M. Madsen was a graduate of the University of Utah with degrees in French and linguistics. She was the co-author of several publications with her husband, Brigham D. Madsen and served as thesis editor at the University of Utah in the 1970s.
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

Madsen was born on August 2, 1917, in Glendale, Utah. She was educated in the Salt Lake City public school system and attended the University of Utah, receiving her Bachelor's degree in French in 1938. After teaching elementary school for a year, she married Brigham D. Madsen, with whom she co-authored a book and several articles on the Montana Trail. In 1961, after raising four children, Betty returned to school and renewed her elementary school teaching certificate, later teaching in both Logan and Salt Lake City. In 1972, she became the first thesis editor at the University of Utah, simultaneously working toward her own graduate degree. She also was assistant editor of Language in American Indian Education, a quarterly publication for teachers of English to speakers of Indian languages. Madsen received a Master's Degree in linguistics from the University of Utah in 1974. In 1979 she was named Utah's American Business Woman of the Year. She traveled to Kenya, Africa, as a member of the United Nations Peace Conference for Women in 1985. Betty Madsen died in Salt Lake City on June 9, 1997.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Betty M. Madsen papers (1938-1997) contains journals, professional correspondence, unpublished manuscripts on linguistics and 19th-century women, and news clippings on women's issues in the 1970s and 1980s.

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of Brigham D. Madsen in 1995.

Processing Note

Processed by Karen Carver in 1997.

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Related Materials

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

Separated Materials

See also the Betty M. Madsen photograph collection (P0818) located in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 Journal
This bound volume contains fourteen pages of text.
1960-1964
1 2 Journal 1989
1 3 Ephemera
This folder contains poetry, cards, and a 1979 leaflet on Mormons and the Equal Rights Amendment.
1979
1 4 Look Who's A Grandma!
This folder contains a baby book with text filled in about Madsen's first grandchild, born in 1974.
1 5 Biographical Information
This folder contains documents added following the death of Betty Madsen.
1 6 Correspondence, Thesis Editor 1973-1978
1 7 Official Correspondence, Thesis Office 1972-1978
1 8 American Business Women's Association "Woman of the Year" 1979
1 9 North to Montana! 1980
1 10 Western Women's Conference to Kenya, East Africa
This folder contains news clippings, travel information, and personal observations.
1985
1 11 "Curriculum Trends in Modern Foreign Languages"
This folder contains an undergraduate paper.
1938
1 12 "Diaries of Two Women on the Montana Trail"
This folder contains a typescript of an unpublished manuscript and related correspondence.
1980
1 13 "Alaskan Reader and Language Development Program"
1 14 "December's Child"
This folder contains a biographical sketch of Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward.
1 15 "Lloyd Walter Carpenter: 1918-1987"
2 1 Betty M. Madsen Writings
2 2 Correspondence, Personal, Thesis Office 1974-1979
2 3 Delos R. McAllister
This folder contains newspaper clippings and writings by/about Delos R. McAllister.
2 4 Foreign Travel
This folder contains books, writings, and papers from various events and travel destinations.
2 5 Forum '85
This folder contains newspaper clippings and papers about the Western Women's Conference to Kenya, East Africa.
1985
2 6 Fragments: Autobiographical Sketches
2 7 North to Montana!
This folder contains miscellaneous documents and pictures regarding North to Montana!.
3 1 Professional - Betty, Teacher
This folder contains documents relating to Madsen's time as a teacher.
3 2 School Records and Degrees
3 3 Washington, D.C. Correspondence & Journal
3 4 Western Women Inc. and ERA
3 5 Vitae

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Languages
  • Women authors, American--Utah--Archives
  • Women historians--Utah--Archives
  • Women linguists--Utah--Archives
  • Women--Utah
  • Women--West (U.S.)--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Madsen, Betty M., 1917-1997--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
  • University of Utah--Dissertations
  • World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (Location of meeting: Nairobi, Kenya). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1985 :.)--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Academic theses
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Business correspondence
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Diaries
  • Manuscripts
  • Personal correspondence