Douglas O. Woodruff papers

Douglas O. Woodruff papers, 1843-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989
Title: Douglas O. Woodruff papers
Dates: 1843-1979 (inclusive)
18431979
Quantity: 23.75 linear feet
Collection Number: ACCN 2982
Summary: The Douglas O. Woodruff papers (1843-1979) consist of the Woodruff family correspondence, genealogical and autobiographical information, documents, photos, newspaper clippings, L.D.S missionary and religious materials, University of Utah student union and alumni association materials, and correspondence from the Association of College Unions, the American Alumni Council, the United States Figure Skating Association, and the American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.). The largest component of the Woodruff papers, i.e., boxes 36-48, is comprised of correspondence and materials related to the A.A.R.P. Douglas Woodruff was president of the A.A.R.P. from 1974-1976.
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

Douglas O. Woodruff was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on 10 July 1895. He was the grandson of Wilford Woodruff, the fourth president of the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints. Graduating from Granite High School in 1916, Douglas commenced his undergraduate studies that fall at the Agricultural College of Utah. The following year the L.D.S. church sent him on a three year mission stint to the Northern States Mission. After completing his missionary service, Woodruff entered the University of Utah where he majored in business administration and received a B.S.degree in 1922. From the mid 1920s and through the mid 1930s, Douglas was involved in a variety of business ventures including a land and livestock partnership and a pop corn confection company. The bulk of his professional career was centered upon his employment at the University of Utah where between 1931 and 1964 Woodruff managed the U of U's student union. While at the U of U, Douglas served as the executive director of the alumni's U of U development fund and acted as the managing director of the publication "Utah Alumnus".

Woodruff joined several professional, sport, and social organizations, the most prominent of which were the Association of College Unions, the American Alumni Council, the United States Figure Skating Association, and the American Association of Retired Persons. In all of the aforementioned groups Douglas served a committee and board member and as an officer. He was president of the Association of College Unions (1947-1948), the Utah Figure Skating Club (1950-1958), the Salt Lake City chapter of the A.A.R.P. (1964-1966) and the American Association of Retired Persons (1974-1976). As an active member of the L.D.S. church, Woodruff was a member of Salt Lake City's Ensign Third ward, held the position of stake superintendent in charge of the Sunday School program from the mid 1930s through the mid 1960s, and served as a member of the 316th Quorum of the Seventies. He died on 14 May 1989.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Douglas O. Woodruff papers (1843-1979) consist of the Woodrufff family correspondence, genealogical and autobiographical information, documents, photos, newspaper clippings, L.D.S. missionary and religious materials, University of Utah student union and alumni association materials, and correspondence from the Association of College Unions, the American Alumni Council, the United States Figure Skating Association, and the American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.). The largest component of the Woodrufff papers, i.e., boxes 36-48, is comprised of correspondence and materials related to the A.A.R.P. Douglas Woodruff was president of the A.A.R.P. from 1974-1976.

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

Separated Materials

Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Benchmark Books in 2017.

Processing Note

Processed by Roger V. Paxton in 2017.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Woodruff Family MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Extracts from Wilford Woodruff's Journal	1843-1844
1	2	Invitation to Wilford Woodruff's Ninetieth Birthday Anniversary Reception	1897
1	3	S. Colvig's Letter to Wilford Woodruff	1897
1	4	Woodruff Family Genealogical Materials
1	5	Family Group Records
1	6	Birth Certificates	1895-1936
1	7	Wilford Woodruff Family Association Materials	1927-1975
1	8	Assorted Woodruff Family Materials
1	9	Emmarose Woodruff Christiansen's Presentation on Wilford Woodruff
1	10	Ellice M. Moffitt's Histories of Her Mother and Grandfather
1	11	Woodruff Family Log-book: "Woodruffs Are Not Communists"	1949
1	12	L.D.S. Church Certificates of Baptism, Confirmation, and Blessing	1903-1936
1	13	Patriarchal Blessing to Douglas Owen Woodruff	1908
1	14	Marriage Certificate	1923
1	15	Warranty Deeds and Mortgage Papers	1923
1	16	Temple Recommend	1927
1	17	Seventy's Certificate of Ordination	1940
1	18	The Douglas O. and Alta C. Woodruff Revocable Trust	1964
1	19	Will and Obituary of Alta C. Woodruff	1964-1986
1	20	Will of Douglas O. Woodruff	1964
1	21	Autobiographical Materials
1	22	Box Elder Farm Lease Materials	1966-1977
1	23	Bonnevile Knife and Fork Club Materials	1940-1959

Crawford and Woodruff Family CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	Wilford Woodruff's Letter to His Children	1887
2	2-3	Copies of Wilford Woodruff's Letters	1887-1893
2	4	Wilford Woodruff's Letter to His Grandchildren	1898
2	5	Photo of Wilford Woodruff
2	6-7	Crawford Family Correspondence	1893-1932
2	8-10	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1912-197
3	1-4	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1917-1918
4	1-4	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1918-1919
5	1-5	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1920-1935
6	1-4	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1936-1940
7	1-4	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1941-1951
8	1-3	Woodruff Family Correspondence	1951-1954
9	1-4	Woodruff Family Corespondence	1955-1976
10	1-6	Woodruff Family Cards
11	1-2	Greeting and Sympathy Cards	1935-1986
11	3	Early 20th Century Salt Lake City Postcards
11	4	Family Photos

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
12	1	University of Deseret Department of Science, Literature and the Arts Diploma
12	2	Correspondence: Heber J. Grant	1922-1939
12	3	Heber J. Grant: Autographed Letter Entitled "When Great Sorrows are Our Portion"	1939
12	4	Correspondence: Charles W. Nibley	1927
12	5	Correspondence: John A. Widtsoe	1942-1951
12	6	Correspondence: George Albert Smith	1946-1950
12	7	Correspondence: Elbert D. Thomas	1934-1950
12	8	Correspondence: J.W. Fulbright	1947-1948
12	9	Correspondence: Arthur V. Watkins	1951
12	10	Correspondence: J. Bracken Lee	1951
12	11	Correspondence: Wallace F. Bennett	1959-1966
12	12	Correspondence: Frank E. Moss	1959-1975
12	13	Correspondence: Henry A. Dixon	1959
12	14	Correspondence: David S. King	1959
12	15	Correspondence: George Thomas	1935-1941
12	16	Correspondence: Leroy E. Cowles	1942-1945
12	17	Correspondence: A. Ray Olpin	1950-1963
12	18	U of U Basketball Team of 1944 Letter to Douglas Woodruff	1944
12	19	Correspondence: Avard Fairbanks	1936-1957
12	20	Correspondence: The White House	1966-1975
12	21	Correspondence: Richard Nixon	1972
12	22	Invitations and Correspondence: Presidential Inauguration	1972-1973
12	23	Correspondence: Gerald R. Ford	1974
12	24	Invitation to the Presidential Inauguration	1977
12	25	Inaugural Guide to Washington	1977

Education MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	1	Certificate of Promotion to Salt Lake City High School	1911
13	2	Latter-day Saints High School in Salt Lake City Certificate of Credit	1911-1912
13	3	Commencement Publication for Granite High School	1915
13	4	Granite High School Patriotic Issue	1915
13	5	Granite High School Year Book	1916
13	6	Granite High School Grade Reports	1914-1916
13	7	Catalog of the Agricultural College of Utah	1916
13	8	Botany Reports Utah Agricultural College
13	9	Chemistry Reports Utah Agricultural College
13	10	Agricultural College of Utah Transcript	1916-1917
13	11	University of Utah Transcripts	1915-1921
13	12	Year Books and Checking Account Books	1913-1919

Missionary Materials and PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	1	Elder's Certificate	1917
14	2	Minister's Certificate	1917
14	3	Missionary Journal	1917
14	4	Missionary Journal Sheets	1917-1918
14	5-6	Missionary Report Books	1917-1919
14	7	Missionary Diary	1918
14	8	Tracting Record for Northern States Mission	1918
14	9	Correspondence: Northern States Mission	1917-1920
14	10	Northern States Mission Materials	1918-1919
14	11	Photos	1919
14	12	"Catechism of the Christian Doctrine" by a Priest of the Archdiocese of New York	1896
14	13	Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration's "Indulgenced Prayers and Aspirations"
14	14	D.E. Scoles: "The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast"
14	15	Lecture of Willis F. Gross: "Christian Science The Gospel of Freedom"	1912
14	16	The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: "Latter Day Saints: Who Are They?"
14	17	Baptists' Pamphlets on Tithing and Prayer
14	18	Articles of Faith and Rules of the Evangelical Association
15	1-4	Correspondence: Missionaries to President Douglas Woodruff	1919
16	1-6	Correspondence: Missionaries to President Douglas Woodruff	1919-1920

L.D.S. Church MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
17	1	Gardener Snow's Patriarchal Blessing	1873
17	2	Deseret News Pioneer Anniversary Edition	1897
17	3	L.D.S. Church Materials	1912-1967
17	4	Y.M.I.A. Hand Book	1923
17	5	Flier and Excerpt: James E. Talmage's Lecture on Mormonism and the War
17	6	James Talmage's Lectures on the Book of Mormon	1924
17	7	Radio Sermons of Rulon Wells	1938
17	8	Assorted L.D.S. Materials
17	9	L.D.S. Correspondence and Assorted Materials	1932-1974
17	10	Ensign Third Ward and Stake Sunday School Materials	1934-1963
17	11	Ensign Stake Directory	1964-1965
17	12	Funeral Comments
17	13	L.D.S. Family Record and Record of Temple Work

Business and Assorted MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
18	1	Snow-Woodbury Company Correspondence	1925
18	2	Snow-Woodbury Company Agreements	1925-1927
18	3	Snow-Woodbury Company's Ledger	1925
18	4	Snow-Woodbury Company's Record of Purchases and Sales of Sheep	1925
18	5	Assorted Materials	1925-1926
18	6	Pop Corn Confection Company Materials	1930-1939
18	7	Pop Corn Confection Company Ledgers	1931
18	8	Emergency Peace Committee Meeting Minutes	1936
18	9	World War II Civil Defense Corps Materials
18	10	World War II Ration Book Materials	1942-1945
18	11	Republican Club of Utah and the Salt Lake County Central Committee Correspondence	1935-1952
18	12	Republican National Convention Program and Attendance	1964-1972
18	13	Political, Religious, and Gender Materials
19	1	Family Newspaper Clippings	1896-1976
19	2	Membership Cards and Assorted Materials
19	3	Address Book
19	4	Report of "This Is The Place Commission	1947
19	5	Trip to Kenya	1974
19	6	XVIIth International Conference on Social Welfare	1974
19	7	Trip to Scandinavia	1975
19	8	Trip to London
19	9	Trip to Rhodesia
19	10	Sally Rand Autographed Photo and San Francisco Mementos
19	11	KTVX News Advisory Board Materials
19	12-13	Assorted Materials

Pines Ranch MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
20	1-8	Pines Ranch Materials	1940-1979
20	9	Historical Notes on the Pines Ranch Club Incorporated	1955

U of U Student Union, 1928-1957Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
21	1-2	Photos of the Construction of the U of U's Student Union Building	1928-1930
21	3	Architectural Plans
21	4-6	Photos of the Dance Department, Football Stadium, and Unidentified Building
21	7	U of U's Student Union Building Architectural Plans	1947
21	8-9	Union Building Needs Survey	1947
21	10	U of U Union Expansion Report	1947
21	11-12	Union Building Planning Correspondence	1946-1957
21	13	Photos of the Construction of the U of U's Student Union Building	1954-1955
21	14	Fred L. Markham Materials	1951-1957
22	1	U of U Student Union Building Newsclippings	1934-1957
22	2	U of U Student Union Building Specifications	1953
22	3-4	Architectural Plans
22	5	A.S.U.U.Handbooks	1932-1942
22	6	Founders Day Materials	1950-1963
22	7	Ballif Hall Materials
23	1	Douglas O. Woodruff Materials	1947-1963
23	2	Financial Statements	1951-1961
23	3	The Student Union University of UYtah: Present and Future-A General Statement	1954
23	4	U of U Union Policies	1957
23	5-6	Programs of the Day	1957
23	7	Correspondence	1957-1958
23	8	Annual Report U of U Union, 1958-1959	1959
23	9	U of U Union : Letters of Appreciation	1957-1964
23	10	Estimated Revenues for the New U of U Student Union
23	11	Constitution of the Utah Student Union Building
23	12	Assorted Materials	1887-1963

U of U MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
24	1-7	University of Utah Correspondence	1926-1976

Year Books and Assorted MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
25	1	University of Utah Diamond Anniversary Album	1925
25	2	Pocket Maps to Milwaukee and Wisconsin
25	3	Guide to Historic Plymouth Illustrated	1928
25	4	History of the Santa Barbara Mission	1929
25	5	Official Guide Book to the New York World Fair	1939
25	6	Official Guide Book to the Golden Gate International Exposition	1939
25	7-11	Year Books	1950-1975

Association of College UnionsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
26	1-6	Correspondence	1946-1948
27	1-7	Correspondence	19
27	8	The Bulletin of the Association of College Unions	1940-1963
28	1	Conference Reports and Programs	1941-1955
28	2	Directories of the Association of College Unions	1963-1976
28	3	Assorted Materials	1937-1957

U of U Alumni AssociationReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
29	1	U of U Alumni Association Alumni Lists	1906-1953
29	2	U of U Alumni Membership and Officer Lists	1945
29	3	U of U Alumni Association Committee Minutes and Reports	1936-1951
29	4	U of U Alumni Association Financial Materials	1938-1950
29	5	U of U Alumni Association Board of Control Minutes	1945-1951
29	6-9	U of U Alumni Association Correspondence	1932-1959
29	10	U of U Alumni Association Assorted Materials	1935-1957
29	11	Emeritus Club Materials	1938-1976
29	12-13	"The Utah Alumnus"	1935-1960
30	1	Constitution of the U of U Alumni Development Fund	1945-1949
30	2	Officers and Board of Directors of the Uof U's Alumni Development Fund	1945-1954
30	3	U of U Alumni Development Fund Correspondence	1945-1956
30	4	Assorted Materials	1945-1956
30	5	Memo re the History and Development of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund	1947
30	6-8	Meeting Minutes of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund Directors	1945-1956
30	9	Meeting Minutes of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund Executive Committee	1956
30	10	Financial Reports of the U of U's Development Fund	1952-1956
30	11	U of U's Development Fund Financial Materials	1950-1956
30	12	U of U Class Contributions	1906-1956
30	13	Faculty and Emeritus Contributions
30	14	Mailers

American Alumni CouncilReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
31	1-5	American Alumni Council Correspondence	1937-1948
32	1	Douglas O. Woodruff's Speech: "The Opportunity of the Challenging Task"	1949
32	2-7	American Alumni Council Correspondence	1949-1950
33	1	American Alumni Council Correspondence	1951-1972
33	2	Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the American Alumni Council	1940
33	3-4	Joint Meeting of the American College Publicity Association and the American Alumni Council	1940-1942
33	5	American Alumni Council Conference Materials	1935-1955
33	6	American Alumni Council Membership Directory and the Constitution and By-Laws	1967-1972

United States Figure Skating Association MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
34	1	Assorted Materials	1938-1961
34	2-3	Reports to the Executive Committee	1959-1960
34	4-5	Reports of the Officers and Committee Chairmen to the Executive Committee	1957-1958
34	6	Financial and Registration Reports	1959-1960
34	7	Reports re Revision of the Constitution and By-Laws	1959-1960
34	8	Meeting of the ISU Congress	1959
34	9	The Eighteenth USFSA Rule Book	1959
34	10	Official Program of the National Figure Skating Championships	1956
34	11	List of USFSA Officers, Chairmen, and Executive Committee Members	1950-1959
34	12	Utah Figure Skating Club Correspondence	1950-1958
35	1-3	United States Figure Skating Association Correspondence	1953-1960
35	4	College Figure Skating Association Correspondence	1956-1959
35	5-8	Annual Meeting of the Governing Council Reports	1953-19058
35	9	The Twentieth Annual USFSA Rulebook	1961

A.A.R.P.Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
36	1-6	Correspondence	1962-1970
37	1-5	Correspondence	1970
38	1-6	Correspondence	1971
39	1-5	Correspondence	1971-1972
40	1-6	Correspondence	1972
41	1-4	Correspondence	1972
41	5	"Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Enact a Program of Comprehensive Mecial Care for All U. S. Citizens"	1972
42	1-5	Correspondence	1973-1974
43	1-5	Correspondence	1974-1975
44	1-4	Correspondence	1975
45	1-5	Correspondence	1975-1976
46	1-2	Correspondence	1977
46	3-4	Statements and Testimonies	1975
47	1	Newspaper Clippings	1965-1977
47	2	Woodruff's Speeches	1974-1976
47	3	Woodruff's Articles in "Modern Maturity"	1975-1976
47	4	A.A.R.P. Certificates	1970-1976
47	5	A.A.R.P. Statements and Testimonies	1975
47	6-7	A.A.R.P. News Bulletins	1969-1977
47	8	Margaret Abrams: "The Story of the A.A.R.P."	1971

White House Conference on Aging MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
48	1-2	White House Conference on Aging Materials	1970-1971
48	3-4	White House's Final Report on Aging: Vols. 1-2	1971
48	5	White House Conference on Aging's Report to the Delegates	1971

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
49	Sheet Music, Greek Icon, and U of U Keys
50	Sheet Music, Art Work of Utah, and U of U Student Union Building Materials

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Latter Day Saints--Missions--Lake States
Latter Day Saints--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives

Personal Names

Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989--Archives
Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989--Family
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898--Family

Corporate Names

American Alumni Council--Records and correspondence
American Association of Retired Persons--Records and correspondence
Association of College Unions--Records and correspondence
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Records and correspondence
Granite High School (South Salt Lake, Utah)
United States Figure Skating Association--Records and correspondence
University of Utah. Union
Utah State Agricultural College

Family Names

Woodruff family--Correspondence
Woodruff family--Genealogy

Form or Genre Terms

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Diaries
Family histories
Greeting cards
Maps
Notated music
Obituaries
Photographs
Postcards
School yearbooks

Archives West Finding Aid

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