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Donna Toland Smart photograph collection, 1846-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Smart, Donna Toland, 1923-
- Title
- Donna Toland Smart photograph collection
- Dates
- 1846-1990 (inclusive)18461990
- Quantity
- 2 boxes
- Collection Number
- P1022
- Summary
- Donna Toland Smart is a Utah writer and editor who served as an author for the Relief Society for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and edited Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions (1997). The Donna Toland Smart photograph collection (1846-1990) contain images related to Sessions life, education, and family; the Relief Society; and her travels, particularly to Egypt. It also contains images collected by Smart during the course of her research into Patty Sessions.
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Donna Toland Smart was born on February 2, 1923. Donna Toland married William B. "Bill" Smart; together, the couple had five children. She received a Bachelor's from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981. Smart taught high school in Star Valley, Wyoming, and at East High in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also worked for the University of Utah as a technical writer and served on the Emeritus Board. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Smart also worked as an author for the Relief Society. Smart edited Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions, published in 1997.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Donna Toland Smart photograph collection consists of 2 boxes. Box 1 contains images collected by Smart in the course of her research into the life of Patty Bartlett Sessions as well as biographical images related to Smart's life, family, and travels, particularly to Egypt. Box 2 contains additional photographs related to Smart's life, particularly her involvement in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and her work for the Relief Society. The collection dates from 1846-1990, but the majority of the images date from Smart's life, particularly 1970-1990. While most of the images are black-and-white or color photograph prints, the collection also includes slides, negatives, and postcards.
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
Arrangement
By folder and subject.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Donna Toland Smart in 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2020.
Processing Note
Processed by Photo Archives staff.
Separated Materials
See also the Donna Toland Smart papers (ACCN 1887) in the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections.
Related Materials
This collection forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Patty Sessions |
| 1 | 2 | Patty Sessions |
| 1 | 3 | Fanny Emorette Loveland and Ada Sessions Eddins |
| 1 | 4 | Lunch Meeting, October 1985 |
| 1 | 5 | Native Americans |
| 1 | 6 | Wissa Wassef School |
| 1 | 7 | Egypt |
| 1 | 8 | King Tutenkhamen, Second Opening of Tomb, 1978 |
| 1 | 9 | Tutenkhamen |
| 1 | 10 | Family Photographs |
| 1 | 11 | Estella Family Photographs |
| 1 | 12 | Arch and Estella's Ranch |
| 1 | 13 | Doctor Lola Atiya's Funeral |
| 1 | 14 | East High School Employee's Reunion |
| 1 | 15 | Donna Smart and President George Albert Smith |
| 2 | 1 | Portraits of Donna Smart |
| 2 | 2 | Bill Smart |
| 2 | 3 | Rachel and Myra Research |
| 2 | 4 | William Henrie Geneology |
| 2 | 5 | Laramie, University of Wyoming, 1941-1945 |
| 2 | 6 | Patty Sessions |
| 2 | 7 | Family Photographs |
| 2 | 8 | Group Photographs |
| 2 | 9 | Coptic and Egyptian |
| 2 | 10 | Stake R.S. President |
| 2 | 11 | Pilgrimage, 1982 |
| 2 | 12 | Perrigrine |
| 2 | 13 | Handcarty Award Day |
| 2 | 14 | Miami, Ohio, 1984 |
| 2 | 15 | Laurel Street, Salt Lake City |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Latter Day Saint women--West (U.S.)--Photographs
Personal Names
- Sessions, Patty Bartlett, 1795-1892
Form or Genre Terms
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Color prints (photographs)
Finding aid created by Sara Davis, updated by Claire A. Kempa.
2015
