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Donna Toland Smart papers, 1846-2015

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Smart, Donna Toland, 1923-
Title
Donna Toland Smart papers
Dates
1846-2015 (inclusive)
Quantity
28.75 linear feet, (36 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1887
Summary
The Donna Toland Smart papers (1846-1888 and 1938-2015) contain correspondence and research files, note cards, diary transcripts, and manuscript drafts. The bulk of the collection is related to Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions, edited by Smart and published by Utah State University Press in 1997. Smart received a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and worked for the University of Utah as a technical writer. She also taught for several years at East High School and worked with the Relief Society.
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
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

The Donna Toland Smart papers (1846-1888 and 1938-2015) contain correspondence and research files, note cards, diary transcripts, and manuscript drafts. The bulk of the collection is related to Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions, edited by Smart and published by Utah State University Press in 1997. She has also published works on Perrigrine Sessions and Parley P. Pratt.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Donna Toland Smart in 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2020.

Processing Note

Processed by Karen Carver in 2004.

Addenda processed by Julia Huddleston in 2012, Kevin Priest in 2014, Halle Fiderlick in 2015, Sean Taylor in 2015, and Kristina Barksdale in 2021.

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Separated Materials

See also the Donna Toland Smart photograph collection (P1022) and cassette tape in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Diary Transcripts and Research Notes

  • Manuscript Drafts and Reader Comments

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Maureen Beecher
      Dates: 1990s
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Bountiful, Utah
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
    • Description: Sarah Ann Bryson
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
    • Description: Lucina and Mary Call
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    • Description: Sylvia Lyon Clarke, Ezekiel Clarke
      Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1982-2000
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
    • Description: Sarah Crossley
      Container: Box 5, Folder 7
    • Description: Ada Sessions Eddins
      Container: Box 5, Folder 8
    • Description: Friends of the University of Utah Libraries
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 5, Folder 9
    • Description: Jim Indian
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: International Women's Year, 1976-1977 (Women's Concerns Committee)
      Dates: 1970s
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
    • Description: Julia Ann Killgore
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3
    • Description: Fanny Emorette Loveland
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4
    • Description: Esther Mabey
      Container: Box 6, Folder 5
    • Description: Manchester Area

      Contains research related to the 1852 mission of Perrigrine Sessions.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 6
    • Description: Medical

      Contains research on various infections diseases prevalent in the 19th century.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 7
    • Description: Millenial Star
      Dates: 1852-1853
      Container: Box 6, Folder 8
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 6, Folder 9
    • Description: Miscellaneous References
      Container: Box 6, Folder 10
    • Description: Missouri
      Container: Box 6, Folder 11
    • Description: Mormon Women's Diaries and Autobiographies Series
      Container: Box 6, Folder 12
    • Description: Nauvoo
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
    • Description: News Clippings
      Dates: 1972; 1981
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2
    • Description: Note Cards

      Contains genealogical research on the Sessions family.

      Container: Box 7, Folder 3
    • Description: Old Maps of Oxford County, Main in 1858
      Container: Box 7, Folder 4
    • Description: On-Line

      Contains articles downloaded from the internet.

      Container: Box 7, Folder 5
    • Description: Polygamy
      Container: Box 7, Folder 6
    • Description: Carlos Sessions
      Container: Box 7, Folder 7
    • Description: Sessions Family in America
      Container: Box 7, Folder 8
    • Description: Enoch Bartlett Tripp
      Container: Box 7, Folder 9
    • Description: Utah State University Press, John Alley
      Dates: 1995-2001
      Container: Box 7, Folder 10
    • Description: Worth Their Salt
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 7, Folder 11
  • Correspondence and Research Materials

  • School, Personal Materials and Writings

  • Financial Records and Articles

  • Addendum

    Contains documents, correspondence, and writing from Smart's personal life and employment as a teacher and member of the Relief Society.

    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1962-2015
      Container: Box 20, Folder 1
    • Description: Invitations
      Dates: 1952-2005
      Container: Box 20, Folder 2
    • Description: Greeting Cards
      Container: Box 20, Folder 3
    • Description: Get Well Cards
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Box 20, Folder 4-5
    • Description: Correspondence with Elga Larsen

      Two letters discussing the writing of Myra Mayall Henrie, Larsen and Smart's great-grandmother.

      Dates: 1984-1987
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1
    • Description: Letters of Myra Mayall

      Copies of letters from Myra Mayall Henrie and Daniel Henrie to Margaret Daley.

      Dates: 1984-1987
      Container: Box 21, Folder 2
    • Description: Online Correspondence with Lavina Anderson

      Book revisions with Smart's editor, Lavina Anderson.

      Dates: 2013-2014
      Container: Box 21, Folder 3
    • Description: Online Correspondence and Research

      Research and discussion with Don Smith and his daughter, Celia Summers.

      Dates: 2013-2014
      Container: Box 21, Folder 4
    • Description: Notes Cards: Journal History
      Container: Box 21, Folder 5
    • Description: "Two Virtuous Women" Book Design

      Correspondence with Lavina Anderson and Brent Corcoran, the book designer for "Two Virtuous Women."

      Dates: 2014
      Container: Box 21, Folder 6
    • Description: Correspondence

      Primarily regarding Smart's employment at East High School.

      Dates: 1946-2013
      Container: Box 22, Folder 1
    • Description: Musings on Teaching
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 22, Folder 2
    • Description: Teaching and Graduate School Documents
      Dates: 1946-1980
      Container: Box 22, Folder 3
    • Description: Notes from Students
      Dates: 1970-1981
      Container: Box 22, Folder 4
    • Description: Excuse Notes
      Dates: 1972-19787
      Container: Box 22, Folder 5
    • Description: East High Events
      Dates: 1972-2006
      Container: Box 22, Folder 6
    • Description: East High Course Materials
      Container: Box 22, Folder 7
    • Description: John Birch Society
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 22, Folder 8
    • Description: LDS Correspondence

      Correspondence with church members and leaders.

      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box 23, Folder 1
    • Description: Laurel Teacher Correspondence

      Correspondence with members in the Young Women organization under Smart's leadership.

      Dates: 1966-1975
      Container: Box 23, Folder 2
    • Description: Notes
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 23, Folder 3
    • Description: LDS Church and Community Involvement
      Dates: 1972-1981
      Container: Box 23, Folder 4
    • Description: Lesson Manuscripts

      Edited manuscipts for Laurel, Family Home Evening, and Relief Society lessons.

      Dates: 1960-1987
      Container: Box 23, Folder 5-6
    • Description: Relief Society Lessons and Handouts
      Dates: 2004-2009
      Container: Box 23, Folder 7
    • Description: Play Manuscripts

      Short drafts with LDS themes and characters.

      Container: Box 23, Folder 8
    • Description: Journal

      Account of Smart's trip to London with her husband to the London temple dedication.

      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 23, Folder 9
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1958-1959
      Container: Box 23, Folder 10
    • Description: Itinerary and Memorabilia
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 23, Folder 11
    • Description: London LDS Temple Dedication Pamphlets
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 23, Folder 12
    • Description: Temple Recommends
      Dates: 1942-2010
      Container: Box 23, Folder 13
    • Description: London Travel Finances
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 23, Folder 14
    • Description: Adopt-A-Native-Elder (ANE) Correspondence
      Dates: 1995-2008
      Container: Box 24, Folder 1
    • Description: ANE Adoption Sheet
      Container: Box 24, Folder 2
    • Description: ANE Finances
      Dates: 1994-1997
      Container: Box 24, Folder 3
    • Description: ANE Newsletter
      Dates: 2003-2009
      Container: Box 24, Folder 4
    • Description: ANE Guides to Culture
      Container: Box 24, Folder 5
    • Description: Travel Correspondence
      Dates: 1983-1990
      Container: Box 25, Folder 1
    • Description: Travel Documents
      Dates: 1987-1988
      Container: Box 25, Folder 2
    • Description: Travel Journals
      Dates: 1962-1990
      Container: Box 25, Folder 3
    • Description: Travel Finances
      Dates: 1980-1987
      Container: Box 25, Folder 4
    • Description: University of Utah Women's Club (UUWC) Correspondence
      Dates: 2006-2008
      Container: Box 26, Folder 1
    • Description: UUWC Yearbooks
      Dates: 2004-2007
      Container: Box 26, Folder 2
    • Description: UUWC Announcements and Flyers
      Dates: 2005-2006
      Container: Box 26, Folder 3
    • Description: Awards and Community Involvement
      Dates: 1960-2009
      Container: Box 27, Folder 1
    • Description: Salt Lake City Olympics Memorabilia
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 27, Folder 2
    • Description: Book Reviews and Mentions
      Dates: 1983-2001
      Container: Box 27, Folder 3
    • Description: Our Town Stage Performance
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 27, Folder 4
    • Description: Babcock and Other Performances
      Dates: 1974-1999
      Container: Box 27, Folder 5
    • Description: Coptic Encyclopedia Meeting Overview
      Container: Box 27, Folder 6
    • Description: Notes
      Container: Box 27, Folder 7
    • Description: University of Utah South African Divestment Flyers
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 27, Folder 8
    • Description: Dugout Ranch Meeting

      Discussion on development and culture of Southern Utah.

      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 27, Folder 9
    • Description: Symphony Involvement and Ball
      Dates: 1977-1980
      Container: Box 27, Folder 10
    • Description: Committee Memberships
      Dates: 1974-1999
      Container: Box 27, Folder 11
    • Description: Sunstone Symposium
      Dates: 1996-2010
      Container: Box 27, Folder 12
    • Description: Authors' Club Booklets
      Dates: 1980-2013
      Container: Box 27, Folder 13
    • Description: Utah Humanities News and Planner
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 27, Folder 14
    • Description: National Institute of Fitness Records
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 27, Folder 15
    • Description: University of Wyoming French Paper
      Dates: 1984-1987
      Container: Box 27, Folder 16
    • Description: Dalai Lama Articles
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 27, Folder 17
    • Description: Newspaper
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 27, Folder 18
    • Description: Newspaper
      Dates: 1951-1980
      Container: Box 27, Folder 19
    • Description: Star Valley High School (Afton, Wyoming) Yearbooks, Exponent II publications, and Ledgers
      Dates: 1938-1997
      Container: Box 28
  • 2021 Addendum

    Contains documents, correspondence, and research from Smart's service in the LDS Church and her books on the Sessions and Henrie families.

    • Description: Donna Smart family memory book
      Dates: 1945-1957
      Container: Box 29, Folder 1
    • Description: Personal history booklet for grandchildren
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box 29, Folder 2
    • Description: Donna Smart teaching and typing certification
      Dates: 1945-1946
      Container: Box 29, Folder 3
    • Description: Certificate of graduation from basic geneology class, Craig Astle geneology chart
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 29, Folder 4
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1973-2015
      Container: Box 29, Folder 5-7
    • Description: Correspondence and article on Greek organizations
      Dates: 1960-1977
      Container: Box 29, Folder 8
    • Description: Correspondence and thank yous from church members
      Dates: 1952-1983; 2002-2003
      Container: Box 29, Folder 9
    • Description: Miscellaneous correspondence
      Dates: 1980-1984
      Container: Box 29, Folder 10
    • Description: LDS Church Relief Society Stake record book
      Dates: 1961-1964
      Container: Box 30, Folder 1-4
    • Description: Federal Heights Relief Society presidency materials
      Dates: 1975-1978; 1991
      Container: Box 30, Folder 5
    • Description: Stake Relief Society Presidency and General Board assignments
      Dates: 1961-1966; 1976-1978
      Container: Box 30, Folder 6
    • Description: LDS Church youth program materials
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box 30, Folder 7
    • Description: Duplicates of talks given
      Dates: 1994; 2001-2011
      Container: Box 30, Folder 8
    • Description: Program on the bishop, Adam and Eve
      Container: Box 30, Folder 9
    • Description: Bill and Donna Smart Toronto mission materials
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 31, Folder 1
    • Description: Toronto mission correspondence
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 31, Folder 2
    • Description: Toronto Festival of the Family materials
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 31, Folder 3
    • Description: Nauvoo pilgrimage materials
      Dates: 1884; 1974-1983
      Container: Box 32, Folder 1
    • Description: Pilgrimage reunion correspondence
      Dates: 1983-1985; 2000
      Container: Box 32, Folder 2
    • Description: Correspondence and miscellaneous materials from various institutions regarding service and board positions
      Dates: 1982-2007
      Container: Box 33, Folder 1
    • Description: Authors Club materials
      Dates: 1998-2015
      Container: Box 33, Folder 2
    • Description: The dinner set materials
      Dates: 2010-2015
      Container: Box 33, Folder 3
    • Description: Utah Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua materials
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box 33, Folder 4
    • Description: U of U Women's Club materials
      Dates: 1964-1965; 2003-2013
      Container: Box 33, Folder 5
    • Description: U of U Women's Club yearbooks
      Dates: 2002-2008
      Container: Box 33, Folder 6
    • Description: 55 Laurel Street tours, appraisal, and insurance/mortgage information
      Dates: 1949; 1977-2005
      Container: Box 33, Folder 7
    • Description: Expenditures and projects at 55 Laurel Street
      Dates: 1956; 1970-1989
      Container: Box 33, Folder 8
    • Description: Materials relating to the Copts and Egyptians
      Dates: 1978-1979; 1988; 2005-2013
      Container: Box 33, Folder 9
    • Description: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company materials
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box 33, Folder 10
    • Description: Materials from Finding Rachel and Myra
      Dates: 2014
      Container: Box 34, Folder 1
    • Description: Research on Panguitch for Finding Rachel and Myra
      Dates: 2004-2005; 2013
      Container: Box 34, Folder 2
    • Description: Research on Saddleworth, Mayall, and Myra Henrie for book, information on Panaca ward
      Dates: 1873-1888; 1965; 1970-1989; 2006-2008
      Container: Box 34, Folder 3
    • Description: Research on Rachel Henrie and Myra Mayall for book, tombstones
      Dates: 2015
      Container: Box 34, Folder 4
    • Description: Henrie family research
      Dates: 1950; 1975; 1988; 1997-2012
      Container: Box 34, Folder 5
    • Description: William Henrie geneological information
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 34, Folder 6
    • Description: Correspondence about Patty and Perrigrine Sessions
      Dates: 1952; 1992-2012
      Container: Box 35, Folder 1
    • Description: Sessions Family in America
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 35, Folder 2
    • Description: Patty Sessions sketches from Woman's Exponent
      Dates: 1884-1885
      Container: Box 35, Folder 3
    • Description: Patty Sessions exponent biography, will, and obits
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 35, Folder 4
    • Description: The Diaries of Perrigrine Sessions
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 35, Folder 5
    • Description: Articles relating to Patty Sessions
      Dates: 1884; 1996-2002; 2011
      Container: Box 35, Folder 6
    • Description: Some names found in Patty Sessions' diaries
      Container: Box 35, Folder 7
    • Description: Sessions family photos
      Container: Box 35, Folder 8
    • Description: Bountiful cemetary plots and historical information
      Dates: 1992; 1995
      Container: Box 35, Folder 9
    • Description: David W. and Beatrice C. Evans handcart award
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 35, Folder 10
    • Description: Oversized materials relating to Patty Sessions
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 36

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Subject Terms

  • Families--Research
  • Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--Archives
  • Latter Day Saint women--West (U.S.)--19th century--Archives
  • Midwives--West (U.S.)--19th century--Biography
  • Women genealogists--Utah--Archives
  • Women in church work--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Personal Names

  • Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988
  • Henrie, Myra Mayall, 1803-1893--Correspondence
  • Henrie, Myra Mayall, 1803-1893--Family--Archives
  • Sessions, Patty Bartlett, 1795-1892
  • Sessions, Patty Bartlett, 1795-1892--Family
  • Smart, Donna Toland, 1923---Archives
  • Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844

Corporate Names

  • East High School (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Employees--Archives
  • Fourteenth Ward Female Relief Society (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • University of Utah. Department of English--Alumni and alumnae--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Nauvoo (Ill.)--Expulsion of the Latter Day Saints

Form or Genre Terms

  • Autobiographies
  • Business correspondence
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Diaries
  • Family histories
  • Financial records
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Manuscripts
  • Maps
  • Personal correspondence
  • Research (Documents)
  • Scrapbooks
  • Yearbooks
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