Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection, 1950-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bradford, Mary Lythgoe
Title
Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection
Dates
1950-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet, (3 archives boxes)
Collection Number
P0862
Summary
The Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection consists of photos relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford.
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

Mary Lythgoe Bradford (b. 1930) is a Mormon editor, critic, and poet. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in education and a masters degree in English. Her masters thesis on Virginia Sorensen made Mary the first to write a scholarly work about the author. She continued this work in literary criticism, She edited Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from 1978 to 1983, and edited Mormon Women Speak, which was published in 1982. Her compilation Leaving Home: Personal Essays won the Association for Mormon Letters award for Personal Essay in 1988.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection consists of photos relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford.

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.

Processing Note

Processed by Photo Archives staff.

Separated Materials

See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 1830).

Acquisition Information

Donated by Mary Lythgoe Bradford in 2000, 2002. Additional materials donated in 2020 by Jane Bradford.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1 Historical Family Photos
  • 1: Probably Lowell Bennion
  • 2: Bradford(?) family, copy print dated May 1989
1 2 Groups
  • 1-8: Groups of people
1 3 Passport Pictures of Bradford Family
  • 1-25: Passport photos of the Bradford Family
1 4 Steve Bradford Childhood Portraits
  • 1-9: Steve Bradford as a child
1 5 Family
  • 1-3: Children in the Bradford Family
  • 4-6: Members of the Bradford family
  • 7-8: Bradford family members at weddings
  • 9: Large family photo, laser print
  • 10:Barry and Donna's wedding, The Tanners
  • 11-20: Family members and groups
  • 21: Lythgoe's back lawn, 1962
  • 22: Skyline scene, polaroid
  • 23: Family under a tree, polaroid
1 6 Family
  • 1-2: Scott's Eagle Scout Award, May 1982.
  • 3-4 European vacation
  • 5: unknown woman
  • 6: Boy scout group
  • 7: Scott's Birthday at BYU, March 3, 1986, polaroid
  • 8: Cats on the stairs, polaroid
  • 9: Jennifer, Linda, Jack Newell – May 1994 Salt Lake City.
  • 10: Group at dinner, March 1995
  • 11-18: vacation, May 1977
  • 19-31 vacation, May 1977, 110 film (some match prints 11-18)
  • 32: Fruit tart
  • 33: Woman wearing pignose, playing hog-tied (game in background)
  • 34-49: Outdoor scenes, 110 film
1 7 Family
  • 1-13: Ceremony honoring Charles H. Bradford, March 1981, prints with matching 110 film strips
  • 14: Family and Friends, March 1978
  • 15: Scott age 13 with Matt, March 1978
  • 16: Two people at a social gathering, January 1981
  • 17-28: BYU London Centre, March 1981 (see also Folder 6, items 3 and 4)
  • 29-33: Christmas gathering, 1980
  • 34-41: Scott's Birthday, March 1981
  • 42-43: looking out the airplane window
  • 44-45: 1980
  • 46: Bradford Family
  • 47: Arlington Ward picnic, July 26, 1975
1 8 Family- Christmas
  • 1-34: Bradford family, Christmas, 1980s
1 9 Washington Post Article and Photos
  • 1-2: Scott Bradford and another boy playing basketball, photos featured in the 1976 Washington Post article
1 10 Renaissance Faire
  • 1-37: 1974 Renaissance Faire
1 11 Distinguished Alumni Banquet, 1981
  • 1-18: Distinguished Alumni Banquet, 1981. Photos by George Bettridge Saans Photography
1 12 Event, December 1985
  • 1-24:Event, December 1985
1 13 Charles A. Bradford Slideshow
  • 1-39: Charles A. Bradford slideshow, American Banking Association
1 14 Westminster College, 1990s
  • 1-20: Event at Westminster College, circa 1990s
1 15 Gathering, April 1996
  • 1-6: Gathering, probably related to the release Mary Bradford's book on Lowell L. Bennion, April 1996
1 16 1950s
  • 1-2: New York, 1950s
  • 3: University of Utah Fraternity, 1950s
1 17 Charles Bradford
  • 1-3: Charles Bradford
1 18 Wedding Picture Mary and Charles Bradford 1957
  • 1: Wedding Picture Mary and Charles Bradford, September 12, 1957.
1 19 Charles Bradford
  • 1-5: Charles Bradford, circa 1990s
1 20 Top 40 Kimball Scholar Candidates, 1981
  • 1: Back row (left to right): Wayne Williams, Kevin Okeson, Richard Merrill, Michael Goldberg, Roger Andersen, Allan Carter, Nathan Soderborg. Center: John Wrathall, Kim Jensen, Gordon Hale, Bill Handley, Michael Lohner, Steven Simmerman, Russell Urry. Front row: Blair La Barge, Scott Bradford, Roger Leishman, Brett Scharffs, Michael Pulsipher, Norman Zabriskie, David Chiu, David Atkinson, Michael Graff
1 21 Charles Bradford Associates.
  • 1: Charles Bradford Associates.
  • 2: Charles Bradford, Senator Hubert Humphrey. Following joint economic committee hearing. About 1977.
  • 3: Charles Bradford (ARL 1st ward) and bishop Zane Mason (ARL 2nd ward) shared the Arlington chapel as bishops 1973-1980.
1 22 Barney Tanner Pictures November 22, 1985
  • 1: Charles Bradford
  • 2: Charles Bradford with another man, singing
  • 3: unidentified woman
  • 4: Charles Bradford by his car
  • 5: Justine Davis, Charles, Barney Tanner. Senator's dining room November 22, 1985.
  • 6: Utah Capitol building
  • 7: Charles Bradford on the telephone
1 23 Afton Graduation
  • 1: Graduation ceremony
1 24 Cruise, 1980
  • 1-28:Cruise, 1980
1 25 Family and Friends
1 26 Canoe on lake.
  • 1: Canoe on lake, 110 film slide?
1 27 Charles Bradford and Board, Washington DC
  • 1-1a: Charles Bradford, photo by Harris and Ewing
  • 2: Banking board, photo by John Neubauer
1 28 NCUA Administration
  • 1: NCUA (National Credit Union Administration), Columbia, South Carolina, January 1986. Dr. Charles Bradford (Chief Economist), D. Michael Riley (Office of Examination and Insurance Director), Robert Fenner (General Counsel).
1 29 Landscape
  • 1: Aspens in the Autumn, landscape
2 1 Ronald Reagan and White House
  • 1-4: Ronald Reagan and White House, 1980s
2 2 Guyere, Switzerland, September 1983, FMDI Meetings
  • 1-11: Reykjavik Iceland, April 1983
  • 12-17: European vacation, 1983
  • 18-21: Switzerland, September 1983.
  • 22:FMDI Meetings, Gruyere, Switzerland, September 1983.
  • 23-25: Gruyere, Switzerland, September 1983.
2 3 Mary Bradford's Books
  • 1-26: Events related to Mary Bradford's books
2 4 Family gatherings
  • 1-48: Bradford family members and groups at various gatherings including Memorial Day Celebration, Symphonies, boating, ward functions, 1980s
2 5 Van Trip, 1985
  • 1-13: A van and all the family and friends that fit into it
2 6 Book Signing, 1996
  • 1-41: Gatherings before and after Mary Bradford's book signings
2 7 Bennion Celebrations, book signings
  • 1: At Weller Book signing, 1995
  • 2:Lavriz Di Padova and Lowell L. Bennion, 1985
  • 3: At Weller Book Lowell L. Bennion book signing, 1995
  • 4-8: Lowell L. Bennion Biography Award, Mormon History Association awards dinner, May 1996
  • 9: Grant and Marjory Bennion, 1994
  • 10: Woman's Place bookstore, Lowell L. Bennion book signing, 1995
  • 11: Howard C. Bennion, 1995
  • 12: Group in front of an old building
  • 13: framed photo on the wall of an older couple (Bennions?)
  • 14: Sunstone honors Lowell L. Bennion, 1996
  • 15: Elmo and Francis Bennion Morgan, 1995
  • 16: Elmo Morgan, 1994
  • 17: Community Services, 1996
  • 18: At Weller Book signing, 1995
  • 19: Lowell's Garden, Bennion Center, 1993
  • 20: Lowell Bennion book in the window display at Weller Book, 1995
  • 21: Lowell Bennion portrait above the door at the Community Center
  • 22: Poster on the Lowell Bennion Driver's Club
2 8 Dinner Party Event, 1990s
All captions come from the back of the image
  • 1: Dean and Mrs. Pitcher
  • 2: Cherry and Barnard Silver, Cherry is on the Relief Society General Board, PhD in Literature from Harvard/Radcliffe
  • 3: President Doug Alder
  • 4: Vella Evans and, we think, her husband
  • 5: Richard Cra croft (?), John Sillitoe and daughter
  • 6: Unidentified group
  • 7: Dr. Carol O'Connor, Dr. Tom Alexander. Dr. Clyde Milner (Carol's husband). Dr. Larry Lewis, (history)
  • 8-9: Unidentified group
  • 10: Drs. Cheryl and Dean May.
  • 11: Former Dean of Women USU, Ione Bennion; Stan Cazier, Former USU President; Doug Alder, Former President of Dixie College; and Chase Peterson, retired Professor of history USU.
  • 12: Master of Ceremonies Shannon Hoskins, Billie Emert, President USU George Emert and Dr. Ted Evans-Mrs. Evans
  • 13-15: Unidentified group
2 9 Award for Mary Lythgoe Bradford
  • 1-6: Mary Lythgoe Bradford receives the 1995 Mountain West Center for Regional Studies David W and Beatrice C Evans Biography Award for Lowell L Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian
2 10 David Bradford
  • 1: David Macarthur Bradford, 6 Months.
3 1 Display
  • 1: Museum display of a painting of the first Mormon Wagon Train to the Big Horn Basin built in 1900.
3 2 Family, 1935-1957
  • 1: Mary and Tom Lythgoe on Christmas morning 1935.
  • 2: Group of 6 young women, 1946
  • 3: Mary Lythgoe Bradford far left yearbook staff-Granite High school, 1947.
  • 4: Marilyn White and Mary Lythgoe, 1948.
  • 5-6: Mary Lythgoe Bradford and Junior Prom date at Granite High school, April 1948.
  • 7: Darrel H, Georgia, Joan K, Joe J, Mary, Marylin, town(?), 1952.
  • 8: Family backyard, September 1955.
  • 9: Girls, September 1955.
  • 10: Lis with illustrator of House Next Door, Lili Cavell, 1956.
  • 11: To Mary and Charles with love from Myra and Virgile Habegger (?), March 29, 1957
3 3 Mary Bradford, 1980
  • 1-3: Mary Bradford at the podium at BYU, October 3, 1980
3 4 Mormon History Association Dialogue Dinner
  • 1-3: Mormon History Association Dialogue Dinner, September 22, 1983, contact sheets for 35mm, black and white
3 5 Bookstores and bookshelves, 1990s
  • 1-4: Insides of bookstores and libraries
3 6 Moving, October 2002
  • 1-6: Moving, October 2002
3 7 Family, 1996-2011
  • 1: Christmas Card from the Howes (David, Mary, Alex, Erica, Irine, Allan and Marlene), 2002
  • 2: Bill Molder visits Natalia, September 2003
  • 3: Allen Roberts' house in Spring City, 2004
  • 4: Bill Molder and Allan Roberts, 2004
  • 5: Lunch for Bill Molder, March 2005
  • 6: Bill and Mary Molder, June 2006
  • 7: Bill Molder and Paul Swenson, September 2007
  • 8: Mill Molder, 2007
  • 9-10: Family photos on a poster board
  • 11: Emma Lou [Thayne] and Mary Bradford at Harvard, Laurel's Office, 1996
3 8 Family, outside
  • 1-12: Family and Friends on the lawn and in the garden
3 9 Family, includes school, farm, at the house
  • 1: Two boys outside "at ease", 1940s
  • 2: Four people at school, possibly the yearbook staff at Granit High, 1940s
  • 3: Mary Bradford and other woman at the piano, 1950s
  • 4-6: Mary Bradford with family outside, 1950s
  • 7-9: Mary Bradford with other women, 1950s-1960s
  • 10: Marilyn White and her Mom Lucille.
  • 11: Mary Bradford typing, 1990s
  • 12: Bill and Helen Molder
  • 13: Mary Bradford with her book on Lowell Bennion
3 10 Portraits
  • 1: Mary Lythgoe, 1947
  • 2: Mary Lythgoe Bradford at the Marriott, 1991
  • 3: Lowell Bennion, 1992
  • 4: Unidentified boy, possibly "Ken" from photo 5
  • 5: Ken, 15 years old
  • 6: Man reading on the lawn
  • 7: Man in uniform leaning against his car
  • 8: Mary Lythgoe, 1950s
  • 9: Lowell Bennions friend, Bill Moran, 1988
  • 10: Mary Lythgoe Bradford passport photo, 1990s
  • 11: Unidentified woman, 200s
3 11 Groups
  • 1: Sherman school, first grade photo, 1937
  • 2: Granite LDS Seminary school, late 1940s
  • 3: Sherman school, second grade photo, 1938
  • 4: Sherman school, Mrs Weaver (teacher) fourth grade photo, 1940
  • 5: Girls Glee Club, possibly at Granite LDS Seminary, late 1940s
  • 6: Photo of a framed photo of "Mormon Pathfinders"
  • 7: Large group of women, photo by Mike Snelson, 2011
3 12 Family
  • 1-2: Photos of family photos on a poster
3 13 Events
  • 1-20: Events including Mormon History Association conferences, Museum or exhibition visit, 1990s-2000s
3 14 Celebrations
  • 1: Wedding
  • 2: Graduation
3 15 Buildings
  • 1-6: Big Horn Academy and Log Community Building, Wyoming
  • 7: Cemetery
  • 8: Depot, Park city (copy print from the LDS Church Archive)
3 16 Theater
  • 1: James Amington playing Brigham young.
  • 2: The Peaceable Kingdom, contact sheets – (Mormon polygamy story), "I player the 2nd lead at Kingsburg Hall", 1953. Joyce Eliason – the lead. Went on and became a scriptwriter in Hollywood.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College teachers--Utah--Photographs
  • Latter Day Saint authors--Utah--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Bradford, Mary Lythgoe--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs

Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
2015

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