J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Frank Leroy Byers papers
Byers, Frank Leroy
ACCN 2620
46.75 linear feet
93 boxes
1848-2011
The Frank Leroy Byers papers consists of his research materials on the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S.) in terms of wards, branches and stakes. The collection also consists of research files about general topics that were of interest to Byers.
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Frank Leroy Byers was born on June 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, California to Frances Amelia Koerner and George Shirley Byers. Frank Byers was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the 1950s he served a mission in the Western States Mission. Frank Byers married Lillis June Rogers (1939-2020) in the Los Angeles California Temple on October 23, 1968. The couple lived in Orange, Norco, and Riverside, California. Around 1975, Frank and Lillis Byers moved to Nebraska to be closer to the area where Frank Byers had served his mission; they settled in Columbus, Nebraska before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1980. In Salt Lake City, Frank Byers worked in janitorial and delivery positions at Primary Children's Hospital and the LDS Hospital. Lillis Rogers Byers worked for the University of Utah in reception and purchasing. Lillis Rogers Byers died on July 12, 2020.
This collection was arranged in the following series: 1. Personal Materials; 2. L.D.S. Research Files; and 3. General Research Files.
The original titles of the folders given by the creator, were maintained.
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Donated by Frank Leroy Byers in 2011.
Processed by Betsey Welland, Maggie Anderson, Michael Bills, and Ryan Hutchings in 2011.
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The Frank Leroy Byers papers consists of his research materials on the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S.) in terms of wards, branches and stakes. The collection also consists of research files about general topics that were of interest to Byers.
Byers, Frank Leroy--Archives
Latter Day Saint churches
Wards (Latter Day Saint churches)
Correspondence
Personal Materials
Correspondence
1980-2005
1
1
Greeting Cards
1980-2006
1
2
Correspondence, Lines, Farrell L.
1981-1989
2
1
Correspondence, Lines, Farrell L.
1990-1999
2
2
Correspondence, Udy, James W.
1981-2008
2
3
Western States Missionary Materials
1954-1958
3
1
Western States Mission, Reunion Materials
1957-2002
3
2
Western States Mission, Reunion Undeliverable Mail
2002
3
3
Western States Mission, Obituaries
1984-2011
3
4
General Materials and Notes
1989-1990
3
5
California State Polytechnic University, Alumni Association Materials
1983-2005
4
1
Computer Class Materials and Notes
1989, 2010
4
2
Retirement Materials
2003-2009
4
3
Scrapbook of Religious Image Clippings
4
4
Notes
4
5
General Materials
1996, 2005
4
6
LDS Research Files
Stakes, Branches, and Wards: Subject Files
1850-2007
5
The materials in this subseries consist of notes and research materials regarding various LDS stakes, wards, and branches throughout the world.
Africa
1957-2004
5
1
Asia
1991-1998
5
2
Australia and New Zealand
1986-2003
5
3
Canada
1945-1986
5
4
Caribbean
1998, 2005
5
5
Denmark
2004
5
6
Germany
1953-1991
5
7
Great Britain
1986-1988
5
8
Iowa
1978-1992
5
9
Lucero Branch and Ward
1965-2007
5
10
Located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
New Jersey
1988
6
1
New Mexico
1982-2002
6
2
Norway
1952
6
3
Pioneer Stake, 100th Anniversary Booklet and Materials
2004
6
4
Samoa
6
5
Scotland
1850, 1980-1987
6
6
Single and Married Stakes and Wards
1996-2007
6
7
South Dakota
1957-1998
6
8
Spanish Speaking Stakes and Wards
6
9
Sweden
6
10
Tahiti
1991
6
11
Tongan Stake and Ward, Map of Salt Lake City
2003
6
12
Tremonton Ward, 50th Anniversary Program
1978
6
13
Twelfth Ward, Dedication Program
1941
6
14
Wales
1987
6
15
Wells Stake, 50th Anniversary Booklet and Materials
1983, 1997
6
16
West Jordan, Utah Stake
1983, 1985
6
17
California Stakes and Wards
1948-2009
7
San Bernardino
1948-2003
7
1
The San Diego Seagull
2005-2009
7
2-3
Ward Directories
1952-1991
7
4
General Materials
1951-2008
7
5
Eagle Gate First Ward
1987-2003
8
Located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"History of the Eagle Gate First Ward Relief Society"
1992
8
1
Member Data Reports
1989-1994
8
2
Member Directories
1987-2000
8
3-4
Sacrament Meeting Programs
1996-2003
8
5-6
Ward Business Materials
1987-2002
8
7
Eighteenth North Ward
1973-2004
9
Dedication Program and History
1973, 1996
9
1
Member Directories
2003
9
2
Sacrament Meeting Programs
2000-2004
9
3-4
General Materials
2003-2004
9
5
German Speaking Ward
1981-2009
10
Contains general materials and the publication German Ward Post.
German Speaking Ward
1981-2009
11
Contains general materials and the publication German Ward Post.
Nebraska Stakes, Wards, and Branches
1949-2003
12
Blair Branch
1993-1994
12
1
Fremont Ward
1978-1991
12
2
Omaha Nebraska Stakes, Newsletters
1981-1995
12
3-4
Directories
1980-1986
12
5
General Materials
1960-2003
12
6
News Clippings
1949-2003
12
7
Twentieth Ward, Eagle Gate Stake
1962-2011
13
"Twentieth Ward, Eagle Gate Stake, Relief Society History, 1868-1992"
13
1
The Trumpeter Newsletters
1999, 2001
13
2
Sacrament Meeting Programs
1995-2011
13
3-4
General Materials
1962-2004
13
5
Stakes and Wards, General Materials
1976-2005
14
Membership Statistics by Stakes
1976-1984
14
1
General Materials
1982-2005
14
2
News Clippings
1982-1984
14
3
Research Materials and Notes on Stakes, Wards, and Branches
1981-1999
15
Church Directories
15
1
Geographical Listings
15
2
Farrell Line
1981-1999
15
3
International Stakes and Wards
15
4
United States Stakes and Wards
15
5
General Notes
15
6
Unit Research and Name Changes
1988-2000
16
Unit Research for 1830-1847
16
1
New Unit Proposals
16
2
Name Changes by Stake
1988-2000
16
3
New Units
1985-2007
New Units
1985-1993
17
1-6
New Units
1994-1997
18
1-4
New Units
1997-2004
19
1-5
New Units
2005-2007
20
1-4
Historical Data of Wards, Branches, and Districts
2008
21
Historical Data of Wards, Branches, and Districts
2008
21
1-3
Contact Information and Directories for Branches, Stakes, and Wards
1982-2001
22
Branch Contact Information, A-Kim
2001
22
1
Branch Contact Information, Kim-Z
2001
22
2
Stake Contact Information
2001
22
3
Ward Contact Information
2001
22
4
Index of Wards, Branches, and Stakes
1987-1988
22
5
Directories of Wards and Branches for Special Needs
1982, 1995-1996
22
6
List of Facilities
2008
23
List of Facilities
2008
23
1-4
Ecclesiastical Organization Change Reports
1987-2002
24
Ecclesiastical Organization Change Reports
1987-2002
24
1-6
Missions, General Materials
1941-2010
25
Northern States Mission Historical Review
1942
25
1
West Spanish American Mission
1943-2010
25
2
"Early Foreign Missions"
25
3
Directories
1987, 1998
25
4
Mission Map of the USA
1984
25
5
Salt Lake City Mission
1983-2011
26
Bill Richardson
1998-2000
26
1
The Defender Newsletters
2009-2010
26
2
Defenders of Zion Newsletters
2009-2010
26
3
North Mission Newsletters
1983-1984
26
4
Voice of the Vineyard Newsletters
1998-2008
26
5-6
Mission Maps
2001-2003
26
7
Notes and General Materials
2002-2011
26
8
Utah Spanish Speaking Missions
1967-2009
27
Liberty Park Stake, Salt Lake City
2009
27
1
Mount Ensign Third Ward, Salt Lake City
2000-2008
27
2
Ogden
1970-2006
27
3
Provo
1967, 1993
27
4
Salt Lake Valley
1983-2005
27
5-7
Sycamore Branch, Brigham City
1985-2007
27
8
Tooele Ninth Branch
2000, 2003
27
9
Mission Messenger Newsletters
2008
27
10
The Progression Newsletters
2008-2009
27
11
Subject Files
1930-2011
Anti-Mormon Literature
1982-2005
28
1
Bickertonites
1988
28
2
Books
1980-2006
28
3-4
Buildings
1985-2010
28
5
Church History Library
2002-2011
28
6
Church History Tours
1996, 1998, 2007
28
7
Church Plaza: A Perspective from the Church
2002
28
8
Cove Fort, Utah
1988-2002
28
9
Cutlerism
1991
28
10
First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles Proclamation and Testimony
1995, 2000
29
1
Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
2005-2006
29
2
Genealogical Libraries
1976-2010
29
3
Genesis Group
1996-2004
29
4
Hispanic Files - California
1941-2006
30
1
Hispanic Files - Christmas Fireside in Spanish
2002-2003
30
2
Hispanic Files - General Conference
2004
30
3
Hispanic Files - Hispanic Initiative Program
2004
30
4
Hispanic Files - Region Hispano, Salt Lake City
2007-2009
30
5
Hispanic Files - South America
1967-2003
30
6
Hispanic Files - Spanish Edition of the Bible
2009
30
7
Hispanic Files - "Spanish Speaking Children of Father Lehi"
1975-2006
30
8
Hispanic Files - Announcements and Brochures
30
9
Hispanic Files - Articles
1983-2004
30
10
Hispanic Files - Notes
30
11
Hispanic Files - News Clippings
1999-2011
30
12
History
1969-2006
31
1
Lamanites
1964-2003
31
2
Languages
2007-2010
31
3
Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials
1987-2007
31
4
Missouri Files - Brochures and Tour Guide
1973-1999
32
1
Missouri Files - Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
1967-1991
32
2
Missouri Files - Independence Temple
1986-1990
32
3
Missouri Files - Maps
32
4
Missouri Files - Restored Church of Jesus Christ
1988
32
5
Missouri Files - Zion's Harvester Newsletters
1998-1999
32
6
Missouri Files - General Materials
1962-1999
32
7
Missouri Files - News Clippings
1985-2004
32
8
Mormon History Association Conference
1997, 2011
33
1
Mormon Pioneer Trail
1981-2003
33
2
Nauvoo Files - Brochures
1971-2002
34
1
Nauvoo Files - Carthage Jail
1974-1999
34
2
Nauvoo Files - Images and Postcards
34
3
Nauvoo Files - Susan Easton and John Telford, The Nauvoo Temple
2002
34
4
Nauvoo Files - Articles
1939-2002
34
5
Nauvoo Files - General Materials
1970-2000
34
6
Nauvoo Files - Maps
34
7
Nauvoo Files - News Clippings
1983-2005
34
8
Old Las Vegas Fort
1994
35
1
Pageants
2004
35
2
Palmyra, New York
1985-1993
35
3
Pioneers
1986, 1989
35
4
Religious Sects
1984-2000
35
5
Strangites
1930-1999
35
6
Temples - Chicago, Illinois
1983-1991
36
1
Temples - Denver, Colorado
36
2
Temples - Frankfurt, Germany
1983-1990
36
3
Temples - Freiberg, Germany
1982-1990
36
4
Temples - Kirtland, Ohio
1967-2010
36
5
Temples - Mexico City, Mexico
2008-2009
36
6
Temples - General Materials
1995, 1999
36
7
General Articles
1934-2005
37
Bill Barnes, "Sesquicentennial Moment"
1997
37
1
Dale Beecher, "Church Headquarters, 1900-1920"
1984
37
2
Davis Bitton, "Henry Ward Beecher and the Mormons"
1978
37
3
Davis Bitton, "Mormons in Texas"
1969
37
4
Kate B. Carter, "The Contributions of Germany, Holland, Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland to Utah"
1942
37
5
Kate B. Carter, "Mormon Colonization in the West"
1941
37
6
Kate B. Carter, "The Mormons in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska"
1946
37
7
Kate B. Carter, "The Mormons in Oregon and Montana"
1952
37
8
Kate B. Carter, "Origin of Mormon Names of Cities, Mountains, Streams, Counties, etc., in the United States"
1943
37
9
Gertrude A. Egan, "Draw Near Unto Me, and I Will Draw Near Unto You"
37
10
Andrew Jenson, "The Building of Utah and Her Neighbors"
1934
37
11
Ron Romig, "Early Church History in Ohio, 1830s"
37
12
Lynn A. Rosenvall, "Defunct Mormon Settlements: 1830-1930"
37
13
"23 Questions Answered by the Book of Mormon"
37
14
"The Making of the Mormons"
2005
37
15
"Mormons, Inc."
1997
37
16
Mormons: The Power and the Glory
1972
37
17
General Articles
1991-1992
37
18
General Publications
1964-2006
38
Pamphlets and Brochures
38
1
Subscription Notices and Announcements
1980-2006
38
2
Church News, Notes
1981-1982
38
3
The Latter-Day Messenger
2000
38
4
The Latter-Day Sentinel, General Materials
1982-1989
38
5
News Clippings
1984-2011
News Clippings
1984-2003
39
1-8
News Clippings
2004-2011
40
1-6
General Research Files
Subject Files
1848-2011
African Americans
1996-2004
41
1-2
Ahlstrom World
1991
41
3
American West
1982-1993
41
4-5
Arizona
41
6
Contains only postcards.
Austria
1982-1991
41
7
Contains only news clippings.
Aztlan
1988-2001
41
8
Books and Libraries
1982-2010
41
9-10
California
1947-2005
42
1-3
Cats
1986-2009
42
4
Contains only news clippings.
Claus Von Bulow
1983-1991
42
5
Contains only news clippings.
Colorado
1984-2009
42
6-7
Eastern Europe
1982-1992
43
1-5
Education - BYU Magazine
2003-2004
44
1
Education - BYU Hawaii Magazine
2004
44
2
Education - Century LDSSA Magazine
2002-2009
44
3
Education - Higher Education in Utah
1986-2009
44
4
Education - Higher Education in the United States
1995-2004
44
5
Education - Institutes of Religion
1992-2004
44
6
Food
1983-1992
45
1
Geography
1982-1991
45
2
Germans in the United States and Utah, General Materials
1981-1988
46
1
Germans in the United States and Utah, News Clippings
1982-1994
46
2-5
Germany - Articles
1978-1990
47
1
Germany - Memorabilia
47
2
Germany - Notes and General Materials
1980-1989
47
3
Germany - News Clippings
1982-1991
47
4
Germany, East - News Clippings, Berlin
1982-1992
48
1
Germany, East - News Clippings
1983-1990
48
2-3
Germany, West - News Clippings
1982-1990
49
1-5
Greater Avenues Community Council - Newsletters
2000s
50
1-3
Greater Avenues Community Council - History - Clippings, Publications
1996-2010
50
4
Hispanic, Announcements and Brochures
1994-2005
51
1
Hispanic - Articles
1975-2006
51
2
Hispanic - Books
1990-2001
51
3
Hispanic - California
51
4
Hispanic - Celebrations
2003-2009
51
5
Hispanic - Chamber of Commerce
2006
52
1
Hispanic - Family History Library Materials
2005
52
2
Hispanic - Notes
52
3
Hispanic - South America
1988-1996
52
4
Hispanic - Spanish Learning
52
5
Hispanic - Treaty of Peace
1848
52
6
Contains a photocopy of the treaty from an unidentified book.
Hispanic - News Clippings
1984-1989
53
1-3
Hispanic - News Clippings
1988-1994
54
1-5
Hispanic - News Clippings
1995-2004
55
1-5
Hispanic - News Clippings
2000-2006
56
1-6
Hispanic - News Clippings
2002-2006
57
1-5
Hispanic - News Clippings
2004-2011
58
1-6
Horses - Clippings
1986-2005
59
1-4
Iowa
60
1
Korea
1983
60
2
Languages
1983-2011
60
3
Lewis and Clark Expedition
2003-2004
60
4
Minnesota
1984-1992
60
5
Mississippi
1996-2003
60
6
Missouri
1990, 1999
60
7
Native Americans - General Materials
1975-2002
61
1
Native Americans - Clippings
1986-2010
61
2
Native Americans - Utah Clippings
1987-2003
61
3
Nebraska - General Materials
1958-1993
62
1
Winnebago Indian News
1989
62
2
News Clippings
1980-2005
62
3-5
New Jersey
1988-1989
63
1
Contains only news clippings.
New Mexico
1964-2004
63
2
Olympics
2001-2004
63
3
Contains only news clippings.
Pacific Islands
1966-2005
63
4
Religion - Articles
1983-2005
64
1
Religion - Book Catalogs
64
2-3
Religion - Dead Sea Scrolls
64
4
Religion - Notes
64
5
Religion - Promotional Brochures
1982-2002
64
6
Religion - "Safe At Home" - Domestic Violence Prevention Education for Clergy
64
7
Religion - News Clippings
1975-1989
65
1-5
Religion - News Clippings
1988-2010
66
1-5
Russia - Articles and Notes
1988-1989
67
1
Russia - News Clippings
1983-1991
67
2-5
Salt Lake City - Notes
68
1
Salt Lake City - Publications
1982-2003
68
2
Salt Lake City - Futures Commission - "Community Vision and Recommendations"
1997
68
3
Salt Lake City - Tourism Materials
1980-2006
69
1-3
Salt Lake City - Visitors Guides
1994-1999
69
4
Salt Lake City - News Clippings
1981-2011
70
1-4
Sports
1986-1995
71
1
Switzerland
1982-1991
71
2
Contains only news clippings.
Televangelism
1983-1997
71
3-5
Television and Famous People - Alan Echeverria
1983-1990
72
1
Television and Famous People - Richard Gere
1990-1993
72
2
Television and Famous People - William Hurt
1981-1994
72
3
Television and Famous People - Matthew McConaughey
1996-1998
72
4
Television and Famous People - Richard Wagner
1982-1992
72
5
Television and Famous People - Alamo
72
6
Television and Famous People - Hidalgo
2004
72
7
Television and Famous People - Winds of War/War of Remembrance
1983-1989
72
8
Television and Famous People - General Materials
1986-2004
72
9
Television and Famous People - News Clippings
1984-2010
73
1-3
United States - Articles
1941-2010
74
1
United States - Military Bases and Installations
1984-2005
74
2
United States - Politics, News Clippings
1995-2004
74
3
United States - Population, News Clippings
1983-1991
74
4
United States - Statue of Liberty Poster
74
5
United States - Notes and General Materials
74
6
United States - News Clippings
1982-2005
74
7
Utah - Art and Culture
1977-2010
75
1
Utah - Charities
75
2
Utah - "Days of '47"
1996, 2004
75
3
Utah - Driver's Handbook
75
4
Utah - Events
1986-1994
75
5
Utah - Famous Utahns
2004-2005
75
6
Utah - History
1981-2007
75
7
Utah - Obituaries
1995-2010
75
8
Utah - Politics
1982-2009
76
1
Utah - Population
1987-2001
76
2
Contains only news clippings.
Utah - Public Works
1997-2002
76
3
Utah - Spanish Trail
1929-1995
76
4
Utah - Winter Olympic Games
2002
76
5
Utah - Tourism Materials
1942-2007
77
1-4
Utah - News Clippings
1947-2006
78
1-4
Utah - News Clippings
1987-2009
79
1-5
Utah - News Clippings
1995-2011
80
1-4
Utah - News Clippings
2002-2010
81
1-5
Water
1978-2006
82
1-2
Wisconsin
1960-2004
82
3-4
World - General Materials
1969-1989
83
1
World - News Clippings
1941-2009
83
2-6
Wyoming - Tourism Materials
1990
84
1
Yellowstone - Tourism Materials
1992
84
2
General Publications
1981-2011
85
Boys' Life
1981
85
1
The Gathering Place
1985
85
2
The Midnight Messenger
1990
85
3
National Geographic Mailings
85
4
Neo Magazine
1987
85
5
Reader's Digest Mailings
85
6
Salt Lake North Journal
2004-2005
85
7
Snake River Echoes
1981
85
8
Sports Illustrated: On Campus
2004
85
9
Utah Spirit Magazine
2005
85
10
Via: AAA Traveler's Companion
2011
85
11
Maps
Africa
86
1
Asia
86
2
Central America
86
3-4
Colorado
86
5
Eastern United States
87
1-2
Europe
87
3
India
87
4
Japan
87
5
Korea
87
6
Midwestern United States
88
1-2
Mississippi
88
3
Ohio
88
4
Oregon/Washington
88
5
Pacific Islands
89
1
Peru
89
2
Salt Lake City, Utah
89
3
South America
89
4-5
Texas
90
1
Western United States
90
2
Wisconsin
90
3
Southern Utah
91
1
Utah County
91
2
Northern Utah
91
3
Utah
1970-1995
91
4-5
Utah
1865, 1869
92
Memorabilia, Bookmarks, and Calendars
1983-2002
93