UUM_Accn2982.xml Inventory of the Douglas O. Woodruff papers Woodruff (Douglas O.) papers Finding aid created by Roger V. Paxton. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2017
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Douglas O. Woodruff papers Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989 ACCN 2982 23.75 linear feet 1843-1979 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. English .

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.

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.

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 Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989--Archives Woodruff, Douglas Owen, 1895-1989--Family Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898--Family American Association of Retired Persons--Records and correspondence University of Utah. Union Association of College Unions--Records and correspondence United States Figure Skating Association--Records and correspondence American Alumni Council--Records and correspondence Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Records and correspondence Granite High School (South Salt Lake, Utah) Utah State Agricultural College Woodruff family--Genealogy Woodruff family--Correspondence Latter Day Saints--Missions--Lake States Latter Day Saints--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Colleges and Universities Photographs Diaries Family histories Obituaries Greeting cards Postcards School yearbooks Maps Notated music Correspondence Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Woodruff Family Materials Extracts from Wilford Woodruff's Journal 1843-1844 1 1 Invitation to Wilford Woodruff's Ninetieth Birthday Anniversary Reception 1897 1 2 S. Colvig's Letter to Wilford Woodruff 1897 1 3 Woodruff Family Genealogical Materials 1 4 Family Group Records 1 5 Birth Certificates 1895-1936 1 6 Wilford Woodruff Family Association Materials 1927-1975 1 7 Assorted Woodruff Family Materials 1 8 Emmarose Woodruff Christiansen's Presentation on Wilford Woodruff 1 9 Ellice M. Moffitt's Histories of Her Mother and Grandfather 1 10 Woodruff Family Log-book: "Woodruffs Are Not Communists" 1949 1 11 L.D.S. Church Certificates of Baptism, Confirmation, and Blessing 1903-1936 1 12 Patriarchal Blessing to Douglas Owen Woodruff 1908 1 13 Marriage Certificate 1923 1 14 Warranty Deeds and Mortgage Papers 1923 1 15 Temple Recommend 1927 1 16 Seventy's Certificate of Ordination 1940 1 17 The Douglas O. and Alta C. Woodruff Revocable Trust 1964 1 18 Will and Obituary of Alta C. Woodruff 1964-1986 1 19 Will of Douglas O. Woodruff 1964 1 20 Autobiographical Materials 1 21 Box Elder Farm Lease Materials 1966-1977 1 22 Bonnevile Knife and Fork Club Materials 1940-1959 1 23 Crawford and Woodruff Family Correspondence Wilford Woodruff's Letter to His Children 1887 2 1 Copies of Wilford Woodruff's Letters 1887-1893 2 2-3 Wilford Woodruff's Letter to His Grandchildren 1898 2 4 Photo of Wilford Woodruff 2 5 Crawford Family Correspondence 1893-1932 2 6-7 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1912-197 2 8-10 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1917-1918 3 1-4 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1918-1919 4 1-4 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1920-1935 5 1-5 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1936-1940 6 1-4 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1941-1951 7 1-4 Woodruff Family Correspondence 1951-1954 8 1-3 Woodruff Family Corespondence 1955-1976 9 1-4 Woodruff Family Cards 10 1-6 Greeting and Sympathy Cards 1935-1986 11 1-2 Early 20th Century Salt Lake City Postcards 11 3 Family Photos 11 4 Correspondence University of Deseret Department of Science, Literature and the Arts Diploma 12 1 Correspondence: Heber J. Grant 1922-1939 12 2 Heber J. Grant: Autographed Letter Entitled "When Great Sorrows are Our Portion" 1939 12 3 Correspondence: Charles W. Nibley 1927 12 4 Correspondence: John A. Widtsoe 1942-1951 12 5 Correspondence: George Albert Smith 1946-1950 12 6 Correspondence: Elbert D. Thomas 1934-1950 12 7 Correspondence: J.W. Fulbright 1947-1948 12 8 Correspondence: Arthur V. Watkins 1951 12 9 Correspondence: J. Bracken Lee 1951 12 10 Correspondence: Wallace F. Bennett 1959-1966 12 11 Correspondence: Frank E. Moss 1959-1975 12 12 Correspondence: Henry A. Dixon 1959 12 13 Correspondence: David S. King 1959 12 14 Correspondence: George Thomas 1935-1941 12 15 Correspondence: Leroy E. Cowles 1942-1945 12 16 Correspondence: A. Ray Olpin 1950-1963 12 17 U of U Basketball Team of 1944 Letter to Douglas Woodruff 1944 12 18 Correspondence: Avard Fairbanks 1936-1957 12 19 Correspondence: The White House 1966-1975 12 20 Correspondence: Richard Nixon 1972 12 21 Invitations and Correspondence: Presidential Inauguration 1972-1973 12 22 Correspondence: Gerald R. Ford 1974 12 23 Invitation to the Presidential Inauguration 1977 12 24 Inaugural Guide to Washington 1977 12 25 Education Materials Certificate of Promotion to Salt Lake City High School 1911 13 1 Latter-day Saints High School in Salt Lake City Certificate of Credit 1911-1912 13 2 Commencement Publication for Granite High School 1915 13 3 Granite High School Patriotic Issue 1915 13 4 Granite High School Year Book 1916 13 5 Granite High School Grade Reports 1914-1916 13 6 Catalog of the Agricultural College of Utah 1916 13 7 Botany Reports Utah Agricultural College 13 8 Chemistry Reports Utah Agricultural College 13 9 Agricultural College of Utah Transcript 1916-1917 13 10 University of Utah Transcripts 1915-1921 13 11 Year Books and Checking Account Books 1913-1919 13 12 Missionary Materials and Publications Elder's Certificate 1917 14 1 Minister's Certificate 1917 14 2 Missionary Journal 1917 14 3 Missionary Journal Sheets 1917-1918 14 4 Missionary Report Books 1917-1919 14 5-6 Missionary Diary 1918 14 7 Tracting Record for Northern States Mission 1918 14 8 Correspondence: Northern States Mission 1917-1920 14 9 Northern States Mission Materials 1918-1919 14 10 Photos 1919 14 11 "Catechism of the Christian Doctrine" by a Priest of the Archdiocese of New York 1896 14 12 Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration's "Indulgenced Prayers and Aspirations" 14 13 D.E. Scoles: "The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast" 14 14 Lecture of Willis F. Gross: "Christian Science The Gospel of Freedom" 1912 14 15 The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: "Latter Day Saints: Who Are They?" 14 16 Baptists' Pamphlets on Tithing and Prayer 14 17 Articles of Faith and Rules of the Evangelical Association 14 18 Correspondence: Missionaries to President Douglas Woodruff 1919 15 1-4 Correspondence: Missionaries to President Douglas Woodruff 1919-1920 16 1-6 L.D.S. Church Materials Gardener Snow's Patriarchal Blessing 1873 17 1 Deseret News Pioneer Anniversary Edition 1897 17 2 L.D.S. Church Materials 1912-1967 17 3 Y.M.I.A. Hand Book 1923 17 4 Flier and Excerpt: James E. Talmage's Lecture on Mormonism and the War 17 5 James Talmage's Lectures on the Book of Mormon 1924 17 6 Radio Sermons of Rulon Wells 1938 17 7 Assorted L.D.S. Materials 17 8 L.D.S. Correspondence and Assorted Materials 1932-1974 17 9 Ensign Third Ward and Stake Sunday School Materials 1934-1963 17 10 Ensign Stake Directory 1964-1965 17 11 Funeral Comments 17 12 L.D.S. Family Record and Record of Temple Work 17 13 Business and Assorted Materials Snow-Woodbury Company Correspondence 1925 18 1 Snow-Woodbury Company Agreements 1925-1927 18 2 Snow-Woodbury Company's Ledger 1925 18 3 Snow-Woodbury Company's Record of Purchases and Sales of Sheep 1925 18 4 Assorted Materials 1925-1926 18 5 Pop Corn Confection Company Materials 1930-1939 18 6 Pop Corn Confection Company Ledgers 1931 18 7 Emergency Peace Committee Meeting Minutes 1936 18 8 World War II Civil Defense Corps Materials 18 9 World War II Ration Book Materials 1942-1945 18 10 Republican Club of Utah and the Salt Lake County Central Committee Correspondence 1935-1952 18 11 Republican National Convention Program and Attendance 1964-1972 18 12 Political, Religious, and Gender Materials 18 13 Family Newspaper Clippings 1896-1976 19 1 Membership Cards and Assorted Materials 19 2 Address Book 19 3 Report of "This Is The Place Commission 1947 19 4 Trip to Kenya 1974 19 5 XVIIth International Conference on Social Welfare 1974 19 6 Trip to Scandinavia 1975 19 7 Trip to London 19 8 Trip to Rhodesia 19 9 Sally Rand Autographed Photo and San Francisco Mementos 19 10 KTVX News Advisory Board Materials 19 11 Assorted Materials 19 12-13 Pines Ranch Materials Pines Ranch Materials 1940-1979 20 1-8 Historical Notes on the Pines Ranch Club Incorporated 1955 20 9 U of U Student Union 1928-1957 Photos of the Construction of the U of U's Student Union Building 1928-1930 21 1-2 Architectural Plans 21 3 Photos of the Dance Department, Football Stadium, and Unidentified Building 21 4-6 U of U's Student Union Building Architectural Plans 1947 21 7 Union Building Needs Survey 1947 21 8-9 U of U Union Expansion Report 1947 21 10 Union Building Planning Correspondence 1946-1957 21 11-12 Photos of the Construction of the U of U's Student Union Building 1954-1955 21 13 Fred L. Markham Materials 1951-1957 21 14 U of U Student Union Building Newsclippings 1934-1957 22 1 U of U Student Union Building Specifications 1953 22 2 Architectural Plans 22 3-4 A.S.U.U.Handbooks 1932-1942 22 5 Founders Day Materials 1950-1963 22 6 Ballif Hall Materials 22 7 Douglas O. Woodruff Materials 1947-1963 23 1 Financial Statements 1951-1961 23 2 The Student Union University of UYtah: Present and Future-A General Statement 1954 23 3 U of U Union Policies 1957 23 4 Programs of the Day 1957 23 5-6 Correspondence 1957-1958 23 7 Annual Report U of U Union, 1958-1959 1959 23 8 U of U Union : Letters of Appreciation 1957-1964 23 9 Estimated Revenues for the New U of U Student Union 23 10 Constitution of the Utah Student Union Building 23 11 Assorted Materials 1887-1963 23 12 U of U Materials University of Utah Correspondence 1926-1976 24 1-7 Year Books and Assorted Materials University of Utah Diamond Anniversary Album 1925 25 1 Pocket Maps to Milwaukee and Wisconsin 25 2 Guide to Historic Plymouth Illustrated 1928 25 3 History of the Santa Barbara Mission 1929 25 4 Official Guide Book to the New York World Fair 1939 25 5 Official Guide Book to the Golden Gate International Exposition 1939 25 6 Year Books 1950-1975 25 7-11 Association of College Unions Correspondence 1946-1948 26 1-6 Correspondence 19 27 1-7 The Bulletin of the Association of College Unions 1940-1963 27 8 Conference Reports and Programs 1941-1955 28 1 Directories of the Association of College Unions 1963-1976 28 2 Assorted Materials 1937-1957 28 3 U of U Alumni Association U of U Alumni Association Alumni Lists 1906-1953 29 1 U of U Alumni Membership and Officer Lists 1945 29 2 U of U Alumni Association Committee Minutes and Reports 1936-1951 29 3 U of U Alumni Association Financial Materials 1938-1950 29 4 U of U Alumni Association Board of Control Minutes 1945-1951 29 5 U of U Alumni Association Correspondence 1932-1959 29 6-9 U of U Alumni Association Assorted Materials 1935-1957 29 10 Emeritus Club Materials 1938-1976 29 11 "The Utah Alumnus" 1935-1960 29 12-13 Constitution of the U of U Alumni Development Fund 1945-1949 30 1 Officers and Board of Directors of the Uof U's Alumni Development Fund 1945-1954 30 2 U of U Alumni Development Fund Correspondence 1945-1956 30 3 Assorted Materials 1945-1956 30 4 Memo re the History and Development of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund 1947 30 5 Meeting Minutes of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund Directors 1945-1956 30 6-8 Meeting Minutes of the U of U's Alumni Development Fund Executive Committee 1956 30 9 Financial Reports of the U of U's Development Fund 1952-1956 30 10 U of U's Development Fund Financial Materials 1950-1956 30 11 U of U Class Contributions 1906-1956 30 12 Faculty and Emeritus Contributions 30 13 Mailers 30 14 American Alumni Council American Alumni Council Correspondence 1937-1948 31 1-5 Douglas O. Woodruff's Speech: "The Opportunity of the Challenging Task" 1949 32 1 American Alumni Council Correspondence 1949-1950 32 2-7 American Alumni Council Correspondence 1951-1972 33 1 Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the American Alumni Council 1940 33 2 Joint Meeting of the American College Publicity Association and the American Alumni Council 1940-1942 33 3-4 American Alumni Council Conference Materials 1935-1955 33 5 American Alumni Council Membership Directory and the Constitution and By-Laws 1967-1972 33 6 United States Figure Skating Association Materials Assorted Materials 1938-1961 34 1 Reports to the Executive Committee 1959-1960 34 2-3 Reports of the Officers and Committee Chairmen to the Executive Committee 1957-1958 34 4-5 Financial and Registration Reports 1959-1960 34 6 Reports re Revision of the Constitution and By-Laws 1959-1960 34 7 Meeting of the ISU Congress 1959 34 8 The Eighteenth USFSA Rule Book 1959 34 9 Official Program of the National Figure Skating Championships 1956 34 10 List of USFSA Officers, Chairmen, and Executive Committee Members 1950-1959 34 11 Utah Figure Skating Club Correspondence 1950-1958 34 12 United States Figure Skating Association Correspondence 1953-1960 35 1-3 College Figure Skating Association Correspondence 1956-1959 35 4 Annual Meeting of the Governing Council Reports 1953-19058 35 5-8 The Twentieth Annual USFSA Rulebook 1961 35 9 A.A.R.P. Correspondence 1962-1970 36 1-6 Correspondence 1970 37 1-5 Correspondence 1971 38 1-6 Correspondence 1971-1972 39 1-5 Correspondence 1972 40 1-6 Correspondence 1972 41 1-4 "Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Enact a Program of Comprehensive Mecial Care for All U. S. Citizens" 1972 41 5 Correspondence 1973-1974 42 1-5 Correspondence 1974-1975 43 1-5 Correspondence 1975 44 1-4 Correspondence 1975-1976 45 1-5 Correspondence 1977 46 1-2 Statements and Testimonies 1975 46 3-4 Newspaper Clippings 1965-1977 47 1 Woodruff's Speeches 1974-1976 47 2 Woodruff's Articles in "Modern Maturity" 1975-1976 47 3 A.A.R.P. Certificates 1970-1976 47 4 A.A.R.P. Statements and Testimonies 1975 47 5 A.A.R.P. News Bulletins 1969-1977 47 6-7 Margaret Abrams: "The Story of the A.A.R.P." 1971 47 8 White House Conference on Aging Materials White House Conference on Aging Materials 1970-1971 48 1-2 White House's Final Report on Aging: Vols. 1-2 1971 48 3-4 White House Conference on Aging's Report to the Delegates 1971 48 5 General Materials Sheet Music, Greek Icon, and U of U Keys 49 Sheet Music, Art Work of Utah, and U of U Student Union Building Materials 50