J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Dorothy Mortensen papers
Mortensen, Dorothy Z., 1916-2014
ACCN 3066
2 linear feet
4 boxes
1930-2014
The Dorothy Mortensen papers (1930-2014) contains both personal and professional materials. Included in the collection are autobiographical writings, correspondence and materials related to her work within the correspondence section of the White House staff and as the writer and editor for the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
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Dorothy Mortensen (1916-2014) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 30, 1916. In 1933, she graduated from Granite High School and then graduated from the University of Utah in 1968 with a Bachelor's of Science in History. Mortensen was the Managing Editor of Publications at the Utah State Historical Society. From 1970 to 1976, she worked in the correspondence section of the White House staff and as the writer and editor for the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
She married Melvin L. Summerhays in 1936 and A. Russell Mortensen in 1967. She had 4 children and 6 stepchildren. She died on December 29, 2014.
The Dorothy Mortensen papers contains both personal and professional materials. Included in the collection are autobiographical writings, correspondence and materials related to her work within the correspondence section of the White House staff and as the writer and editor for the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
This collection has been arranged into two series: I. Personal material; and II. Professional materials.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Carol Jean Summerhays in 2017.
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2018.
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See also the Dorothy Mortensen photograph collection (P2187) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Mortensen, Dorothy Z., 1916-2014--Archives
United States. White House Office of Correspondence and Presidential Messages--Employees--Archives
Utah State Historical Society--Employees--Archives
United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation--Officials and employees--Archives
Utah State Historical Society
White House Administrative Office (U.S.)
United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Women professional employees--Utah--Archives
Historic preservation--United States
Women government executives--Archives
Women
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Diaries
Research notes
Press releases
Memorandums
Personal correspondence
Records (Documents)
Autobiographies
Wills
Diplomas
Programs (Publications)
Personal materials
Diary
1932
1
1
Memories, Book I
1976
1982-2004
1
2
Memories, Book II
1995
2004-2009
1
3
Day planner
1990
1
4
Travelogs and notes
1968-1985
1
5-7
General writings
1967
1982
2006
undated
2
1
Correspondence and greeting cards
1948
1962-2012
2
2-5
Personal documents
1930-1995
2
6
This folder contains various certificates and expired passports.
Diploma from the University of Utah and commencement program
1968
2
7
Escondido, California materials
1979-1994
3
1
This folder contains materials related to Mortensen's work with the Escondido Historical Society.
Last will and testament
1986-2001
3
2
Funeral program and burial plot
2011-2014
3
3
Research materials regarding Samuel Brannan
3
4
General articles
1972-1974
3
5
Research index cards
3
6
General materials
3
7
Professional materials
Resumes
4
1
White House, employment materials
1970-1972
4
2
White House, memoranda
1971-1972
4
3
White House, press releases
1972
4
4
White House, general materials
1971-1972
4
5
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, employment and general materials
1972-1978
4
6
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, "A Report to the President"
1971-1974
1984
4
7
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, "History News" and related correspondence
1973-1976
4
8
Utah State Historical Society
1959-1961
1996-1997
4
9