J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Zilla Linford Richards papers
Richards, Zilla Linford, 1908-2001
ACCN 2373
11 linear feet
21 boxes and 1 oversize box
1914-2000
The Zilla Linford Richards papers (1914-2000) contain correspondence, diaries, day planners, financial records, drawings, and newspapers. Both personal and business finances are included, although most financial documents are in relationship to Lark Instruments, the business belonging to Lorenzo A. Richards (Zilla's husband).
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Zilla Linford Richards (1908-2001) was born in Logan, Utah. She is the niece of Utah's 7th governor, Henry H. Blood and the wife of physicist Lorenzo A. Richards. She received her Bachelor of Science in home economics from Utah State Agricultural College in 1929.
The Zilla Linford Richards papers (1914-2000) contain correspondence, diaries, day planners, financial records, drawings, and newspapers. Both personal and business finances are included, although most financial documents are in relationship to Lark Instruments, the business belonging to Lorenzo A. Richards (Zilla's husband).
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of L. Willard Richards, Paul L. Richards, Mary R. Luch in 2007.
All photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
See also the Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers (ACCN 2337); the Lorenzo A. Richards Jr. papers (ACCN 2338); and the James Henry Linford Jr. papers (ACCN 2344).
Processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2007.
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Richards, Zilla Linford, 1908-2001--Archives
Richards, Lorenzo Adolph, 1904-1993--Archives
Lark Instruments
Utah State Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Utah Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Cornell University. Department of Physics--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Latter Day Saint families--20th century--Archives
Physicists--20th century--Archives
Homemakers--20th century--Archives
Housewives--20th century--Archives
Latter Day Saint women--20th century--Archives
Home and Family
Personal correspondence
Diaries
Calendars
Yearbooks
Financial records
Autobiographies
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Drawings
Craft books
Personal Materials
Correspondence
1924-2000
1
Correspondence
1941-2000
2
Correspondence
1933-1994
3
Diaries
1929-1936
4
Diaries
1937-1944
5
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1945-1953
6
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1954-1992
7
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1957-1968
8
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1970-1978
9
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1981-1989
10
Week At A Glance Day Planners
1993-2001
11
Record Books
12
1-4
Address Book
12
5
Week At A Glance
1941-1960
12
6
Yearbook
1945
12
7
Family Expense Records
1939-1967
13
Family Expense Records
1950-1964
14
Family Expense Records
1965-1990
15
1-4
Columnar Book
1991-1995
15
5
Accounting
1997-2000
15
6
Family Expense Records
1971-1985
16
Organizations and Hobbies
Primary
17
1
Relief Society Lessons
1958-1959
17
2
Star Book
1951
17
3
Crafts
17
4
Home Floriculture in California
1933
17
5
Flower Arranging
17
6
Piano Pieces
17
7
Fashion
17
8
Drawings and Fabrics
17
9
Riddles
17
10
Jellies, Preserves, and Fruit Juices
1933
17
11
Recipes
17
12-13
Education
"A Study of Cyclic Variation in the Basal Metabolic Rage of Women," Master's Thesis
1931
18
1
Utah State
18
2
Utah State Diploma
1929
18
3
Harvard Commencement
1956
18
4
Utah State Alumni Quarterly
1939-1940
18
5
Cornell University
1931
18
6
Family and Finances
Personal Materials
19
1
Lorenzo Richards
19
2
Family History
19
3
Autobiography of James Henry Linford
1919
19
4
Journal
1962
19
5
Notebooks
1957
19
6
Home Budget
1937-1938
19
7
Finances
19
8-9
Copies of Checks
19
10
Subject Files: A-W
Activities
20
1
Boundaries
20
2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
20
3
City of Carmel
20
4
Directions
20
5
Farmington City Cemetery
20
6
Floor Plans
20
7
Funeral Programs
20
8
Guest Book
1940-1993
20
9
Inspirational Sayings
20
10
Inventories
20
11
Jarratt-Richards Wedding
1965
20
12
Jury Duty
1991-1995
20
13
List of Official Delegates and Members
1950
20
14
Mary Linford's 90th Birthday
20
15
Pamphlets
20
16
Party Plan
20
17
Programs
20
18
The Cliffs
20
19
Travels
20
20
Union Pacific Railroad
20
21
Wedding Invitations
20
22
Writings
20
23
Miscellaneous
1914-2000
20
24
General Materials and Publications
Drawings and Art
21
The Atlantic
1992
22
1
Newspaper Clippings
22
2-3