UUM_Accn2348.xml Inventory of the Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan papers Buchanan (Dorothy Jacobs) papers Finding aid created by Karen Carver. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2010 (last modified: 2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-05. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan papers ACCN 2348 12.75 linear feet 14 boxes 1899-1997 The Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan papers (1899-1997) contain correspondence, scrapbooks, biographical information, and news clippings related to the life and family of this Utah poet. English

Dorothy was born on 27 October 1905 to Alberta Larsen and Henry Chariton Jacobs Jr. The Jacobs family moved from their home in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Mt. Pleasant, Utah, where Dorothy attended school. She received her B.A. in English from BYU and taught English and journalism at Richfield High School. She married Robert Dell Buchanan in 1930, and the couple had two daughters. Dorothy, a poet, organized the Richfield chapter of the League of Utah Writers, served on the board for the public library, and was active in LDS Church auxiliaries. She died in Salt Lake City on 18 September 1997.

The Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan papers (1899-1997) contain correspondence, scrapbooks, biographical information, and news clippings related to the life and family of this Utah poet.

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Donated by Kay B. Greene and Marianne Buchanan in 2009.

Processed by Karen Carver in 2009.

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See also the Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan photograph collection (P1617) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Richfield High School (Richfield, Utah)--Employees--Archives Brigham Young University. English Department--Alumni and alumnae--Archives Women poets, American--Utah--Archives Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--Archives Literature Scrapbooks Biographies Poetry Diaries Personal correspondence Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Notated music Personal Information and Writings I Biographical Information 1977-1997 1 1 Henry Bailey Jacobs 1 2 Autograph Book 1901 1 3 My First Poetry Book 1915 1 4 Poetry Notebook 1 5 Composition Notebooks 1 6-8 Writing Assignments 1920s 1 9 BYU Theology Notebook 1920s 1 10 Poems and Essays 1986 1 11 Journals II Journals 1914-1949 2 Journals 1955-1976 3 Journals 1978-1994 4 Journals 1990s 5 Personal Information and Writings III Correspondence 1900s-1990s 6 1-5 Chaffin and Davis, "On Extended Wings: The Art of Writing Poetry" 1986 6 6 Scrapbooks and Oversize Materials IV Scrapbooks 1899-1983 7 Scrapbooks 1950-1980s 8 Scrapbooks 1964-1983 9 Scrapbooks 1970s-1980s 10 Scrapbooks 1970s-1980s 11 Oversize Scrapbook and Sheet Music 1900-1920s 12 Oversize Scrapbooks 1940s-1970s 13 Oversize Newspaper Clippings 1906-1966 14