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ACCN 2807
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor
Philo T. Farnsworth papers
1965-2013
4.25 Linear Feet
9 Boxes
The Philo T. Farnsworth papers (1903-1983) contains biographical material, financial records, news clippings, speeches, articles, books, research notes, correspondence and awards. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an educator and school superintendent in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also was involved in the Mahanain Foundation, a religious education group, and was deeply involved in the theosophy and of its foundation.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Note
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was educator and school superintendent in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also was involved in the Mahanain Foundation, a religious education group, and was deeply involved in theosophy and the workings of the foundation.
As a part of his professional career Farnsworth worked as a school teacher, and as an assitant superintendent and superintendent of the Granite School District from July 1, 1939 to July 1, 1944. Later he would work on the Welfare Board for Utah.
He is also the cousin of Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) who was credited with inventing the television.
The Philo T. Farnsworth papers (1903-1983) contains biographical material, financial records, news clippings, speeches, articles, books, research notes, correspondence and awards.
The papers are divided into 2 sections. The first section (box 1) is a collection of papers regarding Farnsworth's professional and academic career, along with personal papers he had. The second section contains theosophical papers written primarily by George Chainey, but with some papers written by Farnsworth and other authors. The second section is mostly theosophy organized by subject (boxes 2-5) or is a theosophical exegesis of the Bible (boxes 6-9).
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Purchased from Sam Wellers Bookstore in 2014.
Processed by Taylor Ouimette in 2014.
Photographs and audio-visual materials have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor--Archives
Chainey, George
Gardner, Charles
Theosophy
Educators--Utah--Salt Lake City
Religion
Elementary and Secondary Education
Clippings
Articles
Correspondence
Awards
Personal, professional and academic papers
1
1
Professional records
1926-1952
1
2
Personal documents
1934-1954
1
3
"The Case Against Education"
1
4
Correspondence
1948
1
5
Religious books
1904-1953
1
6
Newspaper clippings
1934-1947
1
7
Family history
1903-1983
1
8
Textbooks
1945
Theosophical papers
2
1
"Biography of the Bible"
2
2
"Consummation of the Divine Meanings"
2
3
"Communication"
2
4-5
"Deus-Homo"
2
6
"Eden"
2
7
"Education"
2
8
2 Esdras
2
9
"A Facet to the Wisdom Literature"
2
10
"The Factors of Human Destiny"
2
11
"The Goal of Existance"
2
12
"The Great Awakening"
2
13
"The Holy city: The Gates of Hearing"
2
14
"The Illiad"
2
15
"Illumination"
3
1
"In the Solitude and Alone"
3
2
Index and Diagrams
3
3
"Intelligence"
3
4-5
"Jerusalem, The Holy City"
3
6
"John Slater"
3
7
"Judaism"
3
8
"The Last Days"
3
9
"Law"
3
10
"Lessons on the Greater Mysteries"
3
11
"The Light of Asia"
3
12
"Living with God"
3
13
"The Lord of the Midnight Town"
3
14
"The Mahabharata"
4
1-2
"The Man of Men"
4
3
"Man's immortality"
4
4
"Oneness with God"
4
5
"The Perfect Healing"
4
6
"The Perfect Life, The Fruit of Knowledge"
4
7
"The Perfect Return"
4
8
"The Power of Kindness"
4
9
"The Practice of Wisdom"
4
10
"A Prayer"
4
11
"The Problem of Death"
4
12
"The Road to Self-Realization"
4
13
"The Shame and Glory of Sex"
4
14
"St. Cecilia with Angels"
4
15
"The Standard of The Universal"
4
16
"The Star of Bethlehem"
4
17
"Steps to Knowledge"
1945
4
18
"The Supreme things of life"
4
19
"The Ten Commandments"
4
20
"Truth"
4
21
"The Universal Mutuality Correspondence League"
4
22
"Vindication"
5
1
"We are Thankful-God"
5
2
"Without Beginning or End"
5
3
"With the Butterfly"
5
4
"A World Put Together Again"
5
5
"Wounding the Immortals"
5
6
"Zend-Avesta"
5
7
"Zion"
5
8
Hebrew studies
5
9
Indian philosophies
5
10
Mahanaim Foundation
5
11
Research on philosophers
5
12
Unnamed interpretations
5
13
Unnamed Upanisada
6
1-2
Exodus
6
3
Leviticus
6
4
Judges
6
5
1 Samuel
6
6
Kings
6
7
Chronicles
6
8
Ezra
7
1-2
Nehemiah
7
3
Esther
7
4
Job
7
5
Proverbs
7
6-7
Isaiah
7
8
Jeremiah
7
9
Ezekiel
8
1
Daniel
8
2
Hosea
8
3
Joel
8
4
Amos
8
5
Obadiah
8
6
Micah
8
7
Nahum
8
8
Habakuk
8
9
Zephaniah
8
10
Haggai
8
11-12
Zechariah
8
13
Malachai
9
1
The Gospel of John
9
2
Acts
9
3
Romans
9
4
Corinthians
9
5
Galatians
9
6
Ephesians
9
7
Phillipians
9
8
Colossian
9
9
1 Thessalonians
9
10
2 Thessalonians
9
11
1 Timothy
9
12
2 Timothy
9
13
Titus
9
14
Philemon
9
15
Hebrews
9
16
James
9
17
Peter
9
18
John
9
19
Jude
9
20
Revelations