Llewelyn Riggs McKay (1904-1975), was born June 5, 1904 to David O. McKay, the ninth president of the LDS Church, and Emma Ray Riggs McKay. Llewelyn McKay served as an LDS missionary in Germany between 1922 and 1925 and later returned to Germany in 1945 as a U.S. bombing analyst during the aftermath of World War II. He married Alice Kimball Smith on 19 July, 1928 in the LDS Salt Lake Temple and together had three children: Richard L. McKay, Bonnie Jeanne McKay Nelson, and Douglas R. McKay. An educator by profession, Llewelyn McKay received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Utah, and his Ph.D from Stanford University. He began his teaching career at the University of Utah in 1929, and became head of the Language Department in 1945 until 1965. He died Jan 2, 1975.
The Llewelyn Riggs McKay papers (1911-1960) contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports and articles. Of special note is a bound volume consisting of a typescript of McKay's missionary journal and correspondence, complied and edited by his children, Douglas R. McKay and Bonnie M. Nelson. This collection also includes many original letters between the McKay family throughout McKay's schooling, teaching and army service.
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Box 1, folders 1-4, were donated by Dr. Douglas McKay and Bonnie M. McKay in 2000.
Box 1, folders 5-7 and box 2 were donated by Dr. Douglas McKay and Bonnie M. McKay in 2007.
Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2001.
Addendum processed by Emma Kruger in 2008.
One bound volume complied and edited by Douglas R MaKay and Bonnie M Nelson (son and daughter of Llewelyn McKay). The majority of the material spans 1922-1925 during which time Llewelyn McKay was serving as an LDS missionary in Frankfurt, Germany. His father, David O. McKay, presided over the LDS European missions from Liverpool, England during this time from 1922-1924.
Contains the original manuscript of this volume.
Includes personal letters, clippings of Alice Smith as a member of the University of Utah debate team, Llewelyn and Alice's engagement and wedding announcements, baby congratulations, and a bound volume of newsletters from the University of Utah Friars' club, of which Llewelyn McKay was president at the time.
Includes letters to Alice McKay, the McKay children and David O. McKay, and Emma Ray McKay.
Contains correspondence from Llewelyn McKay to his family during summer school in Mexico (1943), as well as to his parents from Palo Alta, California (1937), and to his brother Robert from Salt Lake City (1941-1944).
Contains correspondnece to and from Llewelyn McKay to his family and parents from Germany, while he served as a bombing analyst during the aftermath of World War II.
Contains correspondence from Llewelyn McKay during his time at the Army Language School in Monterey, California.
An article by Llewelyn McKay regarding Germany during World War II.