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Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come, 1954-1957

Overview of the Collection

Creator
West, Ray Benedict, 1908-1990.
Title
Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come
Dates
1954-1957 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 boxes, (3 linear ft.)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 011
Summary
Notes, drafts, and revisions used for the writing of Kingdom of the Saints; also includes bibliographies, correspondence, and miscellaneous notes.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Historical Note

Writer and professor.

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Content Description

The Ray B. West drafts consist of the notes, drafts, and revisions which went into the writing of Kingdom of the Saints. The drafts have been assembled in consecutive order, as far as that could be determined.

boxes two through six contain successive drafts of the book and some of these are not complete. The final draft and published version is contained in box six. The remaining box (1) contains bibliographies, correspondence, and miscellaneous notes.

In the summer of 1954, Ray B. West was awarded a fellowship from the Newberry Library in Chicago and began his research for the book Kingdom of the Saints. The completed version was published by the Viking Press in 1957.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come, 1954-1957 (COLL MSS 011). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arrangement of the collection was difficult due to the major changes which occurred from revision to revision and to the lack of order in which the papers were initially found. It is thus conceivable that errors could have been made in the arrangement of the papers.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Ray B. West in the early 1970s.

Related Materials

Ray B. West Papers COLL MSS 76

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Miscellaneous Papers

    • Description: Bibliography for Kingdom of the Saints
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Bibliography cards used by Ray B. West
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1a
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (1) [much of the material in folders two through four was rejected]
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (2)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (3)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (4)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (5)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (6)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Rejected portions of the Brigham Young manuscripts
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Initial draft of chapter one and rejected pages
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: First draft of a portion of Kingdom of the Saints
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: Synopsis of chapter one, first draft and synopsis of preface
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: Ray B. West, correspondence, 1954
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles dealing with Utah and the Mormons.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: Cards and pamphlets: Mormonism and historic sites
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: Notes on Brigham Young
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: Notes on Brigham Young
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • II: Drafts

    • Description: First draft and corrections, chapter 1-2; typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: First draft and corrections, chapter 3-4: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: First draft and correction, chapters 5-6: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: First draft and correction, chapters 7-9: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: First draft and correction, chapters 10-11: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: First draft and correction, chapters 12 (16), 15: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: First draft and various corrections, chapters 3-4: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: First draft, chapters 7-9: carbon Fld, 9. First draft, chapters 10-11: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 1-2: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 3-4: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 5-6: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 7-9: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 10-12: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 13-14: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 15-16: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 1-3: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 4-6: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 7-8: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 9: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 12-14: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    • Description: Second draft, chapters 15-16: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 1-2: typescript (reworking of chapters 1-2)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 1-2: carbon (reworking of chapters 1-2)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 1-2: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 3-4: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 5-6: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 7-9: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 10-12: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 7
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 13-14: typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 1-2: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 9
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 3-4: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 10
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 5-7: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 11
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 8-10: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 12
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 11-13: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 13
    • Description: Third draft, chapters 14-15: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 14
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 1-2 and various corrected pages : typescript
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Various revised and corrected pages (1)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
    • Description: Various revised and corrected pages (2)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 1-2: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 3-4: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 5-6: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 7-8: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 7
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 9-10: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 8
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 11-12: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 9
    • Description: Fourth draft, chapters 13-14: carbon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 10
    • Description: Final draft, preface and chapters 1-2
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: Final draft, chapters 3-5
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
    • Description: Final draft, chapters 6-8
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3
    • Description: Final draft, chapters 9-13
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4
    • Description: Final draft, chapters 13-14
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 5
    • Description: Final draft, chapter 15 and bibliography
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 6

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Subject Terms

  • Mormon authors--Utah--Archives.

Personal Names

  • West, Ray Benedict, 1908- Kingdom of the Saints.
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