Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come
West, Ray Benedict, 1908-1990.
UUS_COLL MSS 011
6 boxes
3 linear ft.
1954-1957
Notes, drafts, and revisions used for the writing of Kingdom of the Saints; also includes bibliographies, correspondence, and miscellaneous notes.
Collection materials are in English.
Open to public research.
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This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Ray B. West in the early 1970s.
Ray B. West Drafts of Kingdom Come, 1954-1957 (COLL MSS 011). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Writer and professor.
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.
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.
Ray B. West Papers COLL MSS 76
West, Ray Benedict, 1908- Kingdom of the Saints.
Mormon authors--Utah--Archives.
Literature
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Miscellaneous Papers
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Bibliography for Kingdom of the Saints
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Bibliography cards used by Ray B. West
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (1) [much of the material in folders two through four was rejected]
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (2)
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (3)
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (4)
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (5)
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Notes for Kingdom of the Saints (6)
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Rejected portions of the Brigham Young manuscripts
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Initial draft of chapter one and rejected pages
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First draft of a portion of Kingdom of the Saints
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Synopsis of chapter one, first draft and synopsis of preface
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Ray B. West, correspondence, 1954
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Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles dealing with Utah and the Mormons.
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Cards and pamphlets: Mormonism and historic sites
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Notes on Brigham Young
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Notes on Brigham Young
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Drafts
II
First draft and corrections, chapter 1-2; typescript
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First draft and corrections, chapter 3-4: typescript
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First draft and correction, chapters 5-6: typescript
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First draft and correction, chapters 7-9: typescript
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First draft and correction, chapters 10-11: typescript
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First draft and correction, chapters 12 (16), 15: typescript
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First draft and various corrections, chapters 3-4: carbon
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First draft, chapters 7-9: carbon Fld, 9. First draft, chapters 10-11: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 1-2: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 3-4: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 5-6: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 7-9: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 10-12: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 13-14: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 15-16: typescript
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Second draft, chapters 1-3: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 4-6: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 7-8: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 9: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 12-14: carbon
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Second draft, chapters 15-16: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 1-2: typescript (reworking of chapters 1-2)
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Third draft, chapters 1-2: carbon (reworking of chapters 1-2)
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Third draft, chapters 1-2: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 3-4: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 5-6: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 7-9: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 10-12: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 13-14: typescript
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Third draft, chapters 1-2: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 3-4: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 5-7: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 8-10: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 11-13: carbon
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Third draft, chapters 14-15: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 1-2 and various corrected pages : typescript
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Various revised and corrected pages (1)
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Various revised and corrected pages (2)
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Fourth draft, chapters 1-2: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 3-4: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 5-6: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 7-8: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 9-10: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 11-12: carbon
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Fourth draft, chapters 13-14: carbon
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Final draft, preface and chapters 1-2
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Final draft, chapters 3-5
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Final draft, chapters 6-8
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Final draft, chapters 9-13
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Final draft, chapters 13-14
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Final draft, chapter 15 and bibliography
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