UUM_P0862.xml Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection Bradford (Mary Lythgoe) photograph collection Finding aid created by Sara Davis. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-24. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection Bradford, Mary Lythgoe P0862 1 linear feet 3 archives boxes 1950-1996 The Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection consists of photos relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford. English

Mary Lythgoe Bradford (b. 1930) was a Latter-day Saint editor, critic, and poet. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in education and a masters degree in English. Her masters thesis on Virginia Sorensen made Mary the first to write a scholarly work about the author. She continued this work in literary criticism, She edited Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from 1978 to 1983, and edited Mormon Women Speak, which was published in 1982. Her compilation Leaving Home: Personal Essays won the Association for Mormon Letters award for Personal Essay in 1988.

The Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection consists of photos relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford.

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Donated by Mary Lythgoe Bradford in 2000, 2002. Additional materials donated in 2020 by Jane Bradford.

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1-9: Steve Bradford as a child

Family 1 5

1-3: Children in the Bradford Family 4-6: Members of the Bradford family 7-8: Bradford family members at weddings 9: Large family photo, laser print 10:Barry and Donna's wedding, The Tanners 11-20: Family members and groups 21: Lythgoe's back lawn, 1962 22: Skyline scene, polaroid 23: Family under a tree, polaroid

Family 1 6

1-2: Scott's Eagle Scout Award, May 1982. 3-4 European vacation 5: unknown woman 6: Boy scout group 7: Scott's Birthday at BYU, March 3, 1986, polaroid 8: Cats on the stairs, polaroid 9: Jennifer, Linda, Jack Newell – May 1994 Salt Lake City. 10: Group at dinner, March 1995 11-18: vacation, May 1977 19-31 vacation, May 1977, 110 film (some match prints 11-18) 32: Fruit tart 33: Woman wearing pignose, playing hog-tied (game in background) 34-49: Outdoor scenes, 110 film

Family 1 7

1-13: Ceremony honoring Charles H. Bradford, March 1981, prints with matching 110 film strips 14: Family and Friends, March 1978 15: Scott age 13 with Matt, March 1978 16: Two people at a social gathering, January 1981 17-28: BYU London Centre, March 1981 (see also Folder 6, items 3 and 4) 29-33: Christmas gathering, 1980 34-41: Scott's Birthday, March 1981 42-43: looking out the airplane window 44-45: 1980 46: Bradford Family 47: Arlington Ward picnic, July 26, 1975

Family- Christmas 1 8

1-34: Bradford family, Christmas, 1980s

Washington Post Article and Photos 1 9

1-2: Scott Bradford and another boy playing basketball, photos featured in the 1976 Washington Post article

Renaissance Faire 1 10

1-37: 1974 Renaissance Faire

Distinguished Alumni Banquet, 1981 1 11

1-18: Distinguished Alumni Banquet, 1981. Photos by George Bettridge Saans Photography

Event, December 1985 1 12

1-24:Event, December 1985

Charles A. Bradford Slideshow 1 13

1-39: Charles A. Bradford slideshow, American Banking Association

Westminster College, 1990s 1 14

1-20: Event at Westminster College, circa 1990s

Gathering, April 1996 1 15

1-6: Gathering, probably related to the release Mary Bradford's book on Lowell L. Bennion, April 1996

1950s 1 16

1-2: New York, 1950s 3: University of Utah Fraternity, 1950s

Charles Bradford 1 17

1-3: Charles Bradford

Wedding Picture Mary and Charles Bradford 1957 1 18

1: Wedding Picture Mary and Charles Bradford, September 12, 1957.

Charles Bradford 1 19

1-5: Charles Bradford, circa 1990s

Top 40 Kimball Scholar Candidates, 1981 1 20

1: Back row (left to right): Wayne Williams, Kevin Okeson, Richard Merrill, Michael Goldberg, Roger Andersen, Allan Carter, Nathan Soderborg. Center: John Wrathall, Kim Jensen, Gordon Hale, Bill Handley, Michael Lohner, Steven Simmerman, Russell Urry. Front row: Blair La Barge, Scott Bradford, Roger Leishman, Brett Scharffs, Michael Pulsipher, Norman Zabriskie, David Chiu, David Atkinson, Michael Graff

Charles Bradford Associates. 1 21

1: Charles Bradford Associates. 2: Charles Bradford, Senator Hubert Humphrey. Following joint economic committee hearing. About 1977. 3: Charles Bradford (ARL 1st ward) and bishop Zane Mason (ARL 2nd ward) shared the Arlington chapel as bishops 1973-1980.

Barney Tanner Pictures November 22, 1985 1 22

1: Charles Bradford 2: Charles Bradford with another man, singing 3: unidentified woman 4: Charles Bradford by his car 5: Justine Davis, Charles, Barney Tanner. Senator's dining room November 22, 1985. 6: Utah Capitol building 7: Charles Bradford on the telephone

Afton Graduation 1 23

1: Graduation ceremony

Cruise, 1980 1 24

1-28:Cruise, 1980

Family and Friends 1 25

1-15: Family gatherings and activities, 1982 (slides from Afton Bradford).

Canoe on lake. 1 26

1: Canoe on lake, 110 film slide?

Charles Bradford and Board, Washington DC 1 27

1-1a: Charles Bradford, photo by Harris and Ewing 2: Banking board, photo by John Neubauer

NCUA Administration 1 28

1: NCUA (National Credit Union Administration), Columbia, South Carolina, January 1986. Dr. Charles Bradford (Chief Economist), D. Michael Riley (Office of Examination and Insurance Director), Robert Fenner (General Counsel).

Landscape 1 29

1: Aspens in the Autumn, landscape

Ronald Reagan and White House 2 1

1-4: Ronald Reagan and White House, 1980s

Guyere, Switzerland, September 1983, FMDI Meetings 2 2

1-11: Reykjavik Iceland, April 1983 12-17: European vacation, 1983 18-21: Switzerland, September 1983. 22:FMDI Meetings, Gruyere, Switzerland, September 1983. 23-25: Gruyere, Switzerland, September 1983.

Mary Bradford's Books 2 3

1-26: Events related to Mary Bradford's books

Family gatherings 2 4

1-48: Bradford family members and groups at various gatherings including Memorial Day Celebration, Symphonies, boating, ward functions, 1980s

Van Trip, 1985 2 5

1-13: A van and all the family and friends that fit into it

Book Signing, 1996 2 6

1-41: Gatherings before and after Mary Bradford's book signings

Bennion Celebrations, book signings 2 7

1: At Weller Book signing, 1995 2:Lavriz Di Padova and Lowell L. Bennion, 1985 3: At Weller Book Lowell L. Bennion book signing, 1995 4-8: Lowell L. Bennion Biography Award, Mormon History Association awards dinner, May 1996 9: Grant and Marjory Bennion, 1994 10: Woman's Place bookstore, Lowell L. Bennion book signing, 1995 11: Howard C. Bennion, 1995 12: Group in front of an old building 13: framed photo on the wall of an older couple (Bennions?) 14: Sunstone honors Lowell L. Bennion, 1996 15: Elmo and Francis Bennion Morgan, 1995 16: Elmo Morgan, 1994 17: Community Services, 1996 18: At Weller Book signing, 1995 19: Lowell's Garden, Bennion Center, 1993 20: Lowell Bennion book in the window display at Weller Book, 1995 21: Lowell Bennion portrait above the door at the Community Center 22: Poster on the Lowell Bennion Driver's Club

Dinner Party Event, 1990s 2 8

All captions come from the back of the image

1: Dean and Mrs. Pitcher 2: Cherry and Barnard Silver, Cherry is on the Relief Society General Board, PhD in Literature from Harvard/Radcliffe 3: President Doug Alder 4: Vella Evans and, we think, her husband 5: Richard Cra croft (?), John Sillitoe and daughter 6: Unidentified group 7: Dr. Carol O'Connor, Dr. Tom Alexander. Dr. Clyde Milner (Carol's husband). Dr. Larry Lewis, (history) 8-9: Unidentified group 10: Drs. Cheryl and Dean May. 11: Former Dean of Women USU, Ione Bennion; Stan Cazier, Former USU President; Doug Alder, Former President of Dixie College; and Chase Peterson, retired Professor of history USU. 12: Master of Ceremonies Shannon Hoskins, Billie Emert, President USU George Emert and Dr. Ted Evans-Mrs. Evans 13-15: Unidentified group

Award for Mary Lythgoe Bradford 2 9

1-6: Mary Lythgoe Bradford receives the 1995 Mountain West Center for Regional Studies David W and Beatrice C Evans Biography Award for Lowell L Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian

David Bradford 2 10

1: David Macarthur Bradford, 6 Months.

Display 3 1

1: Museum display of a painting of the first Mormon Wagon Train to the Big Horn Basin built in 1900.

Family, 1935-1957 3 2

1: Mary and Tom Lythgoe on Christmas morning 1935. 2: Group of 6 young women, 1946 3: Mary Lythgoe Bradford far left yearbook staff-Granite High school, 1947. 4: Marilyn White and Mary Lythgoe, 1948. 5-6: Mary Lythgoe Bradford and Junior Prom date at Granite High school, April 1948. 7: Darrel H, Georgia, Joan K, Joe J, Mary, Marylin, town(?), 1952. 8: Family backyard, September 1955. 9: Girls, September 1955. 10: Lis with illustrator of House Next Door, Lili Cavell, 1956. 11: To Mary and Charles with love from Myra and Virgile Habegger (?), March 29, 1957

Mary Bradford, 1980 3 3

1-3: Mary Bradford at the podium at BYU, October 3, 1980

Mormon History Association Dialogue Dinner 3 4

1-3: Mormon History Association Dialogue Dinner, September 22, 1983, contact sheets for 35mm, black and white

Bookstores and bookshelves, 1990s 3 5

1-4: Insides of bookstores and libraries

Moving, October 2002 3 6

1-6: Moving, October 2002

Family, 1996-2011 3 7

1: Christmas Card from the Howes (David, Mary, Alex, Erica, Irine, Allan and Marlene), 2002 2: Bill Molder visits Natalia, September 2003 3: Allen Roberts' house in Spring City, 2004 4: Bill Molder and Allan Roberts, 2004 5: Lunch for Bill Molder, March 2005 6: Bill and Mary Molder, June 2006 7: Bill Molder and Paul Swenson, September 2007 8: Mill Molder, 2007 9-10: Family photos on a poster board 11: Emma Lou [Thayne] and Mary Bradford at Harvard, Laurel's Office, 1996

Family, outside 3 8

1-12: Family and Friends on the lawn and in the garden

Family, includes school, farm, at the house 3 9

1: Two boys outside "at ease", 1940s 2: Four people at school, possibly the yearbook staff at Granit High, 1940s 3: Mary Bradford and other woman at the piano, 1950s 4-6: Mary Bradford with family outside, 1950s 7-9: Mary Bradford with other women, 1950s-1960s 10: Marilyn White and her Mom Lucille. 11: Mary Bradford typing, 1990s 12: Bill and Helen Molder 13: Mary Bradford with her book on Lowell Bennion

Portraits 3 10

1: Mary Lythgoe, 1947 2: Mary Lythgoe Bradford at the Marriott, 1991 3: Lowell Bennion, 1992 4: Unidentified boy, possibly "Ken" from photo 5 5: Ken, 15 years old 6: Man reading on the lawn 7: Man in uniform leaning against his car 8: Mary Lythgoe, 1950s 9: Lowell Bennions friend, Bill Moran, 1988 10: Mary Lythgoe Bradford passport photo, 1990s 11: Unidentified woman, 200s

Groups 3 11

1: Sherman school, first grade photo, 1937 2: Granite LDS Seminary school, late 1940s 3: Sherman school, second grade photo, 1938 4: Sherman school, Mrs Weaver (teacher) fourth grade photo, 1940 5: Girls Glee Club, possibly at Granite LDS Seminary, late 1940s 6: Photo of a framed photo of "Mormon Pathfinders" 7: Large group of women, photo by Mike Snelson, 2011

Family 3 12

1-2: Photos of family photos on a poster

Events 3 13

1-20: Events including Mormon History Association conferences, Museum or exhibition visit, 1990s-2000s

Celebrations 3 14

1: Wedding 2: Graduation

Buildings 3 15

1-6: Big Horn Academy and Log Community Building, Wyoming 7: Cemetery 8: Depot, Park city (copy print from the LDS Church Archive)

Theater 3 16

1: James Amington playing Brigham young. 2: The Peaceable Kingdom, contact sheets – (Mormon polygamy story), "I player the 2nd lead at Kingsburg Hall", 1953. Joyce Eliason – the lead. Went on and became a scriptwriter in Hollywood.