J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
George S. and Algie E. Ballif papers
Ballif, George S.
ACCN 1760
4.75 linear feet
1904-1993
The George S. and Algie E. Ballif papers (1904-1993) contain diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and memorabilia pertaining to the private lives of this prominent Utah couple. George S. Ballif was a Utah attorney who chiefly practiced in Provo. He also served as a city, county, and district attorney as well as a juvenile court judge. He was a member of the University of Utah Board of Regents. Algie E. Ballif was a member of the Provo Board of Education for twenty-three years and of the Utah House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961.
English
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George Smith Ballif (1894-1977) was born to John L. and Emma Smith Ballif. He went on a mission to England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1914, and served in the armed forces of the United States in Europe during World War I. He married Algie Eggertsen on 24 December 1920. He attended Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School before graduating from the University of California at Berkeley Law School in 1924. Ballif returned to Provo to practice law and served as city, county, and district attorney as well as Provo juvenile court judge. He was a member of the University of Utah Board of Regents and chaired the World Peace through Law Committee of the Utah Bar Association.
Algie Eggertsen Ballif (1896-1984) was born to Lars E. and Annie N. Eggertsen. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1918. A member of the Provo Board of Education for twenty-three years, Algie was named Utah "Man of the Year in Education" in 1958. She served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961, and was a member of the committee on education for John F. Kennedy's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. She was active in many local and state organizations, including the Federated Women's Clubs, Women's Legislative Council, American Legion Auxiliary, and Sorosis.
The George S. and Algie E. Ballif papers (1904-1993) contain diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and memorabilia of George S. and Algie E. Ballif. George Ballif's diaries cover the period between 1914 and 1919 documenting his activities as an LDS missionary in England and as a member of the United States Army in World War I. Algie Ballif's diaries cover the period from 1914 to 1974. Their letters to each other were written between 1918 and 1922.
Access to original diaries and letters, located in boxes 5 through 10, are restricted except by permission of the Manuscripts Curator.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-10 were donated in July 1999.
Box 11, folders 1-17 were donated in August 2000.
Box 11, folders 18-21 were donated in November 2001.
Box 12 was donated in March 2003.
An audiotape of George S. Ballif's funeral has been moved to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processed by Karen Carver in 1999.
Addendum processed by Heather Harkness in 2000.
Addendum processed by Kirk Watson in 2004.
Addendum processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.
Forms part of the
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.
Ballif, Algie E. (Algie Eggertsen), 1896-1984--Archives
Utah--Politics and government
Latter Day Saint churches--Missions--England
Latter Day Saints--Diaries
Lawyers--Utah--Provo--Diaries
Political Campaigns
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Diaries
Memorabilia
Correspondence
Algie E. Ballif Diary Transcripts
Diaries
1914-1974
1
1-10
George S. Ballif Diary Transcripts
George S. Ballif Missionary Diaries
1914-1915
2
1-2
George S. Ballif World War I Diaries
1918-1919
2
3
Letter Transcripts
Letters, George to Algie
1918-1919
3
1
Harvard Letters, George and Algie
1921-1922
3
2-3
Berkeley Letters, George and Algie
1922
3
4
Correspondence, Memorabilia, and Miscellaneous
Letters of Luther E. Eggertsen
1914
4
1
Algie's Letter "To the descendants"
1930
4
2
Correspondence
1970-1971
4
3
World War I Keepsakes and Clippings
4
4-6
French Poem
4
7
Algie's Writings
1970s
4
8
"Algie Eggertsen, 1914: Diary of a Mormon Girl"
1988
4
9
The Lady of Lyons
4
10
'Op-o'-Me-Thumb
1904
4
11
S. S. Jones, Life of the Master: A Poem
4
12
Memorabilia
4
13
Original Letters
Letters from Rexburg, George S. Ballif to Algie Eggertsen
1917
5
1
Letters, George S. Ballif to Algie Eggertsen
1918-1919
5
2-4
Harvard Letters, George S. Ballif and Algie Eggertsen
1921
5
5-7
Harvard Letters, George S. Ballif and Algie Eggertsen
1921
6
1-4
Berkeley Letters, George S. Ballif and Algie Eggertsen
1922
6
5-6
Berkeley Letters, George S. Ballif and Algie Eggertsen
1922
7
1-3
Original Diaries, George S. Ballif
Mission Notebook
1915
8
1
Missionary Diary
1914-1915
8
2
Missionary Diary
1915-1916
8
3
World War I Diary
8
4
World War I Diary, "Reminiscences of the Great War, 1918-1919"
8
5
Datebook
1976
8
6
Original Diaries, Algie E. Ballif
Diaries
1914-1959
9
1-8
Diaries
1960-1974
10
1-7
Algie E. Ballif Files
Family Correspondence
1929-1941
11
1
Friend Correspondence
1968-1993
11
2
Algie
11
3
Algie E. Ballif
11
4
Algie Ballif Forum
11
5
Ariel Ballif
11
6
Dramatic Y Booster
11
7
Equal Rights Amendment
11
8
Identification and Membership Cards and Passports
11
9
Lecture Series
11
10-12
Transcript of Alice Louise Reynolds Women Forum
1980
11
13
Miscellaneous Documents
11
14-16
News Clippings
1961-1988
11
17
"First 50 Years of Utah Law" ; "Laws and Justice in 'Our Lovely Deseret'"
11
18
Notes on Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse
1976
11
19
Notes
1963-1977
11
20
Certificate of Appreciation for Military Service of George S. Ballif
1919
11
21
College Yearbooks
"The Rixida"
1917
12
1
"The Banyan"
1918-1920
12
2-3