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Richard Douglas Poll papers, 1844-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Poll, Richard D. (Richard Douglas), 1918-1994
Title
Richard Douglas Poll papers
Dates
1844-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
41 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0674
Summary
The Richard Douglas Poll papers (1844-1994) contain essays; correspondence; articles; personal and family materials; research on the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), LDS Church apostles and prophets, "new" LDS Church history, world history, and communism; scrapbooks; and papers written by Poll with others and by others. Richard Douglas Poll (1918-1994) was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force, a Vice President for Administration at Western Illinois University (WIU), a successful professor and writer of LDS Church history, and a civic-minded individual who spoke out on anti-communism and academic freedom.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Richard Douglas Poll (1918-1994) was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force, a Vice President for Administration at Western Illinois University (WIU), a successful professor and writer of Mormon history, and a civic-minded individual who spoke out on anti-communism and academic freedom. During his life he wrote six books, seven pamphlets, and many articles about his political views, history, and significant members of the LDS Church. Poll was born on April 23, 1918, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, when he was ten years old. There, he graduated from W. C. Stripling High School in 1934, and then went to college at Texas Christian University (TCU) and graduated in 1938 with a degree in history. He was awarded the Wilber Kidd Fellowship from 1938 to 1939, and completed his master's studies at TCU in 1939. Soon after graduating from TCU, Poll began a mission for the LDS Church in Germany. However, as World War II approached, the LDS Church recalled its missionaries from Germany and reassigned them. Poll finished his mission in Canada and returned home in 1941. During World War II he served as a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1942 to 1945, without seeing the front. He obtained his first teaching position at the United States Army Air Force Administrative Officer Candidate School, working there from 1942 to 1944. He met Emogene (Gene) Hill after giving a sermon in 1943; later that year, they were married in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.

After World War II, Poll returned to school to obtain his Ph.D. in history. Financial assistance for these studies, from 1946 to 1948, came through the Willard D. Thompson Fellowship. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1948. He then began teaching history at Brigham Young University (BYU). Poll had an extensive teaching career. He taught regular classes at BYU until 1969. He also taught occasional classes at the University of Maryland, European Division, during the 1958 and 1965 academic years. In 1959, he was elected the Charter President for the American Association of University Professors at BYU, and he became the director of the Rocky Mountain Assembly in 1961. In 1970, he moved to Illinois to accepted the position of Vice President for Administration at Western Illinois University (WIU). He stepped down from this position in 1975. During his administrative years at WIU, he also taught history classes and continued teaching there until his retirement in 1983. However, even in retirement his teaching skills and knowledge of Mormon history were in great demand, and he continued to teach occasional classes at BYU from 1983 to 1994. Poll was active in academic and civic affairs. For example, in 1969 he became president of the Mormon History Association. He became the associate director of the BYU Honors Program in 1962, and he was named Honors Professor of the Year at BYU in 1969. He received the Presidential Merit Award in 1979 for his constant effort to maintain the highest quality and accuracy in his work. He was elected Secretary/Treasurer at the BYU Academy Foundation in 1985. In addition, from 1978 to 1993 Poll and his wife taught adult education classes in basic reading and writing skills offered through the LDS Church. Beginning in the late 1940s, Poll wrote articles and gave speeches on anti-communism and Mormon history. Poll used his spiritual teachings and beliefs to define two distinct types of active and dedicated Mormons. Symbols for the two types came from the Book of Mormon. The "Iron Rod" came from Lehi's dream, and "Liahona" from Lehi's experience in the wilderness. In "Liahona and Iron Rod Revisited" (located in box 73, folders 7-10), Poll explains his conceptualization of this dichotomy within the membership of the LDS Church, and it has become a defining metaphor within the discourse of the LDS culture. He explained this philosophy by stating, "The Iron Rod Saint does not look for questions but for answers, and in the gospel he finds or is confident that he can find the answer to every important question. The Liahona Saint, on the other hand, is preoccupied with questions and skeptical of answers; he finds in the gospel answers to enough important questions so that he can function purposefully without answers to the rest." Poll and his wife both considered themselves to be Liahona Mormons. The best known article that Poll wrote is considered to be, "What the Church Means to People Like Me," and was prepared in 1963. In 1975, his first book was published. It was co-authored by Eugene E. Campbell and entitled Hugh B. Brown: His Life and Thought. Poll's second book, Utah's History, was originally published in 1978, and was republished in 1989 after a revision. Howard J. Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank was published in 1980. Poll became chairman of the WIU North Central Association Self Study Committee in 1979, and used this experience to write and publish Western Illinois University, 1980: A Self Study. In 1985, he published The Honors Program at Brigham Young University, 1960-1985, a book which evolved from Poll's work with the BYU Honor Program. History and Faith: Reflections of a Mormon Historian, the last of his books published while he was still living, was published in 1989. This book, written over a twenty year period, is a compilation of essays concerned with the "new" Mormon history. Poll also wrote a book about Henry D. Moyle, but it did not meet the Moyle family's expectations and they would not allow him to publish the manuscript. Posthumously in 1994, Poll's family donated his extensive collection of papers to the University of Utah. The Henry D. Moyle manuscript was among the papers donated. Special Collections Manuscripts Curator Stan Larson, Ph.D., edited Poll's manuscript on Moyle and directed its publication in 1999, with the title Working the Divine Miracle: The Life of Apostle Henry D. Moyle.

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Content Description

The Richard Douglas Poll papers (1844-1994) provide information on the personal life of Dr. Poll, the political and religious history of the United States, and the historical background of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The collection contains correspondence, personal notes, business files, research materials, and rough drafts of Poll's writings about special university programs, the "new" Mormon history, and significant members of the LDS Church, including Hugh B. Brown, Howard James Stoddard, and Henry D. Moyle. Poll's personal information is housed in boxes 1 through 12. Included in this section are Poll's personal correspondence, school papers and yearbooks, curriculum vitae, an autobiography, awards, and information on his mission to Germany and Canada for the LDS Church from 1939 to 1941. These files are followed by information about his family (both immediate and extended) and five scrapbooks with contents ranging from 1918 to 1958. These scrapbooks contain photographs, news clippings, letters, telegrams, program guides to events connected with him and his siblings, ticket stubs, class papers, commencement and graduation announcements, and certificates.

Poll's office files, contain academic, business, and research files from Poll's professional activities, and are housed in boxes 13 through 50. Poll was a professor of early Mormon history, political history in the United States, national and world history, and religious studies. All of Poll's academic files contain lecture notes, outlines, examinations, examination keys, course schedules, and attendance records. The academic files from Brigham Young University (BYU) are located in boxes 13 through 20. Files from his teaching at the University of Maryland during the 1958 and 1965 academic years are in box 21. Files from Western Illinois University (WIU) are located in boxes 22 through 29. Poll's business files, in boxes 30 through 41, contain information on real estate sales, associations in which Poll was a member, conference packets, business correspondence, LDS Church business files, information on business associates, political contribution records, and other documents. Boxes 42 through 50 contain Poll's general research files for background information on the articles and speeches he wrote. They include such topics as general research articles and information on various companies, organizations, people, and certain aspects of Mormon society. Boxes 51 through 76 contain his research and writing files. Notes, drafts, and other material related to Poll's writing activities are in these boxes and focus on LDS topics. The research files and drafts for each book project have been kept together and are in the order of publication. The files concerning Hugh B. Brown: His Life and Thought are located in boxes 51 through 54. The research files about Brown include his correspondence, an incomplete autobiography, interviews, biographical highlights and sketches, and some of his journals. Utah's History information is housed in boxes 55 through 58, and the research contains maps, correspondence, pictures, political notes, and statistical information. Howard James Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank files are located in boxes 59 through 60. The research on Stoddard includes family correspondence, genealogy charts, and information from Michigan State University Press and the Singler Grand Jury. The History and Faith project is located in box 61. This book is a compilation of essays concerning the "new" Mormon history. Finally, the Henry D. Moyle project is in boxes 62 through 70. This final project was published posthumously, as it did not match the ideals of the Moyle family. The research includes samples of Moyle's writings, biographical excerpts, information from Consolidated Freightways Inc. and the Deseret Livestock Company, correspondence, information on his stake presidency, his diaries and daybooks, information about his educational background and missions, and several interviews with friends and family. Boxes 71 through 75 contain articles, pamphlets, speeches, and notes written by Poll. The articles or speeches that were reviewed or edited by Poll for another author are in box 76. Box 77 folders 1-12 contain research on the article "The Move South." Box 77 folders 13-15 through box 82 folders 1 and 2, contain research notes and transcripts of diaries and letters pertaining to the Utah War. Box 82 folders 3-21 contain transcripts of interviews done by Poll.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Photocopying of materials in Box 70 is prohibited.

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized in three series: I. Personal Information; II. Office Files; III. Research and Writing Files.

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1 through Box 77 folders 1-12 were donated 1994 through 1995.

Box 77 folders 13-15 through Box 82 folders 1 and 2 were donated in 1998.

Box 82 folders 3-21 were donated in 2000.

Processing Note

Processed by Debra Penman in 1997.

Addendum processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006. Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.

Separated Materials

Photographs, slides, films, video tapes, audio tapes and other audio-visual material have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0660 and A0385).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Personal Documents

    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1929-1942
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1942-1944
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1945-1955
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1956-1966
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1966-1976
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal Correspondence
      Dates: 1977-1994
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: School Papers
      Dates: 1929-1939
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1-19
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: The Jacket Journal

      Contains the high school newspaper for which, Poll was a reporter and editor-in-chief.

      Dates: 1933-1934
      Container: Box 7, Folder 20-24
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Life at Stripling

      Yearbook for Poll's junior year in high school.

      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 7, Folder 25
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: The Yellow Jacket

      Yearbook for Poll's senior year in high school.

      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 7, Folder 26
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: The Horned Frog

      Yearbook for Poll's senior year in college.

      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Ph.D. Studies, University of California
      Dates: 1945-1948
      Container: Box 8, Folder 2-22
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Vocational Examinations
      Dates: 1947-1948
      Container: Box 8, Folder 23
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Awards
      Dates: 1946-1994
      Container: Box 9, Folder 1
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Diary
      Dates: 1931
      Container: Box 9, Folder 2
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Personal History Items
      Container: Box 9, Folder 3
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Air Force Service Record

      This is Poll's DD 201 file. The use copy is located in folders 4-10, while the original document is in folder 11.

      Container: Box 9, Folder 4-11
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography
      Container: Box 9, Folder 12
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: "Richard D. Poll: His Story"
      Dates: 1918-1945
      Container: Box 9, Folder 13-16
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: Testimony to the Church

      Written by Poll about his fiftieth wedding anniversary.

      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 9, Folder 17
      Location: Personal Documents
    • Description: West Germany/Canada Mission Journal
      Dates: 1939-1941
      Container: Box 9, Folder 18
      Location: Personal Documents

  • Family Information

    • Description: Pages from Nanette Poll's Scrapbook
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Christmas Cards

      Each of these cards contain a description about the Poll's life and how their family changed from year to year.

      Dates: 1945-1993
      Container: Box 10, Folder 2-4
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Emogene (Gene) Hill Poll

      This file contains one of her report cards from Western Illinois University, a Valentine's Day card for her with a poem from Poll, and a program from her memorial service.

      Container: Box 10, Folder 5
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Carl William Poll History
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 10, Folder 6
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Poll Family Reunions
      Container: Box 10, Folder 7
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Poll Family Groups
      Dates: 1981-1991
      Container: Box 10, Folder 8
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: West Germany/Canada Mission Correspondence
      Dates: 1939-1941
      Container: Box 10, Folder 9-29
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: West Germany Mission Reunion
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 10, Folder 30
      Location: Family Information
    • Description: Canadian Mission Reunions
      Dates: 1987-1989
      Container: Box 10, Folder 31-34
      Location: Family Information

  • Scrapbooks and Awards

    • Description: Childhood through High School
      Dates: 1918-1934
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards
    • Description: Life at Texas Christian University
      Dates: 1934-1937
      Container: Box 11, Folder 2
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards
    • Description: Post-College Life
      Dates: 1937-1939
      Container: Box 11, Folder 3
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards
    • Description: Missionary Work Scrapbook
      Dates: 1939-1941
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards
    • Description: World Tour Scrapbook

      This scrapbook contains typewritten narratives by Gene Poll.

      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 12, Folder 2
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards
    • Description: Fellow Award
      Container: Box 12, Folder 3
      Location: Scrapbooks and Awards

  • BYU Academic Files

    • Description: "The Utilization of Large-Screen TV"

      This was written by Poll, Owen Rich, and Tess Williams to assist with History 170 and similar classes.

      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 13, Folder 1
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: American Opinion
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 13, Folder 2-3
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: The Blue Book of the John Birch Society
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 13, Folder 4
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: "McCarthysim: The Fight for America"
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 13, Folder 5
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: "Communism and the American Heritage"
      Container: Box 13, Folder 6-11
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: The Marshall Affair
      Container: Box 13, Folder 12-16
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: Presidents of the United States
      Container: Box 13, Folder 17
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: Salt Lake Tour
      Container: Box 13, Folder 18
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: Teaching about the Nauvoo Experience
      Container: Box 13, Folder 19-25
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: Early Utah History
      Container: Box 13, Folder 26
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: Women and Men
      Container: Box 13, Folder 27-29
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 12
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 31, 32, and 33
      Container: Box 14, Folder 2-3
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 74
      Container: Box 14, Folder 4-6
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 116
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 118 and 119
      Container: Box 14, Folder 8-10
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 120
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1-12
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 121
      Container: Box 15, Folder 13-26
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 122
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 123
      Container: Box 16, Folder 2-6
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 129
      Container: Box 16, Folder 7
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 130
      Container: Box 16, Folder 8-15
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 161
      Container: Box 16, Folder 16
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 166
      Container: Box 16, Folder 17
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 170

      Includes the lecture outlines to accompany a slide presentation now housed in Multimedia Section (P0660).

      Container: Box 16, Folder 18-26
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 170
      Container: Box 17
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 170
      Container: Box 18
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 180
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1-2
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 182
      Container: Box 19, Folder 3
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 185
      Container: Box 19, Folder 4
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 188
      Container: Box 19, Folder 5-11
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 189
      Container: Box 19, Folder 12
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 191
      Container: Box 19, Folder 13
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 192
      Container: Box 19, Folder 14
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 221 and 222
      Container: Box 19, Folder 15-17
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 225
      Container: Box 19, Folder 18-20
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 226
      Container: Box 19, Folder 21-22
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 275
      Container: Box 19, Folder 23-25
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 306
      Container: Box 19, Folder 26
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 360
      Container: Box 19, Folder 27-28
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 366
      Container: Box 20, Folder 1-9
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 377
      Container: Box 20, Folder 10
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 390
      Container: Box 20, Folder 11
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 400
      Container: Box 20, Folder 12
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 401
      Container: Box 20, Folder 13-17
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 490
      Container: Box 20, Folder 18-19
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 577
      Container: Box 20, Folder 20-22
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 578
      Container: Box 20, Folder 23-24
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 666
      Container: Box 20, Folder 25
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 677
      Container: Box 20, Folder 26-27
      Location: BYU Academic Files
    • Description: History 679
      Container: Box 20, Folder 28-32
      Location: BYU Academic Files

  • University of Maryland Academic Files

  • WIU Academic Files

    • Description: Board of Governors Home Study Class
      Container: Box 22, Folder 1-2
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: Regional Studies
      Container: Box 22, Folder 3
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: Self Study Guide

      This is a report to aid WIU students who are considering home study.

      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 22, Folder 4
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: Self Study Guide Update Notes
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box 22, Folder 5
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 101
      Container: Box 22, Folder 6
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 105
      Container: Box 22, Folder 7-10
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 106
      Container: Box 22, Folder 11
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 111
      Container: Box 22, Folder 12-18
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 131
      Container: Box 22, Folder 19-23
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 225
      Container: Box 22, Folder 24-25
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 226
      Container: Box 22, Folder 26-30
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 302
      Container: Box 23, Folder 1-3
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 308
      Container: Box 23, Folder 4-23
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 322
      Container: Box 23, Folder 24-29
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 343
      Container: Box 24, Folder 1-4
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 366
      Container: Box 24, Folder 5-9
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 475
      Container: Box 24, Folder 10-11
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: History 517
      Container: Box 24, Folder 12
      Location: WIU Academic Files
    • Description: Religious Studies 101
      Container: Box 24, Folder 13
      Location: WIU Academic Files

  • WIU Administration Files

    • Description: A - Ad
      Dates: 1970-1983
      Container: Box 25, Folder 1-10
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Administrative Council Minutes
      Dates: 1969-1973
      Container: Box 25, Folder 11-12
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Administrative Council Minutes
      Dates: 1970-1975
      Container: Box 26, Folder 1-2
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: American Association of University Professors
      Container: Box 26, Folder 3-5
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Annual Evaluations
      Dates: 1975-1983
      Container: Box 26, Folder 6-10
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Annual Reports to the President
      Dates: 1970-1975
      Container: Box 26, Folder 11-15
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Applying for Presidency of the University
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 27, Folder 1
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Appointment to Vice President of Administration
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 27, Folder 2-5
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: John T. Bernhard

      Bernhard was president of Western Illinois University when Poll was vice president.

      Dates: 1966-1969
      Container: Box 27, Folder 6-10
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Campus Disturbances Committee
      Container: Box 27, Folder 11-12
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Capital Budget Committee
      Container: Box 27, Folder 13-14
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Collective Bargaining
      Container: Box 27, Folder 15
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: College of Arts and Sciences
      Container: Box 27, Folder 16-17
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Committee on Mormon Society and Culture
      Container: Box 27, Folder 18
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Contract of Richard D. Poll
      Container: Box 27, Folder 19
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Council on Planning and Development
      Container: Box 27, Folder 20-22
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Energy Conservation Committee
      Container: Box 27, Folder 23
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Faculty Show
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 27, Folder 24
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Chairman Candidates
      Container: Box 28, Folder 1
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Chairman Advisory Committee
      Container: Box 28, Folder 2
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Chairman's Office
      Container: Box 28, Folder 3-4
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Committee on Faculty and Student Life
      Container: Box 28, Folder 5-6
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Correspondence
      Container: Box 28, Folder 7
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department General Information
      Container: Box 28, Folder 8-9
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Library Committee
      Container: Box 28, Folder 10
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Program Committee
      Container: Box 28, Folder 11-12
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Regional History Committee
      Container: Box 28, Folder 13
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: History Department Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Policies
      Container: Box 28, Folder 14-17
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: International Budget
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box 28, Folder 18
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: International Programs
      Dates: 1976-1980
      Container: Box 28, Folder 19-20
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Interview Information for Position at WIU
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 28, Folder 21
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Kaskaskia Program

      An individually defined academic program for WIU undergraduates.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 1-3
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Library Plan Information
      Container: Box 29, Folder 4
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: "A Master Plan--Phase III"

      This was prepared by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 29, Folder 5
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: National Endowment for the Humanities
      Container: Box 29, Folder 6
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
      Container: Box 29, Folder 7
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: "Policy Document and Reports of the American Association of University Professors"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 29, Folder 8
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Caudill Rowlett Scott and Phillips Swager Associates, "Preliminary Plans for a New Auditorium"
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 29, Folder 9
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Presidential Merit Award
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box 29, Folder 10-11
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: "Proceedings of the Board of Governors"
      Dates: 1970-1971
      Container: Box 29, Folder 12
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: "Proposed Fine Arts Building"
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 29, Folder 13
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Provost and Academic Vice-President Selection Committee
      Container: Box 29, Folder 14
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Reassignment to History Professor
      Container: Box 29, Folder 15
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: University Steering Committee Minutes
      Dates: 1971-1974
      Container: Box 29, Folder 16
      Location: WIU Administration Files
    • Description: Vice-President Alumni Items
      Container: Box 29, Folder 17-20
      Location: WIU Administration Files

  • Business Files (A-Z)

    • Description: American Civil Liberties Union
      Container: Box 30, Folder 1-4
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: American Historical Association Convention
      Container: Box 30, Folder 5-6
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Lavina Fielding Anderson
      Container: Box 30, Folder 7
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Basic Curriculum Abroad
      Container: Box 30, Folder 8-9
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Board of Higher Education Committee on Governance
      Container: Box 30, Folder 10
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Business Correspondence
      Dates: 1946-1993
      Container: Box 30, Folder 11-20
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Brigham Young University Historical Symposium
      Container: Box 30, Folder 21
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Central Intelligence Agency
      Container: Box 30, Folder 22-23
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Church Business
      Dates: 1974-1978
      Container: Box 30, Folder 24-26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Church Information
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 30, Folder 27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Church News
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box 30, Folder 28-30
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: College Council Minutes
      Container: Box 31, Folder 1
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Contracts
      Dates: 1947-1979
      Container: Box 31, Folder 2-9
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Contribution Records
      Dates: 1990-1993
      Container: Box 31, Folder 10-13
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Credit Union
      Container: Box 31, Folder 14-15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Dallas Conference
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 31, Folder 16
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Dean's Council
      Container: Box 31, Folder 17-18
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Dialogue
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 31, Folder 19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Dress Standards
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 31, Folder 20-22
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Economic Concepts Communications
      Container: Box 31, Folder 24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Economic Education Workshop
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 31, Folder 25
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Education Week
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box 32, Folder 1-3
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Election Materials
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 32, Folder 4-7
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Employments of BYU Faculty Members
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 32, Folder 8
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Experiment in International Living
      Container: Box 32, Folder 9
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Faculty Banquet
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 32, Folder 10-11
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Ford Foundation
      Container: Box 32, Folder 12
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Fulbright Act
      Container: Box 32, Folder 13-14
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Fund for Adult Education Conference
      Container: Box 32, Folder 15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: George Romney and Sons
      Container: Box 32, Folder 16-17
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Great Books
      Container: Box 32, Folder 18
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Gun Control
      Container: Box 32, Folder 19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Robert Hinkley
      Container: Box 32, Folder 20-25
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Honor Council
      Container: Box 32, Folder 26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Howard Fellowship
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 32, Folder 27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: International Business Machines (IBM) Seminar
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 33, Folder 1
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Icarians
      Container: Box 33, Folder 2
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: The Ideals of American Freedom Conference
      Container: Box 33, Folder 3-5
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Institution Building in Utah
      Container: Box 33, Folder 6
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Inventory Seminar
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 33, Folder 7
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: John Whitmer Historical Association
      Container: Box 33, Folder 8-10
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Journal of Mormon History Editorial Board
      Container: Box 33, Folder 11-12
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Kempten Delegation Team
      Container: Box 33, Folder 13-15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Leadership Week
      Dates: 1960-1963
      Container: Box 33, Folder 16-18
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Rex Lee
      Container: Box 33, Folder 19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Macomb Branch Business
      Container: Box 33, Folder 20
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Brian Madsen
      Container: Box 33, Folder 21
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: David Martin
      Container: Box 33, Folder 22-23
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie
      Container: Box 33, Folder 24-26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Sterling M. McMurrin
      Container: Box 33, Folder 27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: General Materials
      Container: Box 34, Folder 1-9
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Thomas S. Monson
      Container: Box 34, Folder 10
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Eric Moody
      Container: Box 34, Folder 11
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: National Honor College Council
      Container: Box 34, Folder 12
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: National Service
      Container: Box 34, Folder 13
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Oak Hill II
      Container: Box 34, Folder 14-15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Dallin H. Oaks
      Container: Box 34, Folder 16-24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Office of Education Conference
      Container: Box 34, Folder 25-26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Organization of American Historians
      Container: Box 34, Folder 27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: "Our Changing Past"

      This is from the Faculty Academy Lecture Series.

      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 34, Folder 28-32
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education
      Container: Box 35, Folder 1
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Panorama Americana
      Container: Box 35, Folder 2-3
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Parent Teacher Association
      Container: Box 35, Folder 4
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Party Plans
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 35, Folder 5
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Elder Kai Pearson
      Container: Box 35, Folder 6
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Political Contributions
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 35, Folder 7
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Political Involvement
      Dates: 1949-1964
      Container: Box 35, Folder 8-16
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Nanette Poll Injury Report
      Container: Box 35, Folder 17
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: News Clippings
      Container: Box 35, Folder 18-19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Presidential Inquiries
      Container: Box 35, Folder 20
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Provo City Issues
      Container: Box 35, Folder 21-23
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Provo Rotary Club
      Container: Box 35, Folder 24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Racial Issues at BYU
      Container: Box 35, Folder 25-27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Ralph Woodward Chorale
      Container: Box 35, Folder 28
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Real Estate Projects
      Container: Box 36, Folder 1-4
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Resignation from BYU
      Container: Box 36, Folder 5
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Restoration Studies
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 36, Folder 6
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Stephen L. Richards
      Container: Box 36, Folder 7
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: B. H. Roberts
      Container: Box 36, Folder 8-10
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Rocky Mountain Assembly
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 36, Folder 11-12
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Sabbaticals
      Dates: 1965-1981
      Container: Box 36, Folder 13-14
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Salzberg
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 36, Folder 15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Semester Abroad in London
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box 36, Folder 16-18
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Senate Youth Program
      Container: Box 36, Folder 19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: S.I.M.S. Conference
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 36, Folder 20
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Small Business Conference
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 36, Folder 21-23
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Wilford Smith
      Container: Box 36, Folder 24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Social Studies Guide
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 36, Folder 25
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Sons of the Utah Pioneers
      Container: Box 36, Folder 26-34
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Sunstone Symposiums
      Dates: 1983-1993
      Container: Box 37, Folder 1-20
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Temple Recommend General Information
      Container: Box 37, Folder 21
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Christian University Reunion
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 37, Folder 22-24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Texas Christian University Student Body Article
      Container: Box 37, Folder 25
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Texas Club
      Container: Box 37, Folder 26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Three Fountains History
      Container: Box 37, Folder 27-29
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Travel Vouchers
      Dates: 1970-1975
      Container: Box 37, Folder 30
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: United Nations
      Container: Box 38, Folder 1-15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
      Container: Box 38, Folder 16
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: United World Federalist File

      This file contains a photocopy of an autographed picture of Alan Cranston. The original photograph is in the Multimedia Section of the Manuscripts Division.

      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 38, Folder 17-19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: University Handbook Drafts
      Container: Box 39, Folder 1-6
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: University of Utah Inauguration of James Chipman Fletcher
      Container: Box 39, Folder 7-8
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
      Container: Box 39, Folder 9-13
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Utah Conference on Higher Education
      Container: Box 39, Folder 14
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Utah Coordination Council of Higher Education
      Container: Box 39, Folder 15-17
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Utah History Conference
      Container: Box 39, Folder 18-22
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Veteran Affairs Committee
      Container: Box 39, Folder 23-25
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Ward Mementos
      Container: Box 39, Folder 26-28
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Weber State Presidency
      Container: Box 40, Folder 1-3
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Welfare Letter
      Container: Box 40, Folder 4
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Western History Association
      Container: Box 40, Folder 5-12
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: John Whitmer
      Container: Box 40, Folder 13
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: World Conference Material
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 40, Folder 14
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: World Government Week
      Container: Box 40, Folder 15
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: The World Today
      Container: Box 40, Folder 16
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: World Tour
      Dates: 1955-1958
      Container: Box 40, Folder 17-27
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: World Tour
      Dates: 1962-1965
      Container: Box 41, Folder 1-19
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association
      Container: Box 41, Folder 20-24
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)
    • Description: Zion's Opinion
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 41, Folder 25-26
      Location: Business Files (A-Z)

  • General Research Files (A-Z)

  • Hugh B. Brown His Life and Thought

  • Utah's History

    • Description: Chart Research
      Container: Box 55, Folder 1-2
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Corrections
      Container: Box 55, Folder 3
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: General Information
      Container: Box 55, Folder 4
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Maps and Map Correspondence
      Container: Box 55, Folder 5
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Pictures
      Container: Box 55, Folder 6-8
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Politics
      Container: Box 55, Folder 9
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Post-publication Materials
      Container: Box 55, Folder 10-12
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Reviews of the Book
      Container: Box 55, Folder 13-14
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Statistical Information on Utah
      Container: Box 55, Folder 15-23
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Notes and Drafts
      Container: Box 55, Folder 24-31
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Utah's History
      Container: Box 56
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Utah's History
      Container: Box 57
      Location: Utah's History
    • Description: Utah's History
      Container: Box 58
      Location: Utah's History

  • Howard J. Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank Research

  • History and Faith Project

  • Henry D. Moyle Project

  • Writings

    • Description: Academic Freedom Articles
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 71, Folder 1
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "America and the Rational Road to Peace"
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 71, Folder 2
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "America in the Decades Ahead"
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 71, Folder 3
      Location: Writings
    • Description: American Civil Liberties Union Editorials
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 71, Folder 4
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Americanism of Utah"

      These files include several articles about the U. S. Bicentennial.

      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 71, Folder 5-7
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Anti-Communism Articles
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 71, Folder 8
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Apostle Extraordinary--Hugh B. Brown"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 71, Folder 9
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "A State is Born"
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 71, Folder 10-14
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "A Thoughtful Faith"
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 71, Folder 15
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Constitutional Convention Articles
      Dates: 1948-1987
      Container: Box 71, Folder 16-18
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Continuing Revelation and the On-Going Reality"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 71, Folder 19
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Convocation Addresses
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 71, Folder 20-21
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Dayton Memorial Lecture
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 71, Folder 22-24
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Dealing with Dissonance"
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 71, Folder 25-30
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Dialogue toward Forgiveness"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 71, Folder 31-34
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Directory and American Politics"
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 71, Folder 35-37
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "History of the Anglo-American Arbitration and Bryan Peace Treaties"
      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box 72, Folder 1-2
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Education for an Automated World"

      This is a speech written by Poll, Ernes, and Wilkinson.

      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 72, Folder 3
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Education for Freedom and World Understanding"
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 72, Folder 4
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Rick Ellsmont's Show

      This folder contains several songs written by Poll.

      Container: Box 72, Folder 5
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Encyclopedia of Mormonism
      Dates: 1989-1992
      Container: Box 72, Folder 6-13
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "General Education for Problem Solving"
      Container: Box 72, Folder 14
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "God and Man in History"
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 72, Folder 15-17
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Graceland College Lecture
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box 72, Folder 18-21
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Handcart Pioneers"
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 72, Folder 22
      Location: Writings
    • Description: History of BYU
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 72, Folder 23-24
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Honors Program at BYU
      Container: Box 72, Folder 25-31
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Howard J. Stoddard's 60th Birthday Celebration"
      Container: Box 72, Folder 32
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Joseph Smith and the Presidency
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 72, Folder 33-34
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Joseph Smith as a Historical Problem
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 72, Folder 35
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Journal of Mormon History
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 72, Folder 36
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "A Kingdom to Come"
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 72, Folder 37
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Latter-day Saints History Reading List
      Container: Box 73, Folder 1
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Leadership Week Lecture
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 73, Folder 2-3
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Legislative Anti-Polygamy Campaign"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 73, Folder 4-6
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Liahona and Iron Rod Revisited"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 73, Folder 7-10
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Richard and Emogene Poll, "The Marriage Book"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 73, Folder 11-15
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Mars and the Dreamer"
      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box 73, Folder 16
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Addresses
      Dates: 1961-1973
      Container: Box 73, Folder 17-18
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Reviews
      Dates: 1967-1986
      Container: Box 73, Folder 19-21
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Mormon Question Enters National Politics"
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 73, Folder 22-23
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Richard Poll and G. E. Sandgren, "Mystery Man"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 73, Folder 24
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Nauvoo and the New Mormon History"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 73, Folder 25-26
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Nauvoo Historiography
      Dates: 1977-1979
      Container: Box 73, Folder 27-28
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Nauvoo History Symposium
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 73, Folder 29
      Location: Writings
    • Description: The Northern Light
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box 73, Folder 30
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Of People and Pottage"
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 73, Folder 31
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Pillars of My Faith"
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 74, Folder 1-4
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Pioneer Day Speech
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 74, Folder 5
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Plural Marriages Notes
      Container: Box 74, Folder 6
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Poems
      Dates: 1963-1989
      Container: Box 74, Folder 7-8
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Political Reconstruction of Utah Territory"
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 74, Folder 9
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Priesthood History"
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 74, Folder 10
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Problems of Writing a Mormon Biography"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 74, Folder 11
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Religious Speeches
      Container: Box 74, Folder 12-14
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "A Short History of Communism in Russia"
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 74, Folder 15
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Speeches on General Secularism
      Dates: 1949-1975
      Container: Box 74, Folder 16-22
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Speeches and Skits
      Dates: 1952-1964
      Container: Box 74, Folder 23-24
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Statehood Day Address
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 74, Folder 25-30
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Swearing Elders"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 74, Folder 31-32
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Obert C. Tanner Memorial
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 75, Folder 1
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Testimony and the Book of Mormon"
      Container: Box 75, Folder 2
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Richard Poll and Paul H. Dunn, "Truths, Facts, and Personal Anecdotes"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 75, Folder 3-6
      Location: Writings
    • Description: U. S. Foreign Policy Notes
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 75, Folder 7
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "Utah and the Mormons"
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 75, Folder 8-13
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The Utah War"

      Contains correspondence and the article that was published in The Utah History Encyclopedia.

      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 75, Folder 14
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Notes on Westerners
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 75, Folder 15
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "What the Church Means to People Like Me"
      Dates: 1963-1986
      Container: Box 75, Folder 16-27
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "With Malice toward None"
      Container: Box 75, Folder 28
      Location: Writings
    • Description: World Affairs Speeches
      Dates: 1949-1965
      Container: Box 75, Folder 29-30
      Location: Writings
    • Description: "The World and the Restoration"
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 75, Folder 31
      Location: Writings

  • Critiques

    • Description: Ednah D. Cheney, "The Alcott Family"
      Container: Box 76, Folder 1-2
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: William F. Edwards, "A New Look at Our Foreign Policy"
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 76, Folder 3
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Book Review Instructions
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 76, Folder 4
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Gary James Bergera and Ronald Priddis, "Brigham Young University: A House of Faith"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 76, Folder 5-6
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Clyde A. Milner, "Camp Floyd and the Mormons"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 76, Folder 7
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Janice Allred, "Do You Preach the Orthodox Religion?"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 76, Folder 8
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: George D. Smith, "Faithful History"
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 76, Folder 9
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Robert Hinckley, "Faith--Not Fear"
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 76, Folder 10
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: David C. Martin, "Gospel Doctorate"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 76, Folder 11-13
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Leonard J. Arrington, "The Happy Valley Syndrome"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 76, Folder 14-16
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Michael W. Homer and Richard Jensen, "John Fitch Kinney History"
      Container: Box 76, Folder 17-19
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Edwin B. Firmage, "The Memoirs of Hugh B. Brown"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 76, Folder 20
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: David E. Miller Lecture
      Container: Box 76, Folder 21-23
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, "The Mormon Experience"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 76, Folder 24
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Ken Cannon, "Mountain Common Law"
      Container: Box 76, Folder 25-27
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Ronald E. Poelman, "Our Changing Past"
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 76, Folder 28-29
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Ronald E. Poelman, "Our Dynamic Church"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 76, Folder 30-32
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Klaus J. Hansen, "Quest for Empire"
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 76, Folder 33
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Leonard J. Arrington, "The Russian Image"
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 76, Folder 34-35
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Everette B. Long, "The Saints and the Union"
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 76, Folder 36
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Maureen Ursenbach Beecher and Lavina Fielding Anderson, "Sisters in Spirit"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 76, Folder 37
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Dale L. Morgan, "The State of Deseret"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 76, Folder 38
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: Margaret and Paul Toscano, "Strangers in Paradox"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 76, Folder 39
      Location: Critiques
    • Description: James H. Moyle, "Utilizing Modern Agencies in Missionary Work"
      Dates: 1931
      Container: Box 76, Folder 40
      Location: Critiques

  • Move South and Utah War Research

  • Utah War Research

    • Description: Prominent Mormon Members and Leaders

      This folder includes notes and transcripts of letters and diaries pertaining to George Q. Cannon, Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, Samuel W. Richards, George Albert Smith, Joseph Smith, John Taylor, Daniel H. Wells, and Wilford Woodruff.

      Dates: 1844-1874
      Container: Box 78, Folder 1
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: "Twin Relic's of Barbarism"--Slavery and Polygamy
      Dates: 1844-1947
      Container: Box 78, Folder 2
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Presidents of the United States

      Includes notes and transcripts of letters and diaries of John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James A. Garfield.

      Dates: 1844-1886
      Container: Box 78, Folder 3
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Thomas L. Kane
      Dates: 1845-1981
      Container: Box 78, Folder 4-5
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Mormon Battalion and the Civil War
      Dates: 1846-1871
      Container: Box 78, Folder 6
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: General Mormon Reactions and Relationships

      This folder contains transcripts of diaries, letters, and articles published in Mormon owned newspapers.

      Dates: 1846-1947
      Container: Box 78, Folder 7
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Dr. John Bernhisel
      Dates: 1849-1862
      Container: Box 78, Folder 8
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Utah Statehood
      Dates: 1849-1872
      Container: Box 78, Folder 9
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Brigham Young
      Dates: 1849-1877
      Container: Box 79, Folder 1
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Government and Politics
      Dates: 1850-1884
      Container: Box 79, Folder 2
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Mormon and Polygamy Subjects
      Dates: 1851-1881
      Container: Box 79, Folder 3
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Runaway Judges
      Dates: 1851-1852
      Container: Box 79, Folder 4
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The United States Army and Camp Scott
      Dates: 1852-1867
      Container: Box 79, Folder 5
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Mormons in the National Press
      Dates: 1852-1894
      Container: Box 79, Folder 6
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Non-Mormons and Anti-Mormons

      This folder includes transcripts of diaries and correspondence pertaining to the Mormons from the following people: Samuel Bowles, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Samuel Colt, Anna Dickenson, Judge W. W. Drummond, Thomas Fitch, John C. Fremont, Horace Greeley, Judge John F. Kinney, Josiah Quincy, Andrew Horatio Reeder, William C. Staines, Col. Edward J. Steptoe, Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), and Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward).

      Dates: 1854-1866
      Container: Box 79, Folder 7
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Survey Bill
      Dates: 1854-1855
      Container: Box 79, Folder 8
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Telegraph and Railroad
      Dates: 1854-1869
      Container: Box 79, Folder 9
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Move South
      Dates: 1855-1858
      Container: Box 79, Folder 10
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Morrill Bill
      Dates: 1856-1867
      Container: Box 80, Folder 1
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Constitution of Deseret
      Dates: 1856-1872
      Container: Box 80, Folder 2
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Governor Alfred Cumming
      Dates: 1857-1858
      Container: Box 80, Folder 3
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: President James Buchanan
      Dates: 1857-1859
      Container: Box 80, Folder 4
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Stephen A. Douglas
      Dates: 1857-1863
      Container: Box 80, Folder 5
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Members of the U. S. Army

      This folder contains typescripts of letters and diaries of Col. Patrick Edward Connor, Capt. Jesse Gove, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, and Capt. Stewart Van Vliet.

      Dates: 1857-1866
      Container: Box 80, Folder 6
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Judge John Cradlebaugh and the Mountain Meadows Massacre
      Dates: 1857-1940
      Container: Box 80, Folder 7
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Carson Valley
      Dates: 1857-1859
      Container: Box 80, Folder 8
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Nauvoo Legion
      Dates: 1857-1858
      Container: Box 80, Folder 9
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: "The British Mission during the Utah War"
      Dates: 1857-1987
      Container: Box 80, Folder 10
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Army Bill
      Dates: 1858
      Container: Box 80, Folder 11
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Mosquito Coast Proposition
      Dates: 1858
      Container: Box 80, Folder 12
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Peace Commissioners
      Dates: 1858
      Container: Box 80, Folder 13
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: War Contracts, Scandals, and the Deficiency Bill
      Dates: 1858-1859
      Container: Box 80, Folder 14
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: William H. Hooper
      Dates: 1859-1872
      Container: Box 80, Folder 15
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Governor Stephen S. Harding
      Dates: 1862-1864
      Container: Box 80, Folder 16
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: The Cullom Bill
      Dates: 1869
      Container: Box 80, Folder 17
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Letters on Mormonism

      These are photocopies of letters that have pro and anti-Mormon sentiment and are addressed to President Rutherford B. Hayes. The letters are from George L. Woods, James Hutchins, George Q. Cannon, T. B. H. Stenhouse, Ann Eliza Young, George W. Carnes, Ellen Schwitzgabel, W. C. Burchard, John T. Morgan, J. B. Neil, Mrs. J. K. Barney, Eli H. Murray, H. W. Lawrence, John A. Hunter, L. W. Phelan, William Jarman, Stanley Matthews, George W. Emery, Robert G. McNiece, E. H. Parsons, Anna C. Park, Barbour Lewis, and D. R. Austin. There is a complete guide to the letters as listed by the Hayes Memorial Library included in the folder.

      Dates: 1871-1948
      Container: Box 80, Folder 18
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: News Clippings on Polygamy and Mormonism
      Dates: 1879-1948
      Container: Box 81, Folder 1
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: General Utah and Utah War Materials
      Container: Box 81, Folder 2
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Articles and Papers on the Utah War

      Includes poems by Eliza R. Snow, "Response to 'The Power of Song,'" "Ladies of Utah," "Kingdom of God," "'Young Sam' and his Uncle," "To Col. Thomas L. Kane," and "Response"; Kate B Carter, "Heart Throbs of the Wes,t" and "Our Pioneer Heritage," Robert D. Anderson, "The Evarts Circular of 1879"; James Bywater, "The Move South"; Helen Addison Howard, "Chief Joseph"; Albert L. Zobell Jr., "Sentinel in the East: A Biography of Thomas L. Kane"; Wendell J. Ashton, "Theirs Is the Kingdom"; Gary Bergera, "The Mormon Reformation"; Craig L. Foster, "Men Will Be Boys: The Unlawful Activities of Soldiers on Leave in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Utah"; Eric L. Myrup, "Military Mistakes and Mormon Ingenuity: The Utah Expedition of 1857-1858"; Lawrence Coates, "Mormon War Hysteria and the Mountain Meadows Massacre"; Richard Saunders, "The Sheep in the Fold Have Driven the Wolves Gladdenism and Conflict in Utah"; Audrey M. Godfrey, "Teacher, Farmer, Postmaster--The Contribution of Johnston's Army Soldiers Who Stayed in Utah"; and Robert Kent Fielding, "A Brief Summary of the Gunnison Massacre."

      Dates: 1857-1994
      Container: Box 81, Folder 3
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Papers Written by Students

      Includes Richard G. Moore, "Relationship of Suspicion"; Don Ward, "Albert Cumming"; William Spence, "The Impact of the Utah War upon the Mormon Homefront"; and Lyndon W. Cook, "Thomas L. Kane: Official Arbiter of the Utah War."

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 81, Folder 4
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Donald R. Moorman and Gene Sessions, Camp Floyd and the Mormonswith Poll's Annotations
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 81, Folder 5
      Location: Utah War Research
    • Description: Norman F. Furniss, The Mormon Conflict with Poll's Annotations
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 81, Folder 6
      Location: Utah War Research

  • Research and Interviews

Finding aid created by Debra Penman and Lindsey Moore.
2006 (last modified: 2019)

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