J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Richard Douglas Poll papers
Poll, Richard D. (Richard Douglas), 1918-1994
MS 0674
41 linear feet
1844-1994
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.
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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.
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.
Organized in three series: I. Personal Information; II. Office Files; III. Research and Writing Files.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
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.
Processed by Debra Penman in 1997.
Addendum processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.
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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).
Brown, Hugh B., 1883-1975
Moyle, Henry Dinwoodey, 1889-1963
Stoddard, Howard J., 1901-1971
Brigham Young University. Department of History
Western Illinois University
Nauvoo (Ill.)--History
Academic freedom--Utah--Provo
Anti-communist movements--United States
Latter Day Saint churches--History
Latter Day Saint churches--Government
Church and state--Latter Day Saint churches
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Colleges and Universities
Correspondence
Autobiographies
Scrapbooks
Lectures
Instructional materials
Notes (documents)
Drafts (documents)
Articles
Speeches (documents)
Personal Documents
Personal Correspondence
1929-1942
1
Personal Correspondence
1942-1944
2
Personal Correspondence
1945-1955
3
Personal Correspondence
1956-1966
4
Personal Correspondence
1966-1976
5
Personal Correspondence
1977-1994
6
School Papers
1929-1939
7
1-19
The Jacket Journal
1933-1934
7
20-24
Contains the high school newspaper for which, Poll was a reporter and editor-in-chief.
Life at Stripling
1933
7
25
Yearbook for Poll's junior year in high school.
The Yellow Jacket
1934
7
26
Yearbook for Poll's senior year in high school.
The Horned Frog
1938
8
1
Yearbook for Poll's senior year in college.
Ph.D. Studies, University of California
1945-1948
8
2-22
Vocational Examinations
1947-1948
8
23
Awards
1946-1994
9
1
Diary
1931
9
2
Personal History Items
9
3
Air Force Service Record
9
4-11
This is Poll's DD 201 file. The use copy is located in folders 4-10, while the original document is in folder 11.
Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography
9
12
"Richard D. Poll: His Story"
1918-1945
9
13-16
Testimony to the Church
1993
9
17
Written by Poll about his fiftieth wedding anniversary.
West Germany/Canada Mission Journal
1939-1941
9
18
Family Information
Pages from Nanette Poll's Scrapbook
10
1
Christmas Cards
1945-1993
10
2-4
Each of these cards contain a description about the Poll's life and how their family changed from year to year.
Emogene (Gene) Hill Poll
10
5
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.
Carl William Poll History
1971
10
6
Poll Family Reunions
10
7
Poll Family Groups
1981-1991
10
8
West Germany/Canada Mission Correspondence
1939-1941
10
9-29
West Germany Mission Reunion
1989
10
30
Canadian Mission Reunions
1987-1989
10
31-34
Scrapbooks and Awards
Childhood through High School
1918-1934
11
1
Life at Texas Christian University
1934-1937
11
2
Post-College Life
1937-1939
11
3
Missionary Work Scrapbook
1939-1941
12
1
World Tour Scrapbook
1958
12
2
This scrapbook contains typewritten narratives by Gene Poll.
Fellow Award
12
3
BYU Academic Files
"The Utilization of Large-Screen TV"
1966
13
1
This was written by Poll, Owen Rich, and Tess Williams to assist with History 170 and similar classes.
American Opinion
1964
13
2-3
The Blue Book of the John Birch Society
1961
13
4
"McCarthysim: The Fight for America"
1952
13
5
"Communism and the American Heritage"
13
6-11
The Marshall Affair
13
12-16
Presidents of the United States
13
17
Salt Lake Tour
13
18
Teaching about the Nauvoo Experience
13
19-25
Early Utah History
13
26
Women and Men
13
27-29
History 12
14
1
History 31, 32, and 33
14
2-3
History 74
14
4-6
History 116
14
7
History 118 and 119
14
8-10
History 120
15
1-12
History 121
15
13-26
History 122
16
1
History 123
16
2-6
History 129
16
7
History 130
16
8-15
History 161
16
16
History 166
16
17
History 170
16
18-26
Includes the lecture outlines to accompany a slide presentation now housed in Multimedia Section (P0660).
History 170
17
History 170
18
History 180
19
1-2
History 182
19
3
History 185
19
4
History 188
19
5-11
History 189
19
12
History 191
19
13
History 192
19
14
History 221 and 222
19
15-17
History 225
19
18-20
History 226
19
21-22
History 275
19
23-25
History 306
19
26
History 360
19
27-28
History 366
20
1-9
History 377
20
10
History 390
20
11
History 400
20
12
History 401
20
13-17
History 490
20
18-19
History 577
20
20-22
History 578
20
23-24
History 666
20
25
History 677
20
26-27
History 679
20
28-32
University of Maryland Academic Files
History 1
21
1-4
History 2
21
5-8
History 5 and 6
21
9-10
Government and Politics 1
21
11
Political Science 105
21
12
Political Science 120
21
13
European Division
1958-1959
21
14-17
European Division
1965-1966
21
18-22
WIU Academic Files
Board of Governors Home Study Class
22
1-2
Regional Studies
22
3
Self Study Guide
1980
22
4
This is a report to aid WIU students who are considering home study.
Self Study Guide Update Notes
1980-1981
22
5
History 101
22
6
History 105
22
7-10
History 106
22
11
History 111
22
12-18
History 131
22
19-23
History 225
22
24-25
History 226
22
26-30
History 302
23
1-3
History 308
23
4-23
History 322
23
24-29
History 343
24
1-4
History 366
24
5-9
History 475
24
10-11
History 517
24
12
Religious Studies 101
24
13
WIU Administration Files
A - Ad
1970-1983
25
1-10
Administrative Council Minutes
1969-1973
25
11-12
Administrative Council Minutes
1970-1975
26
1-2
American Association of University Professors
26
3-5
Annual Evaluations
1975-1983
26
6-10
Annual Reports to the President
1970-1975
26
11-15
Applying for Presidency of the University
1974
27
1
Appointment to Vice President of Administration
1969
27
2-5
John T. Bernhard
1966-1969
27
6-10
Bernhard was president of Western Illinois University when Poll was vice president.
Campus Disturbances Committee
27
11-12
Capital Budget Committee
27
13-14
Collective Bargaining
27
15
College of Arts and Sciences
27
16-17
Committee on Mormon Society and Culture
27
18
Contract of Richard D. Poll
27
19
Council on Planning and Development
27
20-22
Energy Conservation Committee
27
23
Faculty Show
1970
27
24
History Department Chairman Candidates
28
1
History Department Chairman Advisory Committee
28
2
History Department Chairman's Office
28
3-4
History Department Committee on Faculty and Student Life
28
5-6
History Department Correspondence
28
7
History Department General Information
28
8-9
History Department Library Committee
28
10
History Department Program Committee
28
11-12
History Department Regional History Committee
28
13
History Department Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Policies
28
14-17
International Budget
1969-1970
28
18
International Programs
1976-1980
28
19-20
Interview Information for Position at WIU
1969
28
21
Kaskaskia Program
29
1-3
An individually defined academic program for WIU undergraduates.
Library Plan Information
29
4
"A Master Plan--Phase III"
1971
29
5
This was prepared by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
National Endowment for the Humanities
29
6
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
29
7
"Policy Document and Reports of the American Association of University Professors"
1969
29
8
Caudill Rowlett Scott and Phillips Swager Associates, "Preliminary Plans for a New Auditorium"
1974
29
9
Presidential Merit Award
1981-1982
29
10-11
"Proceedings of the Board of Governors"
1970-1971
29
12
"Proposed Fine Arts Building"
1972
29
13
Provost and Academic Vice-President Selection Committee
29
14
Reassignment to History Professor
29
15
University Steering Committee Minutes
1971-1974
29
16
Vice-President Alumni Items
29
17-20
Business Files (A-Z)
American Civil Liberties Union
30
1-4
American Historical Association Convention
30
5-6
Lavina Fielding Anderson
30
7
Basic Curriculum Abroad
30
8-9
Board of Higher Education Committee on Governance
30
10
Business Correspondence
1946-1993
30
11-20
Brigham Young University Historical Symposium
30
21
Central Intelligence Agency
30
22-23
Church Business
1974-1978
30
24-26
Church Information
1992
30
27
Church News
1979-1980
30
28-30
College Council Minutes
31
1
Contracts
1947-1979
31
2-9
Contribution Records
1990-1993
31
10-13
Credit Union
31
14-15
Dallas Conference
1967
31
16
Dean's Council
31
17-18
Dialogue
1977
31
19
Dress Standards
1969
31
20-22
Economic Concepts Communications
31
24
Economic Education Workshop
1956
31
25
Education Week
1964-1965
32
1-3
Election Materials
1952
32
4-7
Employments of BYU Faculty Members
1968
32
8
Experiment in International Living
32
9
Faculty Banquet
1969
32
10-11
Ford Foundation
32
12
Fulbright Act
32
13-14
Fund for Adult Education Conference
32
15
George Romney and Sons
32
16-17
Great Books
32
18
Gun Control
32
19
Robert Hinkley
32
20-25
Honor Council
32
26
Howard Fellowship
1957-1958
32
27
International Business Machines (IBM) Seminar
1973
33
1
Icarians
33
2
The Ideals of American Freedom Conference
33
3-5
Institution Building in Utah
33
6
Inventory Seminar
1978
33
7
John Whitmer Historical Association
33
8-10
Journal of Mormon History Editorial Board
33
11-12
Kempten Delegation Team
33
13-15
Leadership Week
1960-1963
33
16-18
Rex Lee
33
19
Macomb Branch Business
33
20
Brian Madsen
33
21
David Martin
33
22-23
Bruce R. McConkie
33
24-26
Sterling M. McMurrin
33
27
General Materials
34
1-9
Thomas S. Monson
34
10
Eric Moody
34
11
National Honor College Council
34
12
National Service
34
13
Oak Hill II
34
14-15
Dallin H. Oaks
34
16-24
Office of Education Conference
34
25-26
Organization of American Historians
34
27
"Our Changing Past"
1984
34
28-32
This is from the Faculty Academy Lecture Series.
Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education
35
1
Panorama Americana
35
2-3
Parent Teacher Association
35
4
Party Plans
1971
35
5
Elder Kai Pearson
35
6
Political Contributions
1992
35
7
Political Involvement
1949-1964
35
8-16
Nanette Poll Injury Report
35
17
News Clippings
35
18-19
Presidential Inquiries
35
20
Provo City Issues
35
21-23
Provo Rotary Club
35
24
Racial Issues at BYU
35
25-27
Ralph Woodward Chorale
35
28
Real Estate Projects
36
1-4
Resignation from BYU
36
5
Restoration Studies
1980
36
6
Stephen L. Richards
36
7
B. H. Roberts
36
8-10
Rocky Mountain Assembly
1961-1962
36
11-12
Sabbaticals
1965-1981
36
13-14
Salzberg
1970
36
15
Semester Abroad in London
1981-1982
36
16-18
Senate Youth Program
36
19
S.I.M.S. Conference
1988
36
20
Small Business Conference
1968
36
21-23
Wilford Smith
36
24
Social Studies Guide
1958
36
25
Sons of the Utah Pioneers
36
26-34
Sunstone Symposiums
1983-1993
37
1-20
Temple Recommend General Information
37
21
Christian University Reunion
1988
37
22-24
Texas Christian University Student Body Article
37
25
Texas Club
37
26
Three Fountains History
37
27-29
Travel Vouchers
1970-1975
37
30
United Nations
38
1-15
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
38
16
United World Federalist File
1948
38
17-19
This file contains a photocopy of an autographed picture of Alan Cranston. The original photograph is in the Multimedia Section of the Manuscripts Division.
University Handbook Drafts
39
1-6
University of Utah Inauguration of James Chipman Fletcher
39
7-8
Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
39
9-13
Utah Conference on Higher Education
39
14
Utah Coordination Council of Higher Education
39
15-17
Utah History Conference
39
18-22
Veteran Affairs Committee
39
23-25
Ward Mementos
39
26-28
Weber State Presidency
40
1-3
Welfare Letter
40
4
Western History Association
40
5-12
John Whitmer
40
13
World Conference Material
1984
40
14
World Government Week
40
15
The World Today
40
16
World Tour
1955-1958
40
17-27
World Tour
1962-1965
41
1-19
Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association
41
20-24
Zion's Opinion
1968-1969
41
25-26
General Research Files (A-Z)
Academic Freedom
42
1-26
Administrative Service Committee
42
27-30
African History
43
1-2
Thomas G. Alexander
43
3-6
Anti-Communism Research
43
7-29
Anti-Communism Research
44
1-18
Anti-Communism Research
45
1-4
Leonard J. Arrington
45
5-7
Daniel W. Bachman
46
1
Banned Authors and Public Speakers
46
2
Ezra Taft Benson
46
3-4
Gary L. Browning
46
5
David J. Buerger
46
6-9
D. Jeff Burton
46
10-11
Church History Maps
46
12
Church Survey
46
13
Church Talks
1983
46
14
Communism
46
15
Constructive Critism of Poll's Writings
46
16-21
Reed C. Durham Jr.
46
22
Early Church History
46
23
Homer Ellsworth
46
24
Eugene England
46
25
Equal Rights Amendment
46
26-33
Evolutionism vs. Creationism
47
1
Excommunication Procedures
47
2
Family Liberation
47
3
Federal Policy toward the LDS Church
47
4
Lawrence Foster
47
5
Fundamentalism
47
6-9
General Mormon History
47
10-12
Great Decisions
1976-1978
47
13-15
John Hallwas
47
16-18
Marion D. Hanks
47
19
Tim Heaton
47
20
"Historian as Entrepreneur"
47
21
Mark Hoffman
47
22-23
Richard Howard
47
24
Humanist Manifesto
47
25
William N. Hunsaker
47
26
Stanley S. Ivins
47
27
Duane E. Jeffery
47
28-29
Spencer W. Kimball
48
1
Neal E. Lambert
48
2
LDS Church Leaders
48
3-8
Legal Questions
48
9
Lifestyle Model
48
10
Missionary Work Paper
48
11
Mormon Church History
48
12-13
Mormon History Association
48
14-35
Mormon Women
49
1-6
Mormon History
49
7
John D. Hicks, "My Life with History"
1968
49
8
Nauvoo Experience
49
9-17
The Negro Question
49
18-24
Hugh Nibley
49
25
Dallin H. Oaks
50
1
Political Decisions
50
2
Polygamy
50
3
Priesthood for Blacks
50
4-5
Primary School
50
6
Quotable Quotes
50
7
Reformation
1860
50
8
Religious Stories
50
9
George Reynolds
50
10-11
William D. Russell
50
12
Marvin Rytting
50
13
Scholastic Concerns
50
14-16
Sexual Politics of Houseworks
50
17
Obert C. Tanner
50
18
Samuel Taylor
50
19
Time Special Issues
50
20-21
Utah Constitution
50
22-23
Vietnam
50
24-27
David J. Whittaker
50
28-29
Ernest L. Wilkinson
50
30-31
Women in the Early LDS Church
50
32-35
Brigham Young
50
36
Hugh B. Brown His Life and Thought
Incomplete Autobiography
51
1-3
Biographical Articles
51
4-6
Biographical Highlights
51
7
Biographical Sketches
51
8-10
Correspondence
1962-1978
51
11-22
Interviews and Notes
51
23-29
Diary of Hugh B. Brown
1905-1972
52
1-16
Outlines and Notes for Draft
52
17-18
Questionnaires for the Book
52
19-24
Royalties for the Book
52
25
Drafts and Chapters
53
1-17
Chapters and Final Draft
54
1-18
Utah's History
Chart Research
55
1-2
Corrections
55
3
General Information
55
4
Maps and Map Correspondence
55
5
Pictures
55
6-8
Politics
55
9
Post-publication Materials
55
10-12
Reviews of the Book
55
13-14
Statistical Information on Utah
55
15-23
Notes and Drafts
55
24-31
Utah's History
56
Utah's History
57
Utah's History
58
Howard J. Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank Research
Bibliography
59
1
Contract and Payments
59
2
Charles Stoddard Correspondence
1977-1989
59
3-4
Jennie Stoddard Correspondence
1977-1980
59
5-6
Stanford Stoddard Correspondence
1977-1978
59
7
Genealogy Charts
59
8
Information from Fred J. Romanoff
1979-1980
59
9-11
Michigan State University Press
59
12
Reviews and Letters
59
13
Revisions
59
14
Singler Grand Jury
59
15-17
Howard J. Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank
60
History and Faith Project
Contract and Royalties
61
1
Press and Promotion
61
2-3
Reviews
61
4
Signature Books Business
61
5-7
Drafts
61
8-18
Henry D. Moyle Project
Photocopy of Henry D. Moyles Diary
1956
62
1
Volumes One through Three of "Moyles Writings"
62
2-28
Volumes Four through Seven of "Moyle's Writings"
63
1-26
Writings by Henry D. Moyle
63
27-28
Bibliography and Source Notes
64
1
Biographical Excerpt
64
2
Brigham Young University
64
3
Business Materials
64
4-6
Childhood Information
64
7-8
Church Business
64
9-23
Consolidated Freightways Incorporated
64
24-26
Correspondence
1980-1981
64
27
To and from Poll and those who contributed to his research on Henry D. Moyle.
Cottonwood Stake Presidency
64
28-34
Death and Funeral
65
1-4
Deseret Livestock Company
65
5-12
Typescript of Moyle's Diaries and Daybooks
1929-1963
65
13
Doctoral Views and Advice
65
25-28
Education at the University of Utah
65
29
Education at the University of Chicago
65
30
Freiberg Education
65
31
Family
1860-1963
66
1-18
Florida Ranch Livestock
66
19-21
Friends
66
22-23
Genealogy
66
24-25
Health History
66
26
Gordon B. Hinkley and John Carmack Correspondence to Poll
1981-1989
66
27
Maureen Ursenback Beecher Interview
66
28-32
Stanford W. Bird Interview
66
33
Millie Cornwell Interview
66
34
Sara Moyle Creer Interview
66
35
J. Howard Dunn Interview
66
36
James E. Faust Interview
66
37
Brent Goats Interview
66
38
David B. Haight Interview
66
39
Marion D. Hanks Interview
66
40
Gordon B. Hinkley Interview
67
1
David Kennedy Interview
67
2
Arch L. Madsen Interview
67
3
Virginia Marsh Interview
67
4
David Lawrence McKay Interview
67
5
General Interviews
67
6
Moyle Family Interviews
67
7
Henry D. Moyle Interview
67
8
James D. Moyle Interview
67
9
Richard Moyle Interview
67
10
Janet Nielsen Interview
67
11
Wayne Owens Interview
67
12
Johanna R. Petersen Interview
67
13
Ronald E. Poelman Interview
67
14
A. Hamer Reiser Interview
67
15
Marion G. Romney Interview
67
16
Glenn Rudd Interview
67
17
Robert N. Sears Interview
67
18
Belle Spafford Interview
67
19
N. Eldon Tanner Interview
67
20
Marie Wangeman Interview
67
21
Milton L. Weilenmann Interview
67
22
Alice Yeates Interview
67
23
Law Practice
67
24-29
Law School
67
30
"Man of Action" Critiques
67
31-32
Military Service
67
33
Mining Interests
67
34-35
Mission
1910-1912
67
36-37
Missions
1947-1963
68
1-10
Missions Press Seminar
1962
68
11
Moyle's Correspondence
68
12-15
Moyle Microfilm Registers
68
16-19
Oil Business
68
20-27
Personality
68
28-32
Philanthropy
68
33-34
Pictures and Scrapbook Notes
68
35
Politics and Government
1913-1983
69
1-9
Temple Tax Case
69
10-11
Welfare Plan
1930-1963
69
12-16
Introduction
70
1
The folders in box 70 contains chapters of the Henry D. Moyle book that was unpublished at the time of Poll's death in 1994. The titles of the folders are consistent with the titles of the chapters of the book.
Pioneer Moyles
70
2-3
Son and Brother
70
4
Missionary in Germany
70
5
Student, Lawyer, and Soldier
70
6
Albert and Henry
70
7
Parents and Children
70
8
Lawyer and Lecturer
70
9
President of Cottonwood Stake
70
10-11
Welfare Worker
70
12
Oil Entrepreneur
70
13
Democratic Politician
70
14
Ranch Developer
70
15
Missionary Apostle
70
16
Man of Action
70
17-19
Family and Friends
70
20
Counselors I, II, and III
70
21-24
Epilogue and Bibliography
70
25
Writings
Academic Freedom Articles
1953
71
1
"America and the Rational Road to Peace"
1960
71
2
"America in the Decades Ahead"
1967
71
3
American Civil Liberties Union Editorials
1990
71
4
"The Americanism of Utah"
1976
71
5-7
These files include several articles about the U. S. Bicentennial.
Anti-Communism Articles
1961-1962
71
8
"Apostle Extraordinary--Hugh B. Brown"
1976
71
9
"A State is Born"
1964
71
10-14
"A Thoughtful Faith"
1986
71
15
Constitutional Convention Articles
1948-1987
71
16-18
"Continuing Revelation and the On-Going Reality"
1979
71
19
Convocation Addresses
1969
71
20-21
Dayton Memorial Lecture
1984
71
22-24
"Dealing with Dissonance"
1984
71
25-30
"Dialogue toward Forgiveness"
1992
71
31-34
"The Directory and American Politics"
1946
71
35-37
"History of the Anglo-American Arbitration and Bryan Peace Treaties"
1945
72
1-2
"Education for an Automated World"
1963
72
3
This is a speech written by Poll, Ernes, and Wilkinson.
"Education for Freedom and World Understanding"
1962
72
4
Rick Ellsmont's Show
72
5
This folder contains several songs written by Poll.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
1989-1992
72
6-13
"General Education for Problem Solving"
72
14
"God and Man in History"
1971
72
15-17
Graceland College Lecture
1979-1983
72
18-21
"Handcart Pioneers"
1989
72
22
History of BYU
1989
72
23-24
Honors Program at BYU
72
25-31
"Howard J. Stoddard's 60th Birthday Celebration"
72
32
Joseph Smith and the Presidency
1970
72
33-34
Joseph Smith as a Historical Problem
1969
72
35
Journal of Mormon History
1993
72
36
"A Kingdom to Come"
1967
72
37
Latter-day Saints History Reading List
73
1
Leadership Week Lecture
1953
73
2-3
"The Legislative Anti-Polygamy Campaign"
1987
73
4-6
"Liahona and Iron Rod Revisited"
1982
73
7-10
Richard and Emogene Poll, "The Marriage Book"
1985
73
11-15
"Mars and the Dreamer"
1935
73
16
Addresses
1961-1973
73
17-18
Reviews
1967-1986
73
19-21
"The Mormon Question Enters National Politics"
1957
73
22-23
Richard Poll and G. E. Sandgren, "Mystery Man"
1969
73
24
"Nauvoo and the New Mormon History"
1978
73
25-26
Nauvoo Historiography
1977-1979
73
27-28
Nauvoo History Symposium
1989
73
29
The Northern Light
1941
73
30
"Of People and Pottage"
1965
73
31
"Pillars of My Faith"
1993
74
1-4
Pioneer Day Speech
1988
74
5
Plural Marriages Notes
74
6
Poems
1963-1989
74
7-8
"The Political Reconstruction of Utah Territory"
1958
74
9
"Priesthood History"
1974
74
10
"Problems of Writing a Mormon Biography"
1992
74
11
Religious Speeches
74
12-14
"A Short History of Communism in Russia"
1963
74
15
Speeches on General Secularism
1949-1975
74
16-22
Speeches and Skits
1952-1964
74
23-24
Statehood Day Address
1975
74
25-30
"The Swearing Elders"
1985
74
31-32
Obert C. Tanner Memorial
1993
75
1
"Testimony and the Book of Mormon"
75
2
Richard Poll and Paul H. Dunn, "Truths, Facts, and Personal Anecdotes"
1992
75
3-6
U. S. Foreign Policy Notes
1984
75
7
"Utah and the Mormons"
1986
75
8-13
"The Utah War"
1989
75
14
Contains correspondence and the article that was published in The Utah History Encyclopedia.
Notes on Westerners
1985
75
15
"What the Church Means to People Like Me"
1963-1986
75
16-27
"With Malice toward None"
75
28
World Affairs Speeches
1949-1965
75
29-30
"The World and the Restoration"
1956
75
31
Critiques
Ednah D. Cheney, "The Alcott Family"
76
1-2
William F. Edwards, "A New Look at Our Foreign Policy"
1952
76
3
Book Review Instructions
1971
76
4
Gary James Bergera and Ronald Priddis, "Brigham Young University: A House of Faith"
1985
76
5-6
Clyde A. Milner, "Camp Floyd and the Mormons"
1992
76
7
Janice Allred, "Do You Preach the Orthodox Religion?"
1990
76
8
George D. Smith, "Faithful History"
1984
76
9
Robert Hinckley, "Faith--Not Fear"
1967
76
10
David C. Martin, "Gospel Doctorate"
1979
76
11-13
Leonard J. Arrington, "The Happy Valley Syndrome"
1969
76
14-16
Michael W. Homer and Richard Jensen, "John Fitch Kinney History"
76
17-19
Edwin B. Firmage, "The Memoirs of Hugh B. Brown"
1988
76
20
David E. Miller Lecture
76
21-23
Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, "The Mormon Experience"
1979
76
24
Ken Cannon, "Mountain Common Law"
76
25-27
Ronald E. Poelman, "Our Changing Past"
1984
76
28-29
Ronald E. Poelman, "Our Dynamic Church"
1990
76
30-32
Klaus J. Hansen, "Quest for Empire"
1967
76
33
Leonard J. Arrington, "The Russian Image"
1960
76
34-35
Everette B. Long, "The Saints and the Union"
1981
76
36
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher and Lavina Fielding Anderson, "Sisters in Spirit"
1987
76
37
Dale L. Morgan, "The State of Deseret"
1987
76
38
Margaret and Paul Toscano, "Strangers in Paradox"
1990
76
39
James H. Moyle, "Utilizing Modern Agencies in Missionary Work"
1931
76
40
Move South and Utah War Research
"Move South"
1989
77
1
Move South Ward and Stake Histories
1989
77
2
Move South Historian's Department Journal
1858
77
3
Move South Journals
1858
77
4
Thomas Kane
1981-1991
77
5
Fitz John Porter
1984
77
6
Move South, Wardell Notes
1987-1988
77
7
Move South Report
1989-1990
77
8
Raymond W. and Mary Lund Settle, "War Drums and Wagon Wheels"
1966
77
9
Utah War Journals
1853-1949
77
10
University of Utah Press
1988-1989
77
11
Move South General Subjects
77
12
Writings
1984-1989
77
13
Includes "Quixotic Mediator: Thomas L. Kane and the Utah War," "The Move South," "Causes of the Utah War Reconsidered," "The Protagonists in the Utah War," "'Buchanan's Blunder': The Utah War," and "Congress and the Utah War."
Dissertation Correspondence and Research
1879-1951
77
14
Correspondence
1948-1993
77
15
Utah War Research
Prominent Mormon Members and Leaders
1844-1874
78
1
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.
"Twin Relic's of Barbarism"--Slavery and Polygamy
1844-1947
78
2
Presidents of the United States
1844-1886
78
3
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.
Thomas L. Kane
1845-1981
78
4-5
Mormon Battalion and the Civil War
1846-1871
78
6
General Mormon Reactions and Relationships
1846-1947
78
7
This folder contains transcripts of diaries, letters, and articles published in Mormon owned newspapers.
Dr. John Bernhisel
1849-1862
78
8
Utah Statehood
1849-1872
78
9
Brigham Young
1849-1877
79
1
Government and Politics
1850-1884
79
2
Mormon and Polygamy Subjects
1851-1881
79
3
The Runaway Judges
1851-1852
79
4
The United States Army and Camp Scott
1852-1867
79
5
Mormons in the National Press
1852-1894
79
6
Non-Mormons and Anti-Mormons
1854-1866
79
7
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).
The Survey Bill
1854-1855
79
8
The Telegraph and Railroad
1854-1869
79
9
The Move South
1855-1858
79
10
The Morrill Bill
1856-1867
80
1
Constitution of Deseret
1856-1872
80
2
Governor Alfred Cumming
1857-1858
80
3
President James Buchanan
1857-1859
80
4
Stephen A. Douglas
1857-1863
80
5
Members of the U. S. Army
1857-1866
80
6
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.
Judge John Cradlebaugh and the Mountain Meadows Massacre
1857-1940
80
7
Carson Valley
1857-1859
80
8
The Nauvoo Legion
1857-1858
80
9
"The British Mission during the Utah War"
1857-1987
80
10
The Army Bill
1858
80
11
Mosquito Coast Proposition
1858
80
12
Peace Commissioners
1858
80
13
War Contracts, Scandals, and the Deficiency Bill
1858-1859
80
14
William H. Hooper
1859-1872
80
15
Governor Stephen S. Harding
1862-1864
80
16
The Cullom Bill
1869
80
17
Letters on Mormonism
1871-1948
80
18
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.
News Clippings on Polygamy and Mormonism
1879-1948
81
1
General Utah and Utah War Materials
81
2
Articles and Papers on the Utah War
1857-1994
81
3
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."
Papers Written by Students
1979
81
4
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."
Donald R. Moorman and Gene Sessions, Camp Floyd and the Mormonswith Poll's Annotations
1992
81
5
Norman F. Furniss, The Mormon Conflict with Poll's Annotations
1960
81
6
Research and Interviews
Bibliographical Materials
82
1
Reviews
82
2
Stanford Bird Interview
1981
82
3
Sarah Moyle Creer Interview
1980
82
4
Arch L. Madsen Interview
1981
82
5
Virginia Moyle Marsh Interview
1980
82
6
Herbert B. Maw Interview
1981
82
7
David Lawrence McKay Interview
1981
82
8
Henry D. Moyle Jr. Interview
1980
82
9
James D. Moyle Interview
1980
82
10
Richard Moyle Interview
1980
82
11
Janet Moyle Nielsen Interview
1981
82
12
Wayne Owens Interview
1981
82
13
Johanna Ruf Peterson Interview
1981
82
14
A. Hamer Reiser Interview
1980
82
15
Robert Sears Interview
1981
82
16
Marion Sims Smith Spafford Interview
1981
82
17
Marie Moyle Wangeman Interview
1981
82
18
Milton L. Weilenman Interview
1981
82
19
Alice Moyle Yeates Interview
1980
82
20
Poll Research Notes Transcription
82
21