Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Joseph Arch Geddes papers
UUS_COLL MSS 075
10 boxes
5 linear feet
1914-1968
1932-1968
Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence, including that between Geddes and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association and the Cache Valley Cooperative.
Collection materials are in English.
Open to public research.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyrigh clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Joseph Arch Geddes papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Gift of Joseph Geddes; 1968 and 1972.
Joseph Arch Geddes papers, 1914-1968. (COLL MSS 75). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Joseph A. Geddes was influential in the cooperative movement in Utah and rural sociology. This collection of Dr. Geddes' papers consists of most of his original correspondence with people in these several endeavors.
Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence, including that between Geddes and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association as well as those of the Cache Valley Cooperative.
Joseph Arch Geddes photograph collection P0112
Geddes, Joseph A. (Joseph Arch), b. 1884.
Agriculture
Mormons--Utah--Archives.
Agriculture, Cooperative--Utah.
Cooperative societies--Utah.
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
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A. STATE SELF-HELP COOPERATIVE BOARD
1936-1941
"A" thru "B" Misc., Correspondence
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1
1
"C" Misc., Correspondence
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1
2
Cameron Jr., Benj., Correspondence
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1
3
"D" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "E")
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1
4
"H" thru "L" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "I")
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1
5
Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence
1936-1937
1
6
Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence
1938
1
7
Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence
1939-1940
1
8
"M" thru "R" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "O" )
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1
9
Rall, Udo, (Director, Division of Self-Help Cooperatives) Correspondence
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1
10
"S" Misc., Correspondence
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1
11
State Farm Bureau, Correspondence
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1
12
Stewart, Justin C., Correspondence
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1
13
Stringham, Benjamin B., Correspondence
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1
14
"T" Misc., Correspondence
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1
15
Utah, Office of Attorney General, Correspondence
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1
16
Utah, State Legislature, Correspondence
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1
17
"W" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "U")
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1
18
Walton, Daniel A., Correspondence
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1
19
Willis, Iva O. Correspondence
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1
20
"Y" thru "Z" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "X")
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1
21
Utah State Legislature, Miscellaneous
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2
1
Miscellaneous Data - Utah Cooperative Assoc.
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2
2
Financial Audits
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2
3
Works Progress Administration - Materials Committee
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2
4
General Data (I.)
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2
5
General Data (II.)
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2
6
General Data (III.)
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2
7
B. COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U.S.A.
1948-1961
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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2
8
Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence
1948-1952
2
9
Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence
1952-1966
2
10
Cooperative Pattern Study
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2
11
Four Year Plan
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2
12
C. UTAH COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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2
13
Robins,W.B. Correspondence
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2
14
(See April 17, 1953 letter to Thorpe B. Issacson concerning Cemetery Bulletin 350)
History and minutes of Co-op Service
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3
1
Articles of Incorporation and Agreements
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3
2
Miscellaneous Annual Reports
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3
3
Retirement and Four-Year Plans;
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3
4
Audit Report
1947 December 31
Report of Examination
1948 December 3l
Report of Audit
1949 September 30
Report on Audit
1957 September 30
Utah Co-op News
1936 October 28 - 1939 November
Utah Co-op News, Miscellaneous
1940-1955
3
5
Bear River Valley Co-op, misc. Financial Audits:
1947-1958
CACHE VALLEY CO-OPERATIVE
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4
Report of Examination
November 24, 1959
Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 1
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Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 2
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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4a
1
Historical Information and Minutes
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4a
2
ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT AT U.S.A.C.
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A. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK
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"A" thru "H" Misc., Correspondence
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5
1
Hathway, Marion, Correspondence (Secretary-A.A.S.S.W.)
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5
2
"J" thru "S" Misc., Correspondence
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5
3
Spencer, Susan, Correspondence (Exec. Sec.-A.A.S.S.W.)
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5
4
"T" thru "W" Misc., Correspondence
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5
5
Miscellaneous Data
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5
6
B. GRADUATE DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK
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Graduate Work Committee - Misc. Correspondence and Data
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5
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1942
5
8
Statement of Position and Courses Taught
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5
9
Projects through the Agricultural Experiment Station
1943-1956
5
10
Social Work Faculty -Misc. Correspondence
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5
11
U.S.A.C. Faculty- Misc. Correspondence
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5
12
Library Book Correspondence and Requests
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5
13
Pi Gamma Ma
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5
14
Accreditation Data
1948
5
15
Miscellaneous Departmental Information
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5
16
Junior College Courses in Sociology (A Survey)
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5
17
SOCIAL WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES
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"A" thru "B" Misc. Correspondence
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6
1
"C" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence under "D" or "F")
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6
2
Hathway, Marion, Correspondence ( Secretary of the American Association of Schools of Social Work)
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6
3
"H" thru "N" Misc., Correspondence (no Correspondence under "I" or "L")
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6
4
Peterson E.G., Correspondence
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6
5
"P" thru "R" Misc.,
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6
6
"S" thru "Y" Misc., (No correspondence. under "V", "X", or "Z")
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6
7
Social Service Field Work
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6
8
Social Welfare - Miscellaneous
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6
9
Social Work-Assorted Syllabi and information
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6
10
State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence
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6
11
State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence
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6
12
State Conference of Social Work-Miscellaneous
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6
13
Regional Conference of Social Work-Ogden
1940
6
14
National Conference of Social Work-Seattle
1938
6
15
National Conference of Social Work-Assorted Bulletins
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6
16
Utah Congress of Social Workers- Misc. Data
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6
17
Merit System Council-Employment Security
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6
18
State Department of Public Welfare-Correspondence and Resolutions
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6
19
OTHER AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
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A. LIBRARIES
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Miscellaneous Library Notes
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7
1
Miscellaneous Library Data
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7
2
Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
1939-1952
7
3
(some years missing)
Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
1954-1964
7
4
(some years missing)
Carnegie Free Library of Ogden-Annual Reports
1935-1944
7
5
(some years missing)
Cache Valley Library Improvement
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7
6
box Elder Library Improvement
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7
7
Utah State Library-Statistics
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7
8
Bookmobile-Supportive Data
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7
9
B. NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS
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Correspondence
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7
10
C. LOGAN YOUTH COUNCIL
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Organizational Data
1943
7
11
Goals and Plans of Logan Youth Club
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7
12
Ideas from Other Youth Clubs
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7
13
D. FAMILY WELFARE ISSUES
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National Conference on Family Relations-Correspondence
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7
14
National Conference on Family Relations-Miscellaneous Data
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7
15
Family Service Society and Misc. Data
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7
16
Children's Service Society and Related Data
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7
17
Sugar Beets and Child Labor
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7
18
E. ISSUES OF CONCERN
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Bulletin 350 Controversy (Cemetery Bulletin)
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7
19
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Correspondence
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7
20
Proposal for L.D.S. Missionaries
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7
21
Autobiographical Sketch of J.A. Geddes' Attitude Toward L.D.S. Church
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7
22
PERSONAL DATA
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A. PUBLICATIONS by J.A. GEDDES
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An Access Road An Analysis of the Concordia Club From Selected Points
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8
1
Barriers to Economic Decline Cemeteries of box Elder and Summitt Counties
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8
2
Changing Institutions of Davis County, 1940-1950 (Reprinted From Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Volume 31
1954
8
3
Community High-Road to Better Things (Senior manual, 1935-1936, Mutual Improvement Assoc., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
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8
4
Cooperative Way Utah's Dilemma Can Be Answered Through the Cooperatives (The Utah Co-operator, Volume 1, Number G and number 7,
December 1946 - January 1947
8
5
1941 Critique of Utah's Culture and Economy - A Selection of Essays
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8
6
Crime as a Mormon Culture Problem
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8
7
Diagnosis of the Kroll Core Educational Needs and The Utah Co-operative Assoc.
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8
8
Farm Versus Village Living in Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin numbers 249 and 269)
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8
9
A Generation That Forgot (2 copies) Government Control of Industry in Massachusetts to 1776
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8
10
Group Integration as a Means of Extending U.C.A.'s Market The Importance of Standardization in County Welfare Work (The Relief Society Magazine, Vol.
June 1933
8
11
Inspiration Institution Building in Utah, (Eighth Annual Faculty Research Lecture. Utah State Agricultural College
April 29, 1949
8
12
Institutional Effectiveness Intercommunity Consolidation For Better Cemetery Maintenance in Rural Utah
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8
13
Libraries As Social Institutions (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin no.393) Location of Utah's Natural Resources Long Range Planning For the Utah Cooperative Association
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8
14
Manufacturing in Utah Migration: A Problem of Youth In Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 323) Modification of the Early Utah Farm Village (In Yearbook of the association of Pacific Coast Geographers vol. 8.
1942
8
15
Natural Resources of Utah The Non-growing Villages of Cache: A Point to Consider
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8
16
Olga and the Arspor Club On the Problems and Channels of Communication
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(2 copies)
8
17
A People's Past can be Burden: A Fresh Look at An Old Problem (2 copies) A Plea For Balance in Culture Building
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8
18
The Problem of Capital: Problems of Diagnosis and An Analysis of Treatment
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8
19
The Relation of Parts in U.C.A.'s Growth Relationship As a Healing Art (Mental Health, Vol. 1 no. 4 Apr. 1
1934
8
20
Retarding Economic Forces in Utah's Economy: a Brief Analysis
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(2 copies)
8
21
Self Help Cooperation in Utah
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9
1
The Service Case Should the Rural Counties of Utah Employ a Trained Social Worker? Social Conditions in the Delta Area, Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 288)
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9
2
Social Forces Social Planning and Problems of Personal Adjustment (Mental Health, vol. 1, no. 2 Oct. 1938) Some First Things (Mental Health, vol. 10 no. 4
April 1943
9
3
Some Trends in Rural Lore of Interest to Social Worker (The Relief Society Magazine, vol. 19, no. 1 Jan. 1932) Strengthening Group Dynamics
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9
4
Supply Agency for Fanta Cooperatives-U.C.A. (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no.1
May 1946
9
5
U.C.A. and Crude Oil The United Order Answers (The Improvement Era, vol. 35 no. 12, Oct, 1935) The United Order: It's Motive Power
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9
6
Utah Communities: Village Housing
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9
7
Utah's Population and U.C.A.
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9
8
Value Systems and Institutions of Utah (Reprinted from Utah Academy Proceedings, vol. S6, 1959) War Time Problems Water For Utah and the U.C.A.
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9
9
What is Right With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, no. 1, nos. 3 & 4, 1946) What is Wrong With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no. 5,
1946
9
10
B. WRITINGS OF J.A. GEDDES
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Poem to Wife and Misc. Thoughts
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9
11
C. ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT LIFE
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Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
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9
12
Biographical Data
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9
13
D. HONORS
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Lillywhite Distinguished Service Award
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9
14
E. PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES
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Memorabilia
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9
15
Scrapbook
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9
16
Oneida Academy Announcements
1918-1919
9
17
The Quiver, 1919 (Oneida Academy)
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9
18
The Gayle Geddes Wark Family (Daughter?)
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9
19
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
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"A" Misc., Correspondence
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10
1
Abrams, Milton, Correspondence
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10
2
"B" Misc., Correspondence
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10
3
Bergenson, F.G., Correspondence
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10
4
"C" Misc., Correspondence
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10
5
Chase, Daryl, Correspondence
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10
6
"D" Misc., Correspondence
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10
7
Dixon, H. A., Correspondence (Letter of Oct. 9, 1953 - a commentary on B.Y.U. as a threat to Utah State Agricultural College)
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10
8
"E" Misc. Correspondence
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10
9
"F" Misc. Correspondence
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10
10
"G" Misc. Correspondence
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10
11
"H" Misc., Correspondence
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10
12
Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence
1944-1947
10
13
Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence
1948-1950
10
14
"I" Misc., Correspondence (Including correspondence from Thorpe B. Issacson, presiding Bishop of L.D.S. Church)
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10
15
"J" Misc. ,Correspondence
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10
16
"K"' Misc., Correspondence
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10
17
"L" Misc., Correspondence
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10
18
Lillywhite, Alden, Correspondence
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10
19
Lyman, Amy Brown, Correspondence
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10
20
"M" Misc., Correspondence
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10
21
Merril, Milton R., Correspondence
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10
22
Moses, Carrie B., Correspondence
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10
23
"N" Misc., Correspondence
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11
1
Nelson, Lowry, Correspondence
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11
2
"O" Misc., Correspondence
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11
3
"P" Misc., Correspondence
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11
4
Peterson, Elmer G., Correspondence
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11
5
"R" Misc., Correspondence (no correspondence under "Q")
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11
6
Rampton, Calvin L., Correspondence
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11
7
Relief Society, Correspondence
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11
8
Robins, W.B., Correspondence
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11
9
Robinson, H. B., Correspondence
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11
10
"S" Misc., Correspondence
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11
11
Skeen, D.A. Correspondence
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11
12
Sparks, D.C., Correspondence
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11
13
"T" Misc., Correspondence
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11
14
"U" Misc., Correspondence
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11
15
"V" Misc., Correspondence
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11
16
Vallentine, Mildred A., Correspondence and Data
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11
17
"W" Misc., Correspondence
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11
18
West Roy A., Correspondence
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11
19
"Y" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence. under "X" or "Z")
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11
20