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Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers, 1936-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bradford, Mary Lythgoe
Title
Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers
Dates
1936-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.75 linear feet, (22 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1830
Summary
The Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers (1936-1994) contain personal writing, research, and manuscripts written by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, a LDS poet, author, and literary critic. Materials predominantly consist of her research and drafts of the biography of Lowell Bennion, Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.
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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Biographical Note

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

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Content Description

Materials consist of papers relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford. Her personal materials includes diaries and short stories written by the young Bradford, as well as pamphlets and correspondence related to her activity and missionary service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The personal materials also include genealogy work done by Bradford.

Materials related to her professional work primarily include interviews, oral histories, articles, correspondence, and other research related to the writing of Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian, a memoir and biography about the University of Utah professor Lowell L. Bennion. Materials also include a draft of the book.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

Arranged by subject.

Processing Note

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 2000s.

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Related Materials

See also the Linda Sillitoe papers (Accn 1262) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections. Linda Sillitoe was the editor for Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.

Separated Materials

See also the Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection (P0862) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • College teachers--Utah--Biography
  • Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--20th century--Archives
  • Women editors--Utah--20th century--Archives
  • Women poets, American--Utah--20th century--Archives

Personal Names

  • Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996
  • Bradford, Mary Lythgoe--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Salt Lake Institute of Religion
  • University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Autobiographies
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Business correspondence
  • Calendars
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Diaries
  • Drafts (documents)
  • Essays
  • Family histories
  • Interviews
  • Manuscripts
  • Oral histories
  • Personal correspondence
  • Research (Documents)
  • Short stories
  • Tax records
  • Travel writing
  • Yearbooks

Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston and Hannah Waddel.
2016 (last modified: 2018)

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