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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Interviews and Correspondence
- Family Research and Correspondence
- Diary, Correspondence, and Interviews
- Interviews, Research Notes, and Speeches
- Interviews, Essays, and the Bennion Center
- The Bennion Center and Institute Business
- Essays and Manuscripts
- Research Files and Correspondence
- Teton Boys Ranch, Social and Youth Issues
- Drafts
- Diaries
- Diaries, Yearbooks, and Early Writings
- Mission, Genealogy, and LDS Materials
- Religious Articles and Notes
- Lowell Bennion Transcripts and Notes
- Transcripts, Notes, and Correspondence
- Essays, Articles, and Correspondence
- Interviews and Correspondence
- Articles and Tax Documents
- Names and Subjects
Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers, 1936-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bradford, Mary Lythgoe
- Title
- Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers
- Dates
- 1936-1994 (inclusive)19361994
- 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
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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
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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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
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.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Interviews and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Phillip Barlow-LLB & McConkie |
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| 1 | 2 | Ben Bennion Correspondence |
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| 1 | 3 | Lynn Bennion, Buchanan |
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| 1 | 4 | LLB Letters to Frances and Others |
1938-1943 |
| 1 | 5 | Maurice B. Folsom |
1987 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence with Frances |
1944-1948 |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence with Frances |
1948 |
| 1 | 8 | Lowell Bennion Research Corresondence |
1944-1990 |
| 1 | 9 | Merle Bennion Tribute |
1994 |
| 1 | 10 | Laurel Bennion |
1933-1994 |
| 1 | 11 | Douglas Bennion |
1987 |
| 1 | 12 | Vaughn Bennion |
1957 |
| 1 | 13 | Claire Bennion Jones |
1988-1989 |
Family Research and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Ellen Bennion Letter and Interview |
1987 |
| 2 | 2 | Kenneth Baldridge |
1988 |
| 2 | 3 | Frances B. Morgan |
1943-1989 |
| 2 | 4 | Steven Bennion |
1989-1994 |
| 2 | 5 | Howard Bennion |
1945 |
| 2 | 6 | Biography Project |
1993 |
| 2 | 7 | Bennion Research Letters |
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| 2 | 8 | Travel Diary |
1931-1932 |
| 2 | 9 | Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion Drafts |
1985 |
| 2 | 10 | Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion |
1985 |
| 2 | 11 | Oral History Transcription |
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| 2 | 12 | George Shepherd Tanner Oral History |
1972 |
| 2 | 13 | Calendars and Correspondence |
1983-1988 |
| 2 | 14 | Inauguration Invitation |
1961 |
| 2 | 15 | Inauguration Ceremonies Program |
1961 |
Diary, Correspondence, and InterviewsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Olpin Diary |
1954-1964 |
| 3 | 2 | Olpin Diary |
1957-1962 |
| 3 | 3 | Olpin Diary |
1962-1964 |
| 3 | 4 | George Boyd |
1955-1990 |
| 3 | 5 | L.D.S. Institute Ledger and Journal |
1931 |
| 3 | 6 | Laurie N. Di Padova |
1986 |
| 3 | 7 | O. Kendall White, Jr. |
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| 3 | 8 | John W. Fitzgerald |
1970-1978 |
| 3 | 9 | Boards and Councils |
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| 3 | 10 | Don Keeney Interview |
1989 |
| 3 | 11 | Helen Papanikolas |
1989 |
| 3 | 12 | Milton Bennion Memorial Foundation |
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| 3 | 13 | Neal Maxwell Interview and Clippings |
Interviews, Research Notes, and SpeechesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Community Services Council |
1991 |
| 4 | 2 | Church Causes |
1978-1980 |
| 4 | 3 | Lowell Bennion Speeches |
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| 4 | 4 | Ted Lyon and LaMar Peterson |
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| 4 | 5 | Lowell Bennion, Readers Digest Anecdotes |
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| 4 | 6 | Roy and Louise Jones |
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| 4 | 7 | Sociology of Religion |
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| 4 | 8 | Laura H. Lyon History |
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| 4 | 9 | Research Notes and Letters |
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| 4 | 10 | Correspondence |
1937-1989 |
| 4 | 11 | Early Influences Notes |
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| 4 | 12 | Bill Moran Diary |
1940-1990 |
| 4 | 13 | Lowell and Merle Bennion Interview |
1990 |
Interviews, Essays, and the Bennion CenterReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Fred Buchanan |
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| 5 | 2 | Joseph Fielding Smith |
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| 5 | 3 | The Personalist |
1947 |
| 5 | 4 | Albert Payne Interview |
1987 |
| 5 | 5 | Interviews and Notice |
1960-1988 |
| 5 | 6 | Lambda Delta Sigma Handbook |
1962-1986 |
| 5 | 7 | "What Is Truth?" Essay |
1974 |
| 5 | 8 | Hammond Interview |
1988 |
| 5 | 9 | Merle Bennion |
1956-1990 |
| 5 | 10 | The Bennion Center at the University of Utah |
1987-1990 |
| 5 | 11 | Manuscripts Division Political Collections |
1986 |
The Bennion Center and Institute BusinessReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Institute Course Outline |
1936 |
| 6 | 2 | Bennion Center, Graduation Papers |
1963-1992 |
| 6 | 3 | Personal Files |
1988-1991 |
| 6 | 4 | Grant Bennion |
1972-1989 |
| 6 | 5 | Institute Business |
1940-1955 |
| 6 | 6 | Letters to Lowell Bennion |
1955-1959 |
| 6 | 7 | Marion D. Hanks, Correspondence |
1958-1978 |
Essays and ManuscriptsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Paul Ellington |
1965-1988 |
| 7 | 2 | Religious Essays |
1990-1992 |
| 7 | 3 | "Feed My Sheep" Essay |
1982 |
| 7 | 4 | Obert C. Tanner |
1956-1988 |
| 7 | 5 | Ezra Taft Benson Address |
1961 |
| 7 | 6 | Institute Life in the 1950s |
1948-1959 |
| 7 | 7 | Manuscript Correspondence |
1972-1994 |
| 7 | 8 | Ed Hart Interview |
1988 |
| 7 | 9 | Max Weber and Lowell Bennion Essays |
1973-1992 |
| 7 | 10 | Max Weber's Methodology |
1933 |
| 7 | 11 | New Testament Notes and Lecture |
1948 |
| 7 | 12 | World Religion Manuscript |
1987 |
| 7 | 13 | Bennion Speeches and Correspondence |
1961-1972 |
| 7 | 14 | Lowell Bennion Essays |
1987 |
| 7 | 15 | Teachers Training Notes |
1940-1988 |
| 7 | 16 | Miscellaneous |
1948-1963 |
Research Files and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
1954-1974 |
| 8 | 2 | Leaving the Institute |
1962 |
| 8 | 3 | Interviews and Correspondence |
1980-1990 |
| 8 | 4 | Institute Files |
1940-1949 |
| 8 | 5 | Arizona |
1938-1989 |
| 8 | 6 | Ernest Wilkinson Diary and Correspondence |
1954-1962 |
| 8 | 7 | Miscellaneous Research |
1989-1993 |
Teton Boys Ranch, Social and Youth IssuesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Senior Honors Project |
1990 |
| 9 | 2 | Teton Boys Ranch |
1980-1996 |
| 9 | 3 | Teton Boys Ranch Clippings and Correspondence |
1980-1991 |
| 9 | 4 | Boys Ranch Research and Correspondence |
1955-1993 |
| 9 | 5 | "Leaving Institute" Draft Chapter and Notes |
1990-1992 |
| 9 | 6 | Social Issues |
1963-1989 |
| 9 | 7 | Interviews and Essays |
1972-1991 |
| 9 | 8 | Grants, Awards, Honors, and Correspondence |
1973-1993 |
| 9 | 9 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
1938-1991 |
| 9 | 10 | Honorary Doctorate and Correspondence |
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| 9 | 11 | William E. Berrett Interview |
1987 |
| 9 | 12 | "Youth and Its Religion" |
1934-1940 |
| 9 | 13 | Essay "Legacies for their Descendants" |
DraftsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 1 | Draft, Introduction |
| 10 | 2 | Draft, Chapter One |
| 10 | 3 | Draft, Chapter Two |
| 10 | 4 | Draft, Chapter Three |
| 10 | 5 | Draft, Chapter Four |
| 10 | 6 | Draft, Chapter Five |
| 10 | 7 | Draft, Chapter Six |
| 10 | 8 | Draft, Chapter Seven |
| 10 | 9 | Draft, Chapter Eight |
| 10 | 10 | Draft, Chapter Nine |
| 11 | 1 | Draft, Chapter Ten |
| 11 | 2 | Draft, Chapter Eleven |
| 11 | 3 | Draft, Chapter Thirteen |
| 11 | 4 | Draft, Chapter Fourteen |
DiariesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Diary |
1945-1946 |
| 12 | 2 | Diary |
1946-1947 |
| 12 | 3 | Diary |
1945-1946 |
| 12 | 4 | Diary |
1947-1948 |
Diaries, Yearbooks, and Early WritingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 1 | Autobiography |
1945 |
| 13 | 2 | Diary |
1947-1951 |
| 13 | 3 | Loose Diary Pages |
1948-1951 |
| 13 | 4 | Granitian
A 1946 Granite High School yearbook.
|
1946 |
| 13 | 5 | Granitian
A 1947 Granite High School yearbook.
|
1947 |
| 13 | 6 | Stories and Play
Contains early writings by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, including short stories and a play entitled "The Prince's Heirloom".
|
ca. 1944 |
| 13 | 7 | Literary Excerpts |
1954 |
Mission, Genealogy, and LDS MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1 | Mission Papers and Essays |
1970-1983 |
| 14 | 2 | Family Genealogy Documents |
ca. 1945-1977 |
| 14 | 3 | Family Genealogy Documents |
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| 14 | 4 | General Genealogy Documents |
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| 14 | 5 | Winter Family Papers |
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| 14 | 6 | LDS Pamphlets |
1966-1981 |
| 14 | 7 | LDS Pamphlets |
1963-1970 |
Religious Articles and NotesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Religious and Cultural Articles |
1950-1982 |
| 15 | 2 | Religious and Cultural Articles |
1957-1980 |
| 15 | 3 | Miscellaneous Notes |
1954-1980 |
Lowell Bennion Transcripts and NotesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters |
1989-1994 |
| 16 | 2 | Bennion Book Correspondence |
1988-1996 |
| 16 | 3 | Lowell Bennion Diary Entries and Letters
Photocopies.
|
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| 16 | 4 | Miscellaneous Interviews |
1988-1989 |
Transcripts, Notes, and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | Franklin L. West Tape Transcript |
1950s |
| 17 | 2 | T. Edgar Lyon Documents |
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| 17 | 3 | LDS Essays and Articles |
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| 17 | 4 | Lowell Bennion Transcripts |
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| 17 | 5 | Lambda Delta Sigma Documents |
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| 17 | 6 | Miscellaneous Research Notes |
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| 17 | 7 | Miscellaneous Correspondence and Diary Entries |
Essays, Articles, and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Bennion Book Photos and Page Setups
Photocopies.
|
|
| 18 | 2 | Essays and Articles |
1959-1988 |
| 18 | 3 | Research Notes and Correspondence |
1962-1965 |
| 18 | 4 | Research Correspondence |
1989-1993 |
| 18 | 5 | Lowell L. Bennion Related Correspondence and Documents |
1991-1994 |
| 18 | 6 | Miscellaneous Research Materials |
1986-1996 |
Interviews and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 1 | Miltion and Cora Bennion |
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| 19 | 2 | T. Edgar Lyon Articles |
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| 19 | 3 | John B. Cannon Oral Interview, Notes and Correspondence |
1980 |
| 19 | 4 | Forest Dale Ward Documents |
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| 19 | 5 | Sociological Theory, Max Weber and Related Documents |
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| 19 | 6 | Joseph Smith Series |
|
| 19 | 7 | Widtsoe Article |
|
| 19 | 8 | Hawarden Documents |
1987 |
| 19 | 9 | Correspondence |
1989-1993 |
| 19 | 10 | Publishing Documents |
1995 |
| 20 | 1 | Awards, Certificates, and Published Material |
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| 20 | 2 | Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters |
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| 20 | 3 | Announcements and Essays |
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| 20 | 4 | Social Problems |
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| 20 | 5 | Printed Material |
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| 20 | 6 | Unidentified Diary Entries |
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| 20 | 7 | Lowell Bennion Community Service Center Documents |
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| 20 | 8 | Lowell Bennion Correspondence |
1962-1990 |
| 20 | 9 | Lowell and Merle Bennion Memorial Documents |
1990-1996 |
| 20 | 10 | Miscellaneous Interviews |
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| 21 | 1 | Merle Bennion Diary |
1931-1932 |
| 21 | 2 | Bennion Papers and Genealogy |
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| 21 | 3 | Research and Notes |
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| 21 | 4 | Robert G. Vernon Notes |
1955 |
| 21 | 5 | Belief Unbound |
1931 |
| 21 | 6 | Dorothea Smart and Forest Dale Papers |
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| 21 | 7 | Paul Cannon Papers |
1985 |
| 21 | 8 | Earl Bennion Interview |
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| 21 | 9 | Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom |
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| 21 | 10 | Contract Papers and Dust Cover |
Articles and Tax DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | Autograph Book |
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| 22 | 2 | Miscellaneous Articles |
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| 22 | 3 | Miscellaneous LDS Documents |
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| 22 | 4 | Correspondence |
1965-1985 |
| 22 | 5 | Taxes |
1991 |
| 22 | 6 | Taxes |
1991 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
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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