J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers
Bradford, Mary Lythgoe
ACCN 1830
10.75 linear feet
22 boxes
1936-1994
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.
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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.
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.
Arranged by subject.
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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.
See also the Mary Lythgoe Bradford photograph collection (P0862) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Bradford, Mary Lythgoe--Archives
Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996
University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Salt Lake Institute of Religion
College teachers--Utah--Biography
Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--20th century--Archives
Women poets, American--Utah--20th century--Archives
Women editors--Utah--20th century--Archives
Colleges and Universities
Personal correspondence
Business correspondence
Travel writing
Diaries
Oral histories
Calendars
Interviews
Research (Documents)
Essays
Manuscripts
Yearbooks
Autobiographies
Biographies
Short stories
Family histories
Articles
Drafts (documents)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Autobiographies
Tax records
Interviews and Correspondence
Phillip Barlow-LLB & McConkie
1
1
Ben Bennion Correspondence
1
2
Lynn Bennion, Buchanan
1
3
LLB Letters to Frances and Others
1938-1943
1
4
Maurice B. Folsom
1987
1
5
Correspondence with Frances
1944-1948
1
6
Correspondence with Frances
1948
1
7
Lowell Bennion Research Corresondence
1944-1990
1
8
Merle Bennion Tribute
1994
1
9
Laurel Bennion
1933-1994
1
10
Douglas Bennion
1987
1
11
Vaughn Bennion
1957
1
12
Claire Bennion Jones
1988-1989
1
13
Family Research and Correspondence
Ellen Bennion Letter and Interview
1987
2
1
Kenneth Baldridge
1988
2
2
Frances B. Morgan
1943-1989
2
3
Steven Bennion
1989-1994
2
4
Howard Bennion
1945
2
5
Biography Project
1993
2
6
Bennion Research Letters
2
7
Travel Diary
1931-1932
2
8
Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion Drafts
1985
2
9
Oral History Program, L.L. Bennion
1985
2
10
Oral History Transcription
2
11
George Shepherd Tanner Oral History
1972
2
12
Calendars and Correspondence
1983-1988
2
13
Inauguration Invitation
1961
2
14
Inauguration Ceremonies Program
1961
2
15
Diary, Correspondence, and Interviews
Olpin Diary
1954-1964
3
1
Olpin Diary
1957-1962
3
2
Olpin Diary
1962-1964
3
3
George Boyd
1955-1990
3
4
L.D.S. Institute Ledger and Journal
1931
3
5
Laurie N. Di Padova
1986
3
6
O. Kendall White, Jr.
3
7
John W. Fitzgerald
1970-1978
3
8
Boards and Councils
3
9
Don Keeney Interview
1989
3
10
Helen Papanikolas
1989
3
11
Milton Bennion Memorial Foundation
3
12
Neal Maxwell Interview and Clippings
3
13
Interviews, Research Notes, and Speeches
Community Services Council
1991
4
1
Church Causes
1978-1980
4
2
Lowell Bennion Speeches
4
3
Ted Lyon and LaMar Peterson
4
4
Lowell Bennion, Readers Digest Anecdotes
4
5
Roy and Louise Jones
4
6
Sociology of Religion
4
7
Laura H. Lyon History
4
8
Research Notes and Letters
4
9
Correspondence
1937-1989
4
10
Early Influences Notes
4
11
Bill Moran Diary
1940-1990
4
12
Lowell and Merle Bennion Interview
1990
4
13
Interviews, Essays, and the Bennion Center
Fred Buchanan
5
1
Joseph Fielding Smith
5
2
The Personalist
1947
5
3
Albert Payne Interview
1987
5
4
Interviews and Notice
1960-1988
5
5
Lambda Delta Sigma Handbook
1962-1986
5
6
"What Is Truth?" Essay
1974
5
7
Hammond Interview
1988
5
8
Merle Bennion
1956-1990
5
9
The Bennion Center at the University of Utah
1987-1990
5
10
Manuscripts Division Political Collections
1986
5
11
The Bennion Center and Institute Business
Institute Course Outline
1936
6
1
Bennion Center, Graduation Papers
1963-1992
6
2
Personal Files
1988-1991
6
3
Grant Bennion
1972-1989
6
4
Institute Business
1940-1955
6
5
Letters to Lowell Bennion
1955-1959
6
6
Marion D. Hanks, Correspondence
1958-1978
6
7
Essays and Manuscripts
Paul Ellington
1965-1988
7
1
Religious Essays
1990-1992
7
2
"Feed My Sheep" Essay
1982
7
3
Obert C. Tanner
1956-1988
7
4
Ezra Taft Benson Address
1961
7
5
Institute Life in the 1950s
1948-1959
7
6
Manuscript Correspondence
1972-1994
7
7
Ed Hart Interview
1988
7
8
Max Weber and Lowell Bennion Essays
1973-1992
7
9
Max Weber's Methodology
1933
7
10
New Testament Notes and Lecture
1948
7
11
World Religion Manuscript
1987
7
12
Bennion Speeches and Correspondence
1961-1972
7
13
Lowell Bennion Essays
1987
7
14
Teachers Training Notes
1940-1988
7
15
Miscellaneous
1948-1963
7
16
Research Files and Correspondence
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1954-1974
8
1
Leaving the Institute
1962
8
2
Interviews and Correspondence
1980-1990
8
3
Institute Files
1940-1949
8
4
Arizona
1938-1989
8
5
Ernest Wilkinson Diary and Correspondence
1954-1962
8
6
Miscellaneous Research
1989-1993
8
7
Teton Boys Ranch, Social and Youth Issues
Senior Honors Project
1990
9
1
Teton Boys Ranch
1980-1996
9
2
Teton Boys Ranch Clippings and Correspondence
1980-1991
9
3
Boys Ranch Research and Correspondence
1955-1993
9
4
"Leaving Institute" Draft Chapter and Notes
1990-1992
9
5
Social Issues
1963-1989
9
6
Interviews and Essays
1972-1991
9
7
Grants, Awards, Honors, and Correspondence
1973-1993
9
8
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1938-1991
9
9
Honorary Doctorate and Correspondence
9
10
William E. Berrett Interview
1987
9
11
"Youth and Its Religion"
1934-1940
9
12
Essay "Legacies for their Descendants"
9
13
Drafts
Draft, Introduction
10
1
Draft, Chapter One
10
2
Draft, Chapter Two
10
3
Draft, Chapter Three
10
4
Draft, Chapter Four
10
5
Draft, Chapter Five
10
6
Draft, Chapter Six
10
7
Draft, Chapter Seven
10
8
Draft, Chapter Eight
10
9
Draft, Chapter Nine
10
10
Draft, Chapter Ten
11
1
Draft, Chapter Eleven
11
2
Draft, Chapter Thirteen
11
3
Draft, Chapter Fourteen
11
4
Diaries
Diary
1945-1946
12
1
Diary
1946-1947
12
2
Diary
1945-1946
12
3
Diary
1947-1948
12
4
Diaries, Yearbooks, and Early Writings
Autobiography
1945
13
1
Diary
1947-1951
13
2
Loose Diary Pages
1948-1951
13
3
Granitian
1946
13
4
A 1946 Granite High School yearbook.
Granitian
1947
13
5
A 1947 Granite High School yearbook.
Stories and Play
ca. 1944
13
6
Contains early writings by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, including short stories and a play entitled "The Prince's Heirloom".
Literary Excerpts
1954
13
7
Mission, Genealogy, and LDS Materials
Mission Papers and Essays
1970-1983
14
1
Family Genealogy Documents
ca. 1945-1977
14
2
Family Genealogy Documents
14
3
General Genealogy Documents
14
4
Winter Family Papers
14
5
LDS Pamphlets
1966-1981
14
6
LDS Pamphlets
1963-1970
14
7
Religious Articles and Notes
Religious and Cultural Articles
1950-1982
15
1
Religious and Cultural Articles
1957-1980
15
2
Miscellaneous Notes
1954-1980
15
3
Lowell Bennion Transcripts and Notes
Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters
1989-1994
16
1
Bennion Book Correspondence
1988-1996
16
2
Lowell Bennion Diary Entries and Letters
16
3
Photocopies.
Miscellaneous Interviews
1988-1989
16
4
Transcripts, Notes, and Correspondence
Franklin L. West Tape Transcript
1950s
17
1
T. Edgar Lyon Documents
17
2
LDS Essays and Articles
17
3
Lowell Bennion Transcripts
17
4
Lambda Delta Sigma Documents
17
5
Miscellaneous Research Notes
17
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Diary Entries
17
7
Essays, Articles, and Correspondence
Bennion Book Photos and Page Setups
18
1
Photocopies.
Essays and Articles
1959-1988
18
2
Research Notes and Correspondence
1962-1965
18
3
Research Correspondence
1989-1993
18
4
Lowell L. Bennion Related Correspondence and Documents
1991-1994
18
5
Miscellaneous Research Materials
1986-1996
18
6
Interviews and Correspondence
Miltion and Cora Bennion
19
1
T. Edgar Lyon Articles
19
2
John B. Cannon Oral Interview, Notes and Correspondence
1980
19
3
Forest Dale Ward Documents
19
4
Sociological Theory, Max Weber and Related Documents
19
5
Joseph Smith Series
19
6
Widtsoe Article
19
7
Hawarden Documents
1987
19
8
Correspondence
1989-1993
19
9
Publishing Documents
1995
19
10
Awards, Certificates, and Published Material
20
1
Book Notes and Unidentified Chapters
20
2
Announcements and Essays
20
3
Social Problems
20
4
Printed Material
20
5
Unidentified Diary Entries
20
6
Lowell Bennion Community Service Center Documents
20
7
Lowell Bennion Correspondence
1962-1990
20
8
Lowell and Merle Bennion Memorial Documents
1990-1996
20
9
Miscellaneous Interviews
20
10
Merle Bennion Diary
1931-1932
21
1
Bennion Papers and Genealogy
21
2
Research and Notes
21
3
Robert G. Vernon Notes
1955
21
4
Belief Unbound
1931
21
5
Dorothea Smart and Forest Dale Papers
21
6
Paul Cannon Papers
1985
21
7
Earl Bennion Interview
21
8
Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom
21
9
Contract Papers and Dust Cover
21
10
Articles and Tax Documents
Autograph Book
22
1
Miscellaneous Articles
22
2
Miscellaneous LDS Documents
22
3
Correspondence
1965-1985
22
4
Taxes
1991
22
5
Taxes
1991
22
6