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Young, Cecelia Sharp, 1872-1917

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1872 - 1917

Biography

Cecelia Sharp Young (1872-1917) was an American piano teacher.

Cecelia SHarp Young was born on July 7, 1872 to James Sharp and Elizabeth Naish Rogers in Salt Lake City, Utah. She studied piano in Paris somewhere in the span of 1901-1904. She returned to the United States due to her father's failng health. She met Mahonri Mackintosh Young in 1906, and the two were married on February 19, 1907. She died of cancer on November 4, 1917 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Citation:
wikipedia.org, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (studied piano in Paris; returned to U.S. due to father's health; met Mahonri Mackintosh Young in 1906; died of cancer).

familysearch.org, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (piano teacher; born on July 7, 1872 to James Sharp and Elizabeth Naish Rogers in Salt Lake City; married Mahonri Mackintosh Young on February 19, 1907; died on November 4, 1917 in Bergen, New Jersey).

findagrave.com, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery).

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Personal items, 1907-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts, certificates, and other writings, dated 1907 to 1955.

Dates: 1907-1955

Reference file-people, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Reference files on people collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young containing images and articles on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, and politicians, and on other topics. The folders in this series are identified by name rather than by folder number. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Reference file-subjects, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Subject reference files collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Research Files (oversized), date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains Mahonri Mackintosh Young's research files on various artists and subjects, as well as audubon plates and their reprints, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Sketchbooks: photocopies, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: date of production not identified

Young family papers, 1872-1956

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence of the Young family, mainly between Mahonri Mackintosh Young and others. Also contains legal documents, a scrapbook, drafts, and other writings. Dated 1872 to 1956.

Dates: 1872-1956

Mahonri M. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: 1870-1957

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  • Subject: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences X

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Archival Object 6
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Drafts (Documents) 2
Letters 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sketchbooks 2
Art 1