Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1935-
biographical statement
Citation:
MSS 2285; Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (English professor, Resarch Historian for Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History, 1935 March 19, Calgary Alberta, Canada, Charles Ursenbach and Lucile Harvey, 1958 Swiss-Austrian Mission, 1981-1997 research historian, associate professor, professor of English, retired Ottowa, Ontaria, Canada, 1997)MSS 1979; Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (editor and senior research associate of History Division of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1972-1980)
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
The Latter-day Saints and women's rights, 1870-1920 : a brief survey
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322205]
Identifier: MSS SC 2326
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typewritten essay coauthored by Carol Cornwall Madsen and Jill Mulvay Derr. The item was "prepared by three staff members of the History Division, Historical Department of the Church in response to a request of the general presidency of the Relief Society, 27 August 1979." The essay is a history of women's rights in Utah.
Dates:
1979
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher journal drafts and paper manuscripts, 1975-1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains journal and manuscript drafts collected by Beecher. Includes manuscripts for the Association of Mormon Letters, drafts for Sisters in Spirit and New Views of Mormon History, bibliographies, screenplays, and related correspondence and other materials. Also contains various journals and pamphlets including issues of The Creative Woman, Sunstone, Ensign, and BYU Today. Includes various life histories, including records on Duncan McArthur and his wives and Leonard Arrington. Topics...
Dates:
1975-1996
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers on Relief Society, approximately 1971-1979
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 8
Scope and Contents
Contains records relating to the Relief Society, including lessons Beecher helped create for the general Relief Society handbook in 1975. Also includes biographical materials of the organization, copies of records of its organization and proceedings in Nauvoo, Illinois, copies of meeting minutes in Nauvoo, a 1931 handbook, records of various Relief Societies, and publications related to the organization. Also includes records of the church's involvement in women's rights activities of the...
Dates:
approximately 1971-1979
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher personal project files, 1970-1995
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains various personal projects of Beecher, including those she headed or collaborated on. Materials include manuscript drafts, research files, and related correspondence. Projects include papers for various seminars and associations, Church News vignettes, a history text chaper, talks to honors students at BYU and other students, and projects to be published. Materials cover topics including the Relief Society, Canadians in Utah, diaries and autobiographies of Mormon women, Utah in the...
Dates:
1970-1995
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- Canada 1
- Canadians -- United States 1
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
- Diaries 1
- Drafts (Documents) 1
- Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
- Essays 1
- Handbooks and manuals 1
- Histories (Literary works) 1
- Latter Day Saint women 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Illinois -- Nauvoo 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- History 1
- Letters 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Manuscripts for publication 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Nauvoo (Ill.) 1
- Polygamy 1
- Priesthood -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Research (Documents) 1
- Seminars 1
- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Widowhood 1
- Women's rights -- United States -- History 1
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