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Carroll, Elsie Chamberlain, 1882-1967

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1882 - 1967

Biography

Elsie Chamberlain Carroll (1882-1967) was a Latter Day Saint author and English professor in Utah.

Citation:
History of Kane County, 1960: t.p. (Elsie Chamberlain Carroll)

Register to the Elsie Carroll Collection, 197-?: t.p., etc. (b. 1882; d. 1967)

Sunshine and shadows, 1966: prelim. page inscription (Elsie C. Carroll)

Ancestry.com, viewed Apr. 6, 2010 (Elsie Chamberlain; Elsie Chamberlain Carroll; Elsie C. Carroll; Elsie Carroll; b. Nov. 18, 1882 in Orderville, Utah; d. Oct. 3, 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah; m. May 30, 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles Hardy Carroll)

Provo daily herald, October 5, 1967 (Elsie C. Carroll; Elsie Chamberlain Carroll; former English professor and dean of women at Brigham Young University; A.B. and M.A. Brigham Young University; graduate work at University of Minnesota, Stanford University, and Columbia University; joined the BYU faculty after death of husband in 1926, taught in English Department for nearly 25 years; served as dean of women at BYU, and house mother for Amanda Knight Hall; popular Utah literary author; authored lessons and study materials for the Relief Society, YWMIA and Sunday School General Boards)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Elsie Chamberlain Carroll papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 158
Scope and Contents

Includes typewritten and illustrated scrapbooks containing stories, poems, essays and plays, written and prepared by Carroll's students.

Dates: 1931-1934

History of Brigham Young University

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231022010]
Identifier: UA 483
Scope and Contents

History produced by J. Marinus Jensen, Newbern Butt, Elsie Carroll and Bertha Roberts of the Committee on University History, all appointed by Franklin Harris, 1937. 337 pages.

Dates: Publication: 1942

History of Brigham Young University, 1875-1942

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324888]
Identifier: MSS SC 2554
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item documents the history of Brigham Young University from its founding in 1875 through 1942. The history is co-authored by N. I. Butt, Elsie C. Carroll, and Bertha Roberts.

Dates: 1942

J. Marinus Jensen collection on Brigham Young University

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235217475]
Identifier: UA 104
Scope and Contents

Collection includes original manuscripts consisting of Brigham Young Academy student registers, addresses by Karl G. Maeser, life sketches, and histories of departments, clubs and organizations used in the preparation of History of Brigham Young University, compiled and written by J. Marinus Jensen et al. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. [1945]).

Dates: 1875-1942

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