BYU Library - Special Collections

Scope and Contents Contains personal and professional papers of David Booth Gottfredson that include an autobiographical record, several daily planners, and other various documents. The series also includes family history papers for the Gottfredson, Grainger, Bringhurst, Steele, and Salkield families, and personal papers of Irma Grainger Gottfredson that contain mostly correspondence and calendars. Dates are between 1898 and 2008, when some scrapbook and record volumes were updated most recently. Materials...

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Includes newspaper clippings, a photocopied version of the autobiography of David Booth Gottfredson Jr., photographs of his childhood, and a collection of sympathy cards and correspondence following his 1954 death. Also included are David Jr.'s journals from 1950-1953, which contains mostly news reports, current events, and doodles. Materials dated 1930-1986.

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Includes stories, newspaper clippings, historical accounts, and correspondence documenting the families and experiences of the Gottfredson, Hatch, Keeler, Shelton, Thurber, and Wakelee families. Volume possibly compiled by Irma Grainger Gottfredson. Materials dated approximately 1950-1980.

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Includes two family record books containing documentation of family history work done by David and Irma Gottfredson. Includes group record sheets, newspaper clippings, and documents, one signed by Brigham Young. Materials dated approximately 1950-1970.

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Includes correspondence from Peter Gottfredson to David Booth Gottfredson, dated in the 1930s, Jens Gottfredson Family Organization correspondence announcing and organizing family reunions, various newsletters and family directories, and family reunion photographs. Materials dated 1930-1999.

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Contains papers regarding the 1999 Gottfredson family reunion. Materials dated 1999.

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Contains family scrapbooks, documenting David and Irma Gottfredson's early lives, medical school, children, military service, and anniversaries. Also includes scrapbooked family papers, including correspondence on family history, newspaper clippings, reunion notices, headstone information, photographs, and other materials. Items date from between 1898 and 2008.

Scope and Contents Contains slides displaying photographic images of Gottfredson family homes, scenic areas in Utah, the grave and flowers of David Booth Gottfredson, Jr., various neighbors of the Gottfredsons, the Ensign Ward chapel, the Gottfredson and Hatch family, Alice Adell Keeler Hatch Gottfredson, family groups, particularly the Grainger side of David and Irma Gottfredson's family, family vacations to Lake Powell, Hawaii, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver. Also includes photographs of the Grainger...

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Includes various papers of the Author's Club. Materials dated approximately 1960-1987.

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Includes calendars in which Irma recorded events, celebrations, and daily schedules from 1949 until her death in 1988.

Materials dated 1949-1988.