Maurine Whipple papers
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of notes for and drafts of Whipple's 1941 novel, The Giant Joshua, as well as for other short works such as The Golden Door, Arizona Strip, and Candle of the Lord. It also contains assorted magazine and newspaper clippings, periodicals, correspondence (including fan mail), audio and microfilm reels, personal and historical research, family history, and personal papers.
Dates
- 1968-1982
Creator
- Whipple, Maurine, 1903-1992 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Maurine Whipple papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Maurine Whipple (1903-1992) was an author in Utah.
Whipple was born on January 20, 1903, the oldest daughter of Charles and Annie Lenzi McAllister Whipple of St. George, Utah. After graduating with honors from the University of Utah, she taught school at various locations in Utah and Idaho, and researched alcoholism. Maurine Whipple won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Prize for 1938 to help her complete her novel The Giant Joshua, which appeared in 1941. Whipple lived in St. George, Utah, where she worked as a writer and lecturer. Whipple also wrote This is the Place: Utah (Knopf, 1945) and published articles in Collier's, the Saturday Evening Post, Look, Life, Time, Pageant, and numerous other journals and periodicals.
Extent
1 oversize box (1.66 linear ft.)
4 quarto (3 linear ft.)
2 ledger boxes (1 linear ft.)
13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
19 cartons (19 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection was maintained in its original order.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1546.xml
Custodial History
Donated.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated.
Appraisal
Mormon Authors Archives collection development policy.
Processing Information
Processed by John M. Murphy, curator, 20th and 21st Century Western and Mormon Americana, and Amanda C. Clark, student processor, 2008.
- Title
- Register of Maurine Whipple papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Morgan Crockett
- Date
- 2010 June 24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States