Ethel Johnson Lewellen journals
Scope and Contents
Materials include transcriptions of the journals of Ethel Johnson Lewellen. Journals contain excerpts of her financial records, daily activities, and grocery lists, and document her daily life and community events. Also includes newspaper clippings and family history materials. Collection contains compact discs with electronic transciptions of the journals; the original journals are in the donor's possession. Dated from 1935 to 1972.
Dates
- 1935-1972
Creator
- Llewellen, Ethel Edith Johnson, 1892-1973 (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 Ethel Johnson Lewellen journals must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical history
Ethel Edith Johnson Lewellen (1892-1973) is a descendant of John Whitmer, and was a Latter-day Saint woman from Missouri.
Ethel Edith Johnson was born on January 20, 1892, in Far West, Missouri to John Edward Johnson and Stella E. Smith. She married Edward D. Lewellen on September 30, 1929, in Hamilton, Missouri. She died on April 12, 1973, in Kingston, Missouri.
Extent
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
Donated by Betty Jones in 2010 and February 2019.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Betty Jones; 2010; February 2019.
Appraisal
"LDS, Utah, and Western American Women" (20th and 21st Century Western and Mormon Americana collection policy; II, B, 5, IV; February 2020).
General
Computer disks of diaries found in box 3 folder 5.
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Ballif, student manuscript processor, and John Murphy, curator; 2011.
Reprocessed by Kelsey Samuelsen, student manuscripts processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2013.
Addendum processed by Grace Bithell, student manuscipt processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2019.
Processed by Meghan Hoesch, student manuscript processor, and John Murphy, curator; 2020.
- Title
- Register of Ethel Johnson Lewellen journals
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Ballif
- Date
- 2011 February
- 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.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States