J. Allen Parkinson biographies
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies of residents of Grantsville, Utah and other areas of Tooele County, Utah. The materials were created by students in James Allen Parkinson's civics class, primarily during the 1950s. Also contains documents and photographs about or written by residents of Grantsville, likely collected by Parkinson. All materials are photocopies. Dated 1933 to 1962.
Dates
- 1933-1962
Creator
- Parkinson, James Allen (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 Biographies must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
James Allen Parkinson was born May 10, 1894, in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah. He was a teacher of civics at Grantsville High School. He died December 1, 1969.
Extent
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available in repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS827.xml
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Title
- Register of James Allen Parkinson biographies
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 18
- 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