Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel collection
Scope and Contents
Contains the journals and a scrapbook of the Palmer family and their ancestors. Includes an electronic copy of the journals of Moroni Palmer, who served as a mission president for the LDS church, as well as other various Palmer family histories. Materials dated 1929-2014.
Dates
- 1929-2014
- Majority of material found within 1929-1945
Creator
- Blankenagel, Norma Palmer (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 Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel (1930-) is a family historian and genealogist.
Norma Ruth Palmer was born July 2, 1930, in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Arlo Veslin Palmer and Zina Pearl Heninger. After attending Glendale Junior College in California for one year, she transferred to Brigham Young University. She married Harvey Blankenagel on September 17, 1951, in a civil marriage in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada. Norma and Harvey Blankenagel had five children and lived most of their lives in Moab, Utah, where Norma taught school.
Blankenagel currently resides in Southern Utah.
Extent
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were donated to Special Collections by Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel in 2007.
Addendum donated by Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel in 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel; 2007.
Donated; Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel; 2014.
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 Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 April 26
- 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