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Box 3

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Orson F. Whitney family members' writings, approximately 1920-1922

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include writings by Orson F. Whitney's family members, C. Byron Whitney and Horace G. Whitney. Byron's poems are about a friend named Jim Morgan, motherhood, and children. There is a copy of Horace Whitney's speech given to the Eighteenth Ward M.I.A. titled "Our Best Laid Plans" that is about family and Utah. Dated approximately 1920-1922.

Dates: approximately 1920-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 15, Orson F. Whitney papers / Orson F. Whitney family papers

Zina B. Smoot writings, approximately 1872-1900

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include lectures and writings by Zina B. Smoot Whitney. They include biographies of poets and historical figures such as Lord Byron, short poems, and articles about women and religious topics. Dated approximately 1872-1900.

Dates: approximately 1872-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 15, Orson F. Whitney papers / Orson F. Whitney family papers / Zina B. Smoot Whitney papers

Levi Edgar Young letters to Orson F. Whitney, 1912-1926

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include letters sent to Orson F. Whitney from Levi Edgar Young, a member of the history department of the University of Utah. They include comments about Whitney's published works, gratitude for Whitney's letters after the death of Young's mother, and his opinion about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints's new films. Dated 1912-1926.

Dates: 1912-1926
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 15, Orson F. Whitney papers / Orson F. Whitney correspondence / Orson F. Whitney correspondence with general authorities and other dignitaries

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