John Andreas Widtsoe letters
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated 1 May 1948 and addressed to T. Earl Pardoe, professor of public speaking and dramatic arts at Brigham Young University. Widtsoe responds to Pardoe's request for biographical information. Widtsoe writes that it was his "experimentation ... that drive me into the desert to establish dry-farming as a safe practice."
Dates
- Creation: 1948
Creator
- Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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 Letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Mormon educator at Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah and at the Utah Agricultural College at Logan, Utah.
Extent
1 item (1 p.)
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Subject
- Pardoe, T. Earl, 1885-1971 (Person)
- Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952 -- Correspondence (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of John Andreas Widtsoe letters
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 28 March 2011
- Description rules
- Appm
- 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