Thomas E. McKay papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes letters and correspondence with family members, Latter-day Saint Church First Presidency, National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners and friends; four diaries, biographical sketches of family members; articles written by McKay; patriarchal and missionary blessings; funeral register, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, programs and announcements.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1958
Creator
- McKay, Thomas E. (Thomas Evans) (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 Thomas E. McKay papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Teacher, political and religious leader, Latter-day Saint Church mission president and Latter-day Saint Church Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve.
Extent
20 folders (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1442.xml
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Barbara McKay Smith; 1975 April 22.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Subject
- National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners (Organization)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions--Germany (Organization)
- McKay, Thomas E. (Thomas Evans) (Person)
- McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 (Person)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions--Switzerland (Organization)
- Title
- Register of Thomas E. McKay papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 9
- 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