Vernon Romney papers
Scope and Contents
Holographs, typescripts, printed forms with holograph entries, newspaper clippings, printed materials. Collection includes personal, family and political correspondence, newsclippings regarding political activities, addresses, and documents relating to Romney's activities with the Utah State and American Bar Associations, Beneficial Life Insurance Company, State Savings and Loan Association, the wool marketing industry and the George Washington University Alumni Association.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1971
Creator
- Romney, Vernon, 1896-1976 (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 [Papers] must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Lawyer, banker, Utah Republican party leader.
Extent
18 boxes (9 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1508.xml
Custodial History
Vernon Bradford Romney, son of Vernon Romney, Sr., donated the collection to the Harold B. Lee Library in 1983.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Beverly R. Cutler; 1985.
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
- American Bar Association (Organization)
- Beneficial Life Insurance Company (Organization)
- Romney, Vernon, 1896-1976 -- Archives (Person)
- Utah State Bar (Organization)
- George Washington University -- Alumni and alumnae--Utah (Organization)
- Romney (Family : Romney, Mitt) (Family)
- Title
- Register of Vernon Romney papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 11
- 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.
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States