Reed Smoot certificates and photograph
Scope and Contents
Collection contains items relating to Reed Smoot, including two framed documents and one framed photograph. One of the documents certifies that Reed Smoot was chosen to be a representative of Utah for six years beginning on March 4, 1909. It is signed by Utah Governor William Spry. The glass is broken and mostly missing. The other document acknowledges that Mr. Smoot was appointed by the Vice President to make an Alaskan investigation on March 4, 1911. It is signed by Charles G. Bennett, Secretary of the Senate. The photograph is of Reed Smoot and several other Congressmen at a banquet, ca. 1911.
Dates
- 1909-1911
Creator
- Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Reed Smoot certificates and photograph must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Reed Smoot was a United States Senator from Utah from 1903-1933. He was the first Mormon to serve in the U.S. Senate and is best known for his support of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930. He was also an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1900 until his death. He was born in 1862 in Salt Lake City and died in 1941.
Extent
1 oversize box (1.66 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Frances Smoot Cary; 2006.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Certificates
- Photographs
- Politicians -- United States -- Photographs
- Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941 -- Photographs
- United States. Congress. Senate -- History
- Title
- Register of Reed Smoot certificates and photograph
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 April 05
- 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