S. Norman Lee correspondence
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence between S. Norman Lee and his daughter Ora from the period of 1902 to 1963. Includes some additional letters written by Lee's wife Ida, and his parents S. Nielsen and Emma Lee. Collection also includes an autobiography by Lee, and biography of Lee by William L. Knecht.
Dates
- 1902-1963
Creator
- Lee, Ida K. (Ida Knowlton) (Person)
- Lee, S. Norman (Severin Norman), 1875-1963 (Person)
- Knecht, William L., 1928- (Person)
- Lee, Ora Knowlton, 1903-1991 (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 S. Norman Lee correspondence must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
S. Norman Lee (1875-1963) was a businessman in Brigham City, Utah, a Mormon missionary, associate editor of the "Millennial Star" in England from 1909 to 1911, president of the Box Elder Stake of the Mormon Church from 1936 to 1943, and patriarch of that stake from 1945 to his death in 1963.
Extent
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS4034.xml
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; William L. Knecht; 2007.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Church Government
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Knecht, William L., 1928- -- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- England -- Correspondence
- Lay ministry -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Correspondence
- Lee, Ida K. (Ida Knowlton) -- Correspondence
- Lee, Ora Knowlton, 1903-1991 -- Correspondence
- Lee, S. Norman (Severin Norman), 1875-1963 -- Correspondence
- Letters
- Title
- Register of S. Norman Lee correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Andrea Wyss
- Date
- 2011 April 19
- 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