Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer
Scope and Contents
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (writing from Washington D.C.) thanks Margaret Pitzer (Santa Cruz, California) for her recent letter. Margaret Pitzer has just visited Salt Lake City and has heard that Benson wants to run for a second term as Secretary of Agriculture. Benson corrects this rumor. He writes, "I am concerned only with being of service to the President and the American people during the present term," and that he is undecided about the next term. July 21, 1955. 1 page, on Department of Agriculture stationery. Signed by Ezra Taft Benson.
Dates
- 1953 July 21
Creator
- Benson, Ezra Taft (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 Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Ezra Taft Benson served in the Eisenhower Presidency, as an Apostle, and later President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Extent
1 folder ; (0.08 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were purchased by Special Collections in 1986.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Peter Crawley; 1986.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Benson, Ezra Taft -- Correspondence
- Church Government
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Letters
- Pitzer family
- Pitzer, Mararet -- Correspondence
- United States -- Officials and employees -- Correspondence
- United States. Department of Agriculture -- Officials and employees--Correspondence
- Title
- Register of Ezra Taft Benson letter to Margaret Pitzer
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 June 20
- 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