Richard P. Lindsay papers
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of personal and business correspondences, newspaper clippings regarding his work, his personal history, clippings from talks, quotes and poems, and the speeches given by Lindsay from between 1968 and 1996.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-1996
Creator
- Lindsay, Richard P. (Richard Powell) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Richard P. Lindsay papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Richard P. Lindsay was born March 18, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Samuel J. Lindsay and Mary Alice Powell Lindsay. He married Marian Bangeter on 17 November 1949, and together they had 6 children. From 1972 to 1977, Richard served in the Utah State House of Representatives. He later served as the first Area President of the Africa Area for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the managing director of the Church Public Communications and Special Affairs, and as a Seventy in the second quorum of the seventies from 1989 to 1994. He authored many books on strengthening families and in 2002 received the Champion of Children award for his work to keep pornography out of communities.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of personal papers from Richard P. Lindsay.
Custodial History note
Donated by Richard P. Lindsay in 2004.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Richard P. Lindsay; 2004.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.VII, August, 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; Elizabeth Ballif, student processor; 2009.
Subject
- Title
- Register of Richard P. Lindsay papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Ballif, student processor and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 27 May 2009
- 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