Helen Carter Warr family history collection
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of narratives and genealogies concerning the Warr, Tanner, and Carter families. Included are three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and genealogies. Included is a circa 1940 copy of Charles Dicken's "The Life of Our Lord." The collection dates from circa 1940 to 1993.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1940-1993
Creator
- Warr, Helen Carter, 1908-2006 (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 Helen Carter Warr family history collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Helen Carter Warr was born 21 October 1908 in Greenville, Utah. She married Wilford A. Warr 25 January 1930. They owned and operated a large chicken farm in Draper, Utah. They did not have any children and Wilford died 26 April 1960. Helen was a deeply committed member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she served in many capacities and positions, including a full-time mission to Scotland, as a Salt Lake Temple worker, and as a Danish extractor in the Salt Lake City Park Stake. She was employed for ten years in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Church Historian Office in Salt Lake City. She also served as a secretary to the Tanner Family Reunion for many years. She died 25 June 2006.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of narratives and genealogies concerning the Warr and Carter families. The collection dates from circa 1940 to 1993.
Custodial History note
Donated by Helen Carter Warr in 1994.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Helen Carter Warr; 1994.
Appraisal note
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Mary Downs; 2009.
Subject
- Warr family (Family)
- Tanner family (Family)
- Carter family (Family)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of Helen Carter Warr family history collection, circa 1940-1993
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mary Downs, student processor, and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 24 June 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