Elaine Cannon papers
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, plaques, printed ephemera, photographs, and other material created by Elaine Cannon and other members of the Cannon family. The materials document Cannon's church service, writing career, and family life. Includes audio and video recordings. Also includes materials created by D. James Cannon, Elaine Cannon's husband, related to his personal life and church service. Materials date from 1832 to 2003.
Dates
- Creation: 1832-2003
Creator
- Cannon, Elaine (1922-2003) (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Donor restricted until 2032. Permission to use materials must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu. Photographs in Carton 18, box 21, and oversize folder 26 are kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice. Negatives in carton 17 and box 33 kept in cold storage; access requires 72 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Elaine Anderson Cannon was born on April 9, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Aldon Joseph Anderson and Minnie Evaline Egan. After earning a degree at the University of Utah, Elaine married Donald James Cannon on March 25, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had six children. Elaine worked as an editor for the Deseret News, wrote articles for magazines, and helped organize the LDS Student Association. Elaine served as the 8th Young Women General President in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1978 to 1984. On May 19, 2003, she died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
21 cartons (21 linear ft.)
7 oversize boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
4 oversize folders (0.4 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Susan McOmber, daughter of D. James and Elaine Cannon, in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Susan McOmber; 2007.
Appraisal
20th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts Collection Development Policy.
Processing Information
Processed; Austen Hunsaker and Karen Glenn; 2024.
Subject
- Cannon, Elaine (1922-2003) (Person)
- Cannon family (Family)
- Young Women (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) (Organization)
- Cannon, D. James (1919-1998) (Person)
Genre / Form
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Diaries
- Letters
- Photographs
- Printed ephemera
- Scrapbooks
- Sound recordings
Topical
- Elaine Cannon's typewriter
- 1 VHS, 3 audiocassettes
- Duplicate and blank audiocassettes
- Title
- Register of Elaine Cannon papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Date
- 2015 May 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.
- Carton: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 28 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 29 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 30 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 31 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 32 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 18 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 19 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 20 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 21 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 22 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 23 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 24 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 25 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 26 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 27 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 33 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 34 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 35 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 36 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 37 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 38 (Realia)
- oversize: 39 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States