Cora Lindsay Bennion memorabilia
Scope and Contents
Newsclippings, letters of congradulation, and certificates relating to becoming Utah's Mother of the year and on having her one hundred birthday anniversary. The congratulatory missives are from Spencer W. Kimball; president of the Mormon Church, Calvin Rampton; governor of the state of Utah, and Gerald Ford; president of the United States.
Dates
- 1943-1975
Creator
- Bennion, Cora Lindsay, 1874-1975 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical History
Cora Lindsay Bennion was born in Taylorsville, Utah on December 9, 1874, to Joseph Shanks Lindsay and Emma Bennion. She married Milton Bennion on June 22, 1898 and had ten children. She was Utah Mother of the Year in 1952 and worked in the Latter-day Saint temple. Cora lived to the age of 100 and died on July 19, 1975, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
13 items
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Title
- Register of Cora Lindsay Bennion memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Morgan Crockett
- Date
- 2010 July 22
- 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