BYU Library - Special Collections

Scope and Contents Collection contains letters from famous Utah residents, letters to Max Lachman during World War II, booklets, scrapbooks, photo albums, receipts, photographs of Price and Carbon County, Utah, and marriage certificates. Also contains glass plate negatives by Charles Ellis Johnson and corresponding prints. Also contains articles, postcards, Bingham Canyon and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and other ledger books, artwork, legal documents, and other manuscripts collected by Brent Ashworth...

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The Louis Oscar Brandley family histories contain an autobiography of Louis Brandley as well as typed histories of the life of his father, Johann Theodore Brandley; his mother, Margaret Keeler Brandley; and Eliza Zaugg Brandley. Also contained are two poems written by his mother.

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Contains transcripts of the books "Some Christensens Who Came from Thy" by Virginia C. Keeler and "Build Thee More Stately" by Daniel A. Keeler alongside historical documents pertaining to the creation of those books and to the history of the Keeler family ranging from letters, photographs, and documents from Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University. Also includes material pertaining to Joseph B. Keeler, grandfather of Ellen Keeler Thompson. Dated 1847-1990.

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Materials include transcriptions of the journals of Ethel Johnson Lewellen. Journals contain excerpts of her financial records, daily activities, and grocery lists, and document her daily life and community events. Also includes newspaper clippings and family history materials. Collection contains compact discs with electronic transciptions of the journals; the original journals are in the donor's possession. Dated from 1935 to 1972.

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Contains the family history documents of Ross J. Meldrum's ancestors. Includes accounts of his parents' lives written by themselves, records of his grandparents, and other ancestors. Materials include photographs, newspaper clippings of obituaries of family members, funeral service programs for ancestors, books of family history, and personal documents such as birth certificates, awards, and military service records. Dated 1836-2007.

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The collection contains six documents. The first two are histories of the life of Weldon Parkinson Monson by his daughter, Diane Monson, called "A tribute to my father's life", and "My Father, Weldon Parkinson Monson." Also included are two articles on Mormonism relating to Weldon Monson. Diane Monson also included her writing entitled "My Mother, Erma Jergensen Monson." The last is a photociped "Recollection of his mission" written by Weldon W. Monson.

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Contains the life histories of Theo and Mirla Morgan. It relates both of their childhoods and circumstances being raised on ranches in Idaho. Their high school years are covered as well as their marriage, family life, and experience on their own family ranch. Pictures of their family are also included within the book. Materials are dated 2007.

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Collection contains transcribed interviews of 93 different people conducted by the Voices of Remembrance Foundation at Dixie State College, bound in seven volumes. The interviews occurred between 1968 to 1980, and the transcriptions produced through grant funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.

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Contains materials from multiple generations of Virlie Vincent Westwood's family including Robert Birkin, Elizabeth Roland Birkin, Daniel Park Vincent, Mary Ann Birkin Vincent, and more. Materials relate to their lives in Provo, Utah, including newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, bank statements, and a scrapbook of clippings. Dated approximately 1818 to 2009.