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Isaura Bentley Abegg diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1642
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries for the years 1952, 1964, and 1966 through 1971. Abegg was a student at Brigham Young University in 1952 and was closely associated with the university in later years. She talks of her daily activities, association with Brigham Young University, and Church responsibilities.

Dates: 1952-1971

Ole Hendriksen Berg letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2363
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.

Dates: 1886 May 2

Big debate tonight at Provo High School

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 112
Scope and Contents

Contains a printed broadside announcing a debate at Provo High School in Utah between the "Municipal Power Plant" and the "Utah Power and Light Co." in 1936.

Dates: 1936

Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2947
Scope and Contents

Oral history of Catherine Bowles, from an interview conducted by Jenny Reeder.

Dates: 2004

Harry Butler diaries

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1554
Scope and Contents

Holograph diaries for the years 1955-1959 and 1964 contained in five small notebooks. The items are short and list daily activities. The author probably lived in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1955-1964

A community study of Provo City

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 35
Scope and Contents Typewritten student report submitted to Brigham Young University sociology professor Ariel S. Ballif. The report gives a brief history of Provo, Utah as well as details regarding population, economy, health, social welfare, churches, schools, and education. The report also includes four maps of Provo showing boundary development, location of schools, location of churches, and zoning districts as they existed in 1951. Also included in the report is a centennial brochure and a tourism...
Dates: approximately 1951

Martha Stubbs Cragun scrapbooks on Provo, Utah history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3149
Scope and Contents

Collection contains scrapbooks created by Martha Cragun while living in Provo. Includes newspaper clippings and photographs related to Provo, Utah history (1903-1951), especially concerning its citizens and events such as marriages, anniversaries, and deaths.

Dates: 1903-1951

Alexander and Vivia Hedquist papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1844
Scope and Contents Contains materials related to the life and professional activities of Alexander and Vivia Hedquist and their children, Dorothy and Junece Hedquist. Includes clippings, printed ephemera, correspondence, ledger books, school curricula, diplomas, scrapbooks, family history records, slides, photographs, and other material. Documents primarily relate to Hedquist family history, Provo schools, Provo business activities, the Hedquist Drugstore, and the daily lives of Alexander and Vivia and their...
Dates: 1881-2007

Edwin Smith Hinckley papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 352
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, reports, and biographies. These materials relate to Hinckley's work at Brigham Young University as a faculty member and on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, as superintendent of the Utah State Industrial School, and as secretary of the Provo Chamber of Commerce. The biographies are eulogies given by Hinckley's friends and associates.

Dates: 1892-1962

Emma McDowell Jacobsen histories

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 520
Scope and Contents

Typewritten records. Jacobsen, working for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, compiled a list of the names of early pioneers who were buried in the Provo City cemetery in Provo, Utah, from 1849 to 1859. Also included is a history of the first deaths and burials in Provo, Utah. The old city cemetery was first located on the hill where Brigham Young University was later built.

Dates: 1949-1965

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Brigham Young University 3
Abegg, Isaura Bentley 1
Berg, Ole H. (Ole Hendriksen), 1840-1919 1
Bowles, Catherine, 1915-2006 1
Butler, H. (Harry) 1