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Elvira Stevens Barney book papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 263
Scope and Contents

Materials that were found in a book held by the Latter-day Saint Church Historical Department. Collection includes a greeting card, love letter, copy of a quote, and a short printed biography (photocopy).

Dates: 1892-1907

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984

Octave Chanute letter to J. Brisben Walker

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 632
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to J. Brisben Walker. The March 6, 1892 item concerns articles on aeronautics written by Chanute which Walker has requested for publication in the Cosmopolitan Magazine. The September 7, 1892 item discusses availability of engines and boilers for aerial machines and announces prizes for an "aerial" contest.

Dates: 1892 March 6

Clarence Cottam papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1942
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, articles, notes, minutes, essays, certificates, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Cottam's numerous professional activities while working im many capacities for the United States government and for Brigham Young University. The items largely deal with Cottam's work as an ecologist and as a conservationist.

Dates: 1924-1974

Michael Faraday letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1108
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated May 1, 1867. Faraday writes to a Walter White of the "Royal Academy." Faraday states that an "ingot" should be received by White shortly. This Walter White may have been the English author who lived from 1811 to 1893.

Dates: 1867 May 1

Thaddeus Mason Harris letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1384
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to T. William Harris, dated 17 Jan. 1834, and composed in Charleston, South Carolina. Thaddeus writes to his son about family matters and their shared interest in collecting birds, squirrels, mice, and moles.

Dates: 1834 January 17

Sven Anders Hedin letter

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 913
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated November 22, 1931 and addressed to "Mr. Fleener." The item was written in Stockholm, Sweden. Hedin writes concerning his work, "The Golden Pavilion of Jehol" for the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933.

Dates: 1931

Lynn Mowat papers relating to invention of television

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6265
Abstract

The Lynn Mowat papers consist of newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Philo Farnsworth and the development of the television tube. Most of the correspondence is between George Everson, the vice president of Farnsworth Television Inc., and Lynn Mowat.

Dates: 1933-1945

Marcus J. and Carol K. Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1545
Abstract This collection consists of personal correspondence, background and research materials relating to Dr. Smith's books, articles, histories, and miscellaneous items. The correspondence is primarily between Dr. Smith and his wife, Carol Kander Smith who was also a physician, and spans the years 1943-1954. The letters written during the war years later became the foundation sources for his book on Dachau. The research materials include documentation for Dr. Smith's book ...
Dates: 1859-1984

Charles Edmund West notebooks and letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1011
Scope and Contents

Two notebooks and five incoming letters. Four of the letters are from companies trying to sell Dr. West various medicines. One notebook contains magazine clippings on religious topics. The other notebook contains holograph notes on various issues relating to the Bible.

Dates: 1909-1929

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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 1