Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to American Mothers Inc., the Young Women program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Washington, D.C. Stake of the Church, the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, and other topics in which Smith took part. Includes an autobiography, journals, files, correspondence, photographs, financial papers, programs, newsletters, handbooks, and membership lists, genealogical papers, reports, scrapbooks, family histories, and ephemera. Materials...

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Contains papers relating to the Joseph and Vesta Smith family. Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, genealogical materials, church publications, scrapbooks, diaries, cards, recipes, calendars, an autobiography, and other materials. The materials document Smith's family life, service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, travels, and education.

Scope and Contents Contains papers on Smith's work with American Mothers, Inc. from her period of service as the organization's president during the 1980s. Includes correspondence, newsletters, reports, financial records, announcements, speeches, Mother of the Year information, other awards, bylaws, procedures, records of meetings and conferences, yearbooks, recipes, directories, a scrapbook, and other miscellaneous papers and records. There are some cassette and video tapes with recordings of speeches and...

Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution which occurred on September 17, 1987. Includes a genealogy project for the Founding Fathers of which Vesta Smith took part. There are books, research, and genealogical information on all the signers of the Constitution as well as those who took part but did not sign. Also includes research and preparation for a Brigham Young University seminar in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the Bicentennial. There is also an...