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Mayors -- Utah -- Provo -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A. O. Smoot family documents, 1815-1961

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains receipts, diaries, poetry, account and memo books, certificates and other personal documents, autograph books, invitations, bank notes and warranty deeds, speeches, periodicals, letters, IOUs, and newspaper clippings. Materials are dated approximately 1815 to 1961.

Dates: 1815-1961

Oral history interviews with Ariel S. and Arta Romney Ballif

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: UA 5334
Scope and Contents

Contains audiocassettes and transcripts of interviews by Bennett with Ariel S. Ballif and Arta Romney Ballif. Materials date from between 1982 and 1986.

Dates: 1982-1986

Andrew Hunter Scott autobiography and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230316835]
Identifier: MSS SC 2035
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary. Also included is a typescript of these items. Scott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the 1840s. He was also an early resident of Provo, Utah. Scott's autobiography covers his life to 1855, and his diary covers the years 1855 to 1859.

Dates: 1855-1859

A. O. Smoot affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343979]
Identifier: MSS 183
Scope and Contents

Handwritten affidavits sworn before Smoot as mayor of Provo, Utah. The manuscript was apparently recorded by Smoot who seems to be responsible for much of its wording. The item deals with disturbances by United States soldiers in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1870