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Research materials on Vivian Talbot, miscellaneous papers and offprints, completed projects, papers and other materials for English 495R, and Trail Diaires information.

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This series contains papers that were presented by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher in academic forums. Many pertain to the history of prominent LDS women. Materials dated 1975-1997.

Scope and Contents Research materials on Swiss-Mormon history (Swiss family branches, the Swiss Mission, etc.), including photos, diaries, family records, books, and correspondence; materials for papers written and addresses given by Beecher, including photocopies, bibliographies, commentaries, writing guides, material on the LDS Church History division, drafts, LDS Church manuals, correspondence, article reprints, issues of Church News and other publications (The Creative Woman, The Ensign, Exponent II, The...

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This series includes many of Maureen Ursenbach Beecher's published writings, nearly all of which addressed the history of Mormon women and were published in LDS magazines or other publications. Materials dated 1974-1997.

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Student compositions and research on various aspects of Mormon women's history (features historical figures' diaries, autobiographies, missionary journals, correspondence, oral histories, memoranda, and poetry); includes maps, typescripts, floppy disks, photographs, pamphlet excerpts, style guides for LDS authors, etc.

Scope and Contents Programs and papers for the Mormon History Association (particularly on women's history), correspondence, proposals, addresses, materials for an article for the Utah Encyclopedia, papers and letters in search of new editors of Dialogue magazine; papers, brochures, and other information for Women's Conference; papers, letters, Board of Trustees minutes, and tapes of the Leonard J. Arrington Foundation for Mormon Studies; cassette tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews, and...

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Photocopy of a handwritten autobiographical account. Mary Richards writes about her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, resistance after her baptism, and talks a lot about her association with Heber C. Kimball, an apostle in the LDS Church. Also included is a newspaper clipping which is an obituary of Phinehas Richards, Mary's father-in-law and an early settler of Sanpete County, Utah.

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This series contains publications that were edited by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher. Materials dated 1996-1997.

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Handwritten letters and poems. The letters discuss personal matters, and the poems deal with various topics.

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Photocopy of a 260-page handwritten autobiography. Smith includes copies of correspondence and patriarchal blessings in her account. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837, lived with the Mormons in Missouri and Illinois, married George Albert Smith in 1841, allowed him to take additional wives, came to Utah in 1849, and served as president of the Relief Society.