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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1637 Collections and/or Records:

Deanna Johnson Nielsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336932]
Identifier: MSS 2710
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography for the Nurses at War project. Neilsen joined the military in 1975. She served during operation Desert Storm. She married Jay Neilsen in 1978.

Dates: 2001

Autograph album for the Charles J. Guiteau murder trial

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232651]
Identifier: MSS SC 3
Scope and Contents

Indexed autograph album belonging to an unidentified individual which contains signatures of several people who were associated with the murder trial of Charles J. Guiteau for the assassination of James A. Garfield, President of the United States. Autographs include those of the judge, jury members, attorneys for the prosecution and defense, several witnesses (including General William T. Sherman), and Guiteau himself.

Dates: 1882 January

Almon W. Babbitt estate record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319409]
Identifier: MSS SC 2074
Scope and Contents

Handwritten estate record from a copy book. The item deals with the estate of Almon W. Babbitt who had recently died.

Dates: 1857

Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244078]
Identifier: MSS SC 625
Scope and Contents

Holographs. The collection includes legal documents concerning various cases in which Babbitt represented clients in the Hancock County, Illinois, courts.

Dates: 1844-1846

Almon W. Babbitt legal papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320365]
Identifier: MSS SC 2216
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal documents. The items relate to Babbitt's career as a lawyer and to the settling of his estate.

Dates: 1856-1862

Russel Benson Backus collection on Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232578630]
Identifier: MSS 8921
Scope and Contents Contains biographical materials on Russel Benson Backus' ancestors, Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson. Carson's autobiography covers 1821-1898 and discusses her life as a Mormon pioneer. Earl's biography, written by his daughter Elizabeth Elvira Earl Cordner, covers 1846-1909 and discusses his experiences in the Civil War and as a businessman in Utah. The collection includes original documents as well as photocopies, and both biographies are available on DVD. Materials dated...
Dates: 1865-2016

Carlos Ashby Badger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1485
Abstract

This collection contains information on Utah history and politics and historical information on Mormon lifestyle during the turn of the twentienth century.

Dates: 1895-1910

G. Baidukoff speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342989]
Identifier: MSS 773
Scope and Contents

Typewritten translation of a speech given in Moscow, Russia, after Baidukoff's return from flying to March Field, California. He relates his impressions of the "Capitalistic" society outside the Soviet Union. The item was translated from Russian into English by Nickoli Vishnevski. Also included is a newspaper clipping from the New York Times reporting on the trip.

Dates: 1937

Oliver S. Baird diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233204]
Identifier: MSS SC 58
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary of Baird's activities while serving in the Civil War which gives brief accounts of travels, drills, inspections and work details.

Dates: 1861-1862

Mary A. Hicks interview with Viney Baker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345842]
Identifier: MSS 2882
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Baker was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Baker was freed after the Civil War, but he continued to be forced to work, and he was treated very poorly. His mother was sold in the middle of the night. He describes severe beatings and being reunited with his mother.

Dates: 1937