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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1641 Collections and/or Records:

R. Calvin Withers collection of World War II Japanese items

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8588
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials found on the island of Corregidor during mop up operations following World War II. Materials included are two postcards, a headband, and a Japanese book of law.

Dates: approximately 1945

S. A. Wixom letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340108]
Identifier: MSS 85
Abstract

The folder contains a handwritten letter dated 25 August 1883 and addressed to "Prest. McAllister & Brethren." Wixom describes the murder of a police officer in Salt Lake City, "Capt. Bent," by a "mulatto," who had refused to pay a restaurant bill, and the subsequent lynching of the man by a mob.

Dates: 1883 August 25

Walter M. Wolfe diary and congressional testimony

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8374
Scope and Contents

Collection contains transcriptions pertaining to the life of Walter M. Wolfe. Material includes a transcription of his diary about life in Mexico as a missionary and explorer dated 1900 to 1901. It also includes copies of the congressional transcript of Wolfe's testimony from the Reed Smoot United States Senate hearing in 1906. Dated 1900-1906.

Dates: 1900-1906

Stan Wolfley interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331313]
Identifier: MSS SC 3178
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by S. Criss James on 26 Jan. 1985 for Ray Hillam's war project. Wolfley joined the United States Army in 1944 before he turned 17 years old. He was trained in demolition to destroy obstacles to allow landing craft to land on islands. He participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945 and took part in the assault on Mt. Suribachi. He later was involved in the landing at Okinawa where he was wounded. Wolfley also participiated in the occupation of...
Dates: 1985 January 26

Women's Legislative Council of Utah County records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1902
Abstract

Includes scrapbooks, receipt and record books, and meeting minutes of the Women's Legislative Council of Utah County, dated 1946-1973.

Dates: 1946-1973

Women's rights document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319029]
Identifier: MSS SC 2086
Scope and Contents

Handwritten document. The item contains poems and miscellaneous notes relating to women's rights in the United States.

Dates: approximately 1900

Stephen G. Wood papers on Administrative Procedures Act

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197232589298]
Identifier: MSS 8499
Content Description

Contains meeting minutes and correspondence of the Utah Administrative Advisory Committee regarding the drafting of the Utah Administrative Procedures Act. There are several drafts of the Act with markings and corrections from various members of the committee. Dates range 1983-1986.

Dates: 1983-1986

Nancy Woodburn-Watkins interview with Charles Lee Dalton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346568]
Identifier: MSS 2929
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dalton was interviewed by Nancy Woodburn-Watkins in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Dalton spoke of life on the plantation where he was a slave. He also told about his and his master's families.

Dates: 1937

Althea Rawlins Woodland autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341239]
Identifier: MSS 2615
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Althea was born in 1920 in Lewiston, Utah. She was stationed as a nurse in San Francisco, California, and was later sent to England. She married Daniel Platt Woodland in 1946.

Dates: 2000

Ralph Woodward photograph

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230352301]
Identifier: MSS 7432
Abstract

Collection contains one photograph.

Dates: 1942