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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Secondary sources on John M. Bernhisel, circa 1909-1964

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 331 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains bibliographies, letters, genealogies, papers, obituaries, medical diplomas, certificates, and other materials.

Dates: Other: circa 1909-1964

Secretary Kellogg, and state department personnel

 Item — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239123380]
Identifier: MSS 8971
Scope and Contents

One black and white panoramic photograph taken by Schutz Group Photographers in Washington, D.C. Present in photo are Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and Under Secretary of State Reuben J. Clark, as well as other state department personnel. Dated February 1929.

Dates: 1929 February

Selected press clippings concerning Zitkala-S̈a, 1918-1931

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 1 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Includes clippings or photocopies of clippings featuring Zitkala-S̈a, dated 1918-1931.

Dates: 1918-1931

Selective service system state of Utah : World War II, 1940-1947

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317601]
Identifier: MSS SC 1878
Scope and Contents

Typescript history of the draft in Utah during World War II. Rich describes the problems and successes of the draft in Utah.

Dates: 1946

Leland I. Selvey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9239
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the life of Leland Ira Selvey, particularly in relation to his time serving in France during World War I. Included are souvenirs from France, such as guidebooks, a single feather, postcards, and printed ephemera. Also includes handwritten letters from family and friends, scrapbooks, notebooks, diaries, and 259 photographs and negatives. Dated 1905-1927, with the bulk dated 1918-1919.

Dates: approximately 1905-1927; Majority of material found within 1918-1919

Frederick William Seward autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324995]
Identifier: MSS SC 2562
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpt taken from a "memo of his life and selections from his letters 1861-1872." Seward writes about coming to Utah by train and describes what he saw in Salt Lake City. He met the president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), and relates what Young said about Mormon polygamy.

Dates: approximately 1870

Sfondrati family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 524
Scope and Contents

Contains legal documents, land records, and family papers related to the Sfondrati and associated families in northern Italy. The papers primarily deal with the heraldry and land holdings of the family in the region. Notes and other materials by later researchers in the collection are also included. The materials date from between 1494 and approximately 1900.

Dates: approximately 1494-1900

Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 516
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and printed items relating to the administration of the fiefdom of Guadalcanal. Includes information on the assignment of the area to Ercole Sfondrati, as well as its later administration. The materials also document the conflict between Sfondrati and Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman over its control. Documents date from between 1599 and 1659.

Dates: 1599-1659

Paolo Sfondrati correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 518
Scope and Contents

Contains letters written and received by Sfondrati during his service as ambassador to the Duke of Savoy. Among his correspondents were Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, governor of Milan, and François de Vergy, governor of Burgundy. Materials focus on relationship between Spanish holdings and Savoy, and date from between 1581 and 1584.

Dates: 1581-1584

Philip Henry Sheridan letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323294]
Identifier: MSS SC 2397
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters all written in May, June, and July of 1876 and sent from Chicago, Illinois. Six of the items were written to Wesley Merritt who was with the 9th cavalry and later commanded the 5th cavalry. Sheridan gives orders and suggestions relating to the campaign against the Indians.

Dates: 1876