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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Kent D. Blad interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341353]
Identifier: MSS 2629
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview of Blad conducted on 19 Nov. 2001. Blad was stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1990 and 1991. He talked about his service during the Persian Gulf War and about the challenges working in a hospital at that time.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George R. Blake papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233616124]
Identifier: MSS 7982
Scope and Contents

Contains materials relating to Blake's life during the war and his mission. Includes a tyepwritten history of Blake's correspondence with a German prisoner of war, a letter in German, a history of prisoners of war in Orem during World War II, images of some of these prisoners, and a history of the end of Blake's mission to Germany. Dated 1943-2009.

Dates: 1943-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Janet Roberts Blamforth papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306059]
Identifier: MSS SC 838
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two biographies and miscellaneous photocopied papers that support the author's research. One biography is entitled "David Robert Roberts: the Father of Utah Good Roads." It is 25 pages of photocopied typescript and was written for the Utah 1976 Bicentennial Biography competition sponsored by the Salt Lake Tribune and the Utah State Historical Society. Roberts was a Utah politician who, as a Utah state legislator, pushed for improving roads in the state....
Dates: 1975-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Blätter der Erinnerung

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 140
Scope and Contents 251 p. handwritten journal (1835-1841) which contains detailed descriptions of various cities in France and England with generalizations about the customs and character of their people. Jozefe describes personal experiences and accounts of the political and industrial development of Europe in 1835, including assassination attempts against Louis Philippe, the cholera epidemic of 1836, the opening of Paris and Versailles railroads, the industrial exhibit of 1839, the unveiling of the...
Dates: 1835-
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Memories from the life of Earl L. Blomberg

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329440]
Identifier: MSS SC 3035
Scope and Contents

Printed autobiography. Blomberg tells about his early life, family, and experiences in the United States Army in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. He fought in a number of campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Philippine Islands, where he served as a member of the Alamo Scouts. He was seriously wounded at the end of the war. "Recorded in 1995 by his wife Evelyn Blomberg, Edited by Lin Floyd, Layout by Daniel Hatch."

Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bloody Knife : Custer's favorite scout

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2655
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The item is a biography of the Indian scout who served under George Armstrong Custer. The manuscript was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary A. Hicks interview with David Blount

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345875]
Identifier: MSS 2885
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Blount 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. Blount tells a detailed story of how his master fired an abusive overseer. He also tells of how he stopped a slave revolt from occuring on the plantation. He acompanied his master to the Civil War as his "personal servant." Blount talks about Jim, a slave who...
Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary A. Hicks interview with Clay Bobbitt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346121]
Identifier: MSS 2872
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Bobbitt 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. Bobbitt was treated very poorly as a slave. He had little food and clothing and was allowed no diversions. His wife was sold months after their marriage. He also talks about "poor white trash," "Shim Sham," which were African Americans of mixed ancestry, and...
Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs executive orders

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315407]
Identifier: MSS SC 1790
Scope and Contents

Photographic prints and photocopies of Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs' 1838 "extermination order" of the Mormons, Governor Christopher Bond's executive order rescinding it, and a newsclipping describing the rescission.

Dates: 1838-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Curtis E. Bolton receipt, 1857 : Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238492]
Identifier: MSS SC 342
Scope and Contents

Signed receipt showing Bolton received two dollars from W.H. Hooper, administrator of A.W. Babbitt's estate, for "acknowledgement and seal of papers of O.P. Rockwell."

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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