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Civic Activism

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Delila M. Abbott papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364744]
Identifier: MSS 1657
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, typewritten, and printed correspondence, hand bills, pamphlets, book drafts, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. The materials include a typewritten draft of the book "Women Legislators of Utah, 1896-1976." The items relate to Abbott's political career and her association with women legislators in Utah and in the United States.

Dates: 1971-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Delila M. Abbott papers

Alleged subversive activities engaged in by George Marshall and Mary Dublin with communist front organizations in the United States

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 887
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of printed items such as newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and U. S. Government publications. They relate to activities and associations by George Marshall and Mary Dublin Keyserling that were thought to reflect their communist sentiments. Marshall and Keyserling were economists.

Dates: 1930-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alleged subversive activities engaged in by George Marshall and Mary Dublin with communist front organizations in the United States

T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Anngady

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346105]
Identifier: MSS 2874
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anngady was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anngady was educated on her master's plantation and went to Shaw Collegiate Institute after the Civil War. She gives a detailed description of what her husband told her of African tribal life. She talks about "savages," witch doctors, tribal kings, and...
Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Anngady

Susan B. Anthony letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315258]
Identifier: MSS SC 1800
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter to Esther Gerry concerning her membership application to the National Woman Suffrage Association, along with photocopies of the envelope, and a list of officers in the organization.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Susan B. Anthony letter

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary A. Hicks interview with Viney Baker

Margarito Bautista papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8426
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Margarito Bautista and his church La Plentitude del Reino de Dios. Includes his journals, his proselyting pamphlets, material from the third convention, material from the current La Plentitude del Reino de Dios church, pamphlets from the LDS church, journals from Alma de Olarte (his secretary), and a military handbook that was printed in 1920. Material from the current church includes meeting minutes. The people involved are from small...
Dates: 1920-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Margarito Bautista papers

Beaver County Woman's Suffrage Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 48
Scope and Contents

Handwritten documents of the records of the Woman's Suffrage Association which met in Beaver, Utah. Items include minutes, newsletters, songs, and regulations for the group. Also includes a letter from Emmeline B. Wells to Mary A. White, president of the association, dated 1895, and a "Equal Rights" banner. Dated approximately 1892-1895.

Dates: approximately 1892-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Beaver County Woman's Suffrage Association records

Biography of Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240597]
Identifier: MSS SC 374
Scope and Contents

Brief typewritten life sketch of the 1886 mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Francis Armstrong

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 David Blount

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 / Mary A. Hicks interview with Clay Bobbitt

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