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Civic Activism

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

To his excellency the President of the United States

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319334]
Identifier: MSS SC 2061
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition on parchment. The item requests that the President of the United States appoint S. M. Strickler as a member of the "Board of Commissioners" for the Territory of Utah. The document was signed by fifty-one residents of Leadville, Colorado.

Dates: approximately 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah County American Party collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1708
Scope and Contents The Utah County American Party Collection primarily documents the Utah County chapter of the party. The collection contains the by-laws and list of members' names from the year 1975-1992. Included with the collection are documents and newspaper clippings concerning issues with which the party dealt. Also included are party platforms, news releases, fiscal reports and some letters between members and party leaders. Some minutes of meetings and agendas are also present as well as American...
Dates: 1951-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah County American Party records, 1973-1993

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230223569], Folder: 1-8
Identifier: MSS 1708 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Organization materials, bylaws, proposed amendment, resolutions, lists of Party members, officers, and delegates, newspaper articles, platforms and news releases, meeting agendas and minutes, financial ledgers and reports, and correspondence.

Dates: Copyright: 1973-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Utah County American Party collection

Utah National Parks Council records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5785
Abstract Utah has one of the longest-running Scouting legacies in the country. The first Boy Scout Troop in the state got its start in Logan, Utah in 1910. The Utah County Council was organized February 22, 1921, and in 1922 it changed its name to the Timpanogos District Council. In 1931 the council merged with the Zion National Park Council, and the name was shortened to the Timpanogos Council. Then on February 3, 1936, that council merged with the Bryce Canyon Council, and thereby became the Utah...
Dates: 1910-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Earl B. Vanfleet papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3247
Abstract

The Earl Vanfleet collection is composed of papers related to the political interests and actions of Earl Vanfleet, including correspondence, literature, and articles related to the John Birch Society and the American Party.

Dates: 1961-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas R. G. Welch autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349539]
Identifier: MSS 4146
Abstract

One autograph book belong to Thomas R.G. Welch, 1896.

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Daisy Whaley interview with Cy Hart

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346923]
Identifier: MSS 2909
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hart was interviewed by Daisy Whaley in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Hart describes the work on the plantation and a "grovin' hog" which was a tool for harvesting wheat. He tells how the Yankees entered the plantation, ate what they desired, and announced freedom for the slaves. Hart stayed at the plantation until his master's...
Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Daisy Whaley interview with Lindsey Faucette

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346857]
Identifier: MSS 2920
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Faucette was interviewed by Daisy Whaley in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Faucette said his master and mistress treated him well and never whipped or sold him. He added that the Confederate Army did more damage to the plantation than did the Union. After the Civil War, the master let his father use a plot of land for a year.

Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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