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Civic Activism

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

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

Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192
Scope and Contents

Collection includes research materials created or acquired by Martha Sonntag Bradley for use in her publications: Pedestals & Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority & Equal Rights and Four Zinas: A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier. It also includes many documents pertaining to the International Women's Year, and the Equal Rights Amendment. These all discuss equal rights for women, the Mormon church and feminism, and the conference itself.

Dates: 1836-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Clair W. Burgener papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1720
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles, newsletters, an autobiography, and an excerpt from the Congressional Record. The materials deal with Burgener's contribution to legislative actions relating to the mentally challenged.

Dates: 1975-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Travis Jordan interview with Fanny Cannady

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346402]
Identifier: MSS 2887
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Cannady was interviewed by Travis Jordan in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Cannady tells about how her master, despite his wife's pleading, shot and killed a slave for making a negative comment about the Confederate Army. The victim's brother then ran away and was later caught and severely beaten. She also describes her mother's...
Dates: 1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Frank Carlson papers

 Item
Identifier: MSS 6083
Abstract

Microfilm of the Senator Frank Carlson Papers concerning the McCarthy Censure Committee. The microfilm was made by the Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka, 1975, where the original papers are held. The papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and political cartoons, dated September-November 1954.



Dates: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles A. Henson personal papers, 1969-1989

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6000 Series 2
Scope and Contents

This series contains all of Charles A. Henson's personal papers and items. Most of the papers are related to his employee retirement plan, but there are also bank statements, receipts, theater programs, greeting cards, and a fanny pack.

Dates: 1969-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles A. Henson Provo City Council papers

Merling Dennis Clyde tribute to pioneers and Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339050]
Identifier: MSS 2400
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of two typewritten poems. Clyde writes a tribute to Utah pioneers and to the state flag of Utah.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John A. Conde collection on George W. Romney

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8719
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to George Romney's time as chairman and president of the American Motors Corporation. Includes newspapers and clippings, books, speeches and addresses, letters, photographs, and other documents related to American Motors. Materials dated 1945-1968.

Dates: approximately 1945-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

K. S. Cornaby papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1914
Scope and Contents

Letters, notes, legislative acts, reports, programs, and audits. The materials reflect Cornaby's career as a state senator and various programs relating to Utah politics.

Dates: 1978-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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