Thomas, Kate, 1873-1950
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1873 - 1950
biographical statement
Citation:
Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, May 23, 2007 (Kate Thomas; Katrina Thomas; author and poet)Ancestry.com, viewed May 23, 2007 (Kate Thomas; b. July 2, 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah; d. Mar. 3, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah)
Register of the Kate Thomas papers, 1999 (b. July 2, 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Kendall and Caroline Stockdale Thomas; attended LDS Business College and the University of Deseret; wrote for University Chronicle, Young Woman's Journal and the Relief Society Magazine; never married; travelled frequently to the East and West coasts, as well as to Europe, and spent several years in New York City; wrote educational articles for Mormon publications; campaigned for the establishment of the League of Nations; patron, if not a participant, in the arts and theater in Utah; received national recognition for her poem, Hymn of the Pioneer; d. March 1950)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Theodore Nystrom letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3170
Scope and Contents
Collection contains mission correspondence from friends and family during Nystrom's mission to Europe between 1897 and 1899. The majority of the letters are from Kate Thomas, a friend of Theodore Nystrom. Her letters, often long, detail events in Salt Lake City, Utah prior to and during the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1846-1900
Theodore Nystrom correspondence, 1897-1898
Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence by Nystrom written in French.
Dates:
Other: 1897-1898
Theodore Nystrom correspondence, 1898-1902
Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence by Nystrom written in languages besides English and French.
Dates:
Other: 1898-1902
Theodore Nystrom correspondence with friends and family, 1896-1899
Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Contain letters between Nystrom and Gotha Schelin, Mae Taylor, "Betsy," and others.
Dates:
Other: 1896-1899
Theodore Nystrom correspondence with Kate Thomas, 1896-1898
Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains letters written between Nystrom and Kate Thomas.
Dates:
Other: 1896-1898
Theodore Nystrom miscellany and ephemera, circa 1893
Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 5
Scope and Contents note
Contains notebook, notecard, sketches, photo, balance ledger, Swiss envelope, poem, and name checklists.
Dates:
Other: circa 1893
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 5
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
- Missions and Missionaries 1