Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1935-
biographical statement
Citation:
MSS 2285; Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (English professor, Resarch Historian for Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History, 1935 March 19, Calgary Alberta, Canada, Charles Ursenbach and Lucile Harvey, 1958 Swiss-Austrian Mission, 1981-1997 research historian, associate professor, professor of English, retired Ottowa, Ontaria, Canada, 1997)MSS 1979; Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (editor and senior research associate of History Division of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1972-1980)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher correspondence, approximately 1972-1993
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains Beecher's correspondence on topics including her publications, her role in various organizations, personal cards and notes, acceptance of her proposals, information about events including symposia and presentations, events and celebrations related to the Relief Society, and requests for her aid in projects. Contains a folder of correspondence between Beecher and Adele McCollum, a colleague and good friend. Also contains correspondence organized and filed from A-Z, circa...
Dates:
approximately 1972-1993
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher course materials and professional files, 1973-1997
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains the professional materials of Beecher, including records from symposiums and conferences largely on the topics of Mormon women, literature, and religion in general. Also includes correspondence, faculty notes, meeting minutes, records on college administrative structures and committees, faculty evaluations, her application for rank advancement, her curriculum vita, an application for leave, and a guide to the archives. Also contains records from special projects Beecher had a role...
Dates:
1973-1997
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers on organizations and committees, 1973-1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains records from eecher's involvement with various organizations. Records from the Charles Redd Center include information on her position on the Advisory Council, manuscripts, correspondence regarding seminars and grant fellowships, annual reports, budget projections, and research grants. Also includes files relating to the Dialogue independenct Mormon magazine, including article proposals, pamphlets, board meeting minutes, correspondence, status reports, and lists of book reviews....
Dates:
1973-1996
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher personal papers, approximately 1972-1996
Series — Carton 20: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231186062]
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains personal files of Beecher, including weekly planners from 1973-1996, music from the ward choir, financial and retirement information, personal awards, and printed documents. Also includes news clippings relating to Beecher and her work with the church and Brigham Young University, cards, programs, invitations, and personal correspondence. Also contains a paper weight honoring the 50th anniversary of the Church News, circa 1972-1996.
Dates:
approximately 1972-1996
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher personal project files, 1970-1995
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains various personal projects of Beecher, including those she headed or collaborated on. Materials include manuscript drafts, research files, and related correspondence. Projects include papers for various seminars and associations, Church News vignettes, a history text chaper, talks to honors students at BYU and other students, and projects to be published. Materials cover topics including the Relief Society, Canadians in Utah, diaries and autobiographies of Mormon women, Utah in the...
Dates:
1970-1995
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher research materials, 1972-1997
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains Beecher's research materials for various projects. Includes interview materials with Juanita Brooks, lists and file cards of Mormon pseudonyms, and questionnaires for Canadians in Utah. Also contains a map of Kirtland, records on pioneer companies, a cemetery list, photographs of women in the earlier 20th century, a bound copy of the Men and Women newspaper from 1895, as well as various diaries and letters of early Mormons. Also includes records on women in upper Canada and research...
Dates:
1972-1997
Maureen Ursenbach Beecher research materials on women in Upper Canada, approximately 1986-1994
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains research files on women in upper Canada, including a thesis on Irish Palatine communities, various letters and diaries, history of Ontario and other cities, and information covering loyalism and the American Revolution. Also contains records about various individuals, notably John and Mary Page, early Latter-Day Saints, and Barbara Heck, cited as the mother of American Methodism, circa 1986-1994.
Dates:
approximately 1986-1994
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- Diaries 4
- Canadians -- United States 2
- Manuscripts for publication 2
- Research (Documents) 2
- Seminars 2
- Women -- Canada 2
- Awards 1
- Brochures 1
- Choirs (Music) 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- College students' writings 1
- Colleges and Universities 1
- Committees 1
- Curriculum vitae 1
- Education 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
- Faculty (Education) 1
- Latter Day Saint women 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Canada -- History 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Nauvoo (Ill.) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Personal papers 1
- Programs 1
- Relief Society 1
- Societies -- History, organization, etc. 1
- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
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