Free, Lorymore
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 2006
Biographical History
Citation:
Deseret news, via WWW, Mar. 27, 2006 (Lorymore Free; Lory; b. Aug. 8, 1911 in Newhouse, Utah; d. Mar. 25, 2006 in Provo, Utah; parents, Wenlock Ammon and Rachel Dibley Wheeler Free; raised in Leadore, Idaho and Pioche and Panaca, Nevada; later settled in Provo, Utah; serving as missionary in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Western States Mission; m. 1940 to Myrtle Joy Wadsworth in the St. George Temple; two daughters and a son; geologist and prospector; rancher and businessman; worked for Beneficial Life as an agent and manager; served two missions with wife; worked in the Provo Temple; bishop of the Pleasant View 1st Ward).Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lorymore Free papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6687
Scope and Contents
Contains professional and personal papers of Free, including articles, newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, reports, meeting minutes, maps, legal agreements, certificates, , and other papers. Materials primarily deal with his work as a geologist and prospector in the Western United States. His personal papers focus around his studies at Brigham Young University, including notebooks, assignments, and textbooks from his courses. Also includes documents related to his family. Many...
Dates:
approximately 1925-1993
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Lorymore Free papers
Lorymore Free business papers, approximately 1939-1993
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6687 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Includes mining claims, reports, lease agreements, legal papers, proposals, correspondence, photographs, news articles, and maps. Most of these materials are directly related to Free's professional work as a geologist and a prospector as he worked with various mines in the western United States. Dated approximately 1939-1993.
Dates:
approximately 1939-1993
Lorymore Free legal and personal papers, approximately 1925-1988
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6687 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Includes mining papers, maps, legal documents, insurance materials, religious papers, personal papers, newsletters, certificates, financial papers, and miscellaneous materials. The materials relate to Free's work as a prospector and geologist with many mines as well as his work for Beneficial Life, an insurance company. The newsletters included are from one of the wards of the Church that Free resided in. Also includes Free's academic notebooks and workbooks from his education at Brigham...
Dates:
approximately 1925-1988
Lorymore Free mining maps, 1955-1978
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6687 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains printed and hand-drawn maps that outline a search for minerals. Includes maps of public lands in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada. Materials date from between 1955 and 1978.
Dates:
1955-1978
Helen VenderBeck oral history interview with Lorymore Free
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238476]
Identifier: MSS SC 339
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview by Helen VenderBeck, Free's daughter, with Free concerning his life and the history and techniques of prospecting.
Dates:
1979
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 3
- Collection 2
- Subject
- Maps 3
- Agriculture and Natural Resources 2
- Certificates 2
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- Letters 2
- Mines and Mineral Resources 2
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.) 2
- Photographs 2
- Articles 1
- City and Town Life 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- History 1
- College students -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Environment and Conservation 1
- Environmental Conditions 1
- Financial records 1
- Geology -- West (U.S.) 1
- Idaho -- Maps 1
- Insurance -- Utah 1
- Leases 1
- Legal instruments 1
- Maps -- Utah 1
- Mine examination 1
- Mining claims -- West (U.S.) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Oral histories 1
- Proposals 1
- Prospecting -- Nevada 1
- Reports 1
- Wards (Latter Day Saint churches) -- Utah -- Provo 1 + ∧ less
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