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Maureen Ursenbach Beecher research materials on Lorenzo Snow, approximately 1974-1991

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 2 Sub-Series 2

Scope and Contents

Contains research materials on Lorenzo Snow including his life chronology broken down into five-year segments, as well as specific files covering his missions to Italy, Great Britain, and within the United States, his time at Oberlin College, and apostleship and time as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also contains family records, records on the Brigham City cooperative, files on his ten wives, his prose and poetry, copies of census records, as well as diaries and his autobiography. Contains a manuscript written by Orson F. Whitney, entitled "Later Leaves of the Life of Lorenzo Snow," circa 1974-1991.

Dates

  • approximately 1974-1991

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Maureen Ursenbach Beecher papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (born 1935) was an English professor and research historian in Utah.

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher was born March 19, 1935 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Charles Ursenbach and Lucile Harvey. In 1958 she left to serve in the Swiss-Austrian Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held the positions of editor and senior research associate of the History Division of the Church from 1972 to 1980. From 1981 to 1997, she served as a research historian for the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History as well as an associate professor and professor of English. She retired to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1997.

Extent

64 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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Box-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1979.xml

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Preliminary finding aid is available in repository.

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Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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