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J. Reuben Clark, Jr. financial files, 1913-1964

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 303 Series 18

Scope and Contents

Contains Clark's financial records including, but not limited to accounts–payable, accounts-receivable, bank statements, cancelled checks, checkbooks, copies of tax returns, disbursements, estate files, expense statements, farm bills, graph paper, income tax files, income vouchers, invoices, medical payments and claims, paycheck stubs, property list, property tax files, receipts, refunds, reports, Social Security files, tax guides, and work sheets.

Dates

  • 1913-1964

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright of J. Reuben Clark Jr. collection is held by the Library of Brigham Young University.

Permission to publish material from the J. Reuben Clark Jr. papers must be obtained from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attorney, diplomat, and ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. was born September 1, 1871 in Grantsville, Utah. He entered Latter-day Saints' University in 1890. Graduating in four years, Clark then attended the University of Utah, receiving a bachelor's degree, and Columbia University, receiving a law degree. He married Lucine Annetta Savage on September 14, 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and they raised four children together. He served as Under Secretary of State to President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 and as ambassador to Mexico from 1930–1933. In 1933 Clark was asked to serve as the second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to President Heber J. Grant, later becoming first counselor in 1934. After Grant's death in 1945, he remained as first counselor in the First Presidency under George Albert Smith. When Smith died in 1951, he was called by David O. McKay as second counselor in the First Presidency, returning to the position of first counselor in 1959. He remained in this role until his death.

J. Reuben Clark, Jr. passed away on October 6, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Extent

12 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Organized chronologically.

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS303.xml

Addendum file-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS303addendum.xml

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS303addendum.xml

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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