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Joseph E. Arrington personal papers, approximately 1800-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4194 Series 3

Scope and Contents

Contains various personal papers from Joseph Arrington, Genieve Arrington, and their son Wendell Arrington. Included are old manuscripts, letters, and receipts collected by Joseph. Another portion includes souvenirs and pamphlets from Genieve's trip to Europe as well as case files, publications, notes, reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, handouts, and other material relating to Genieve Thornton's work at the New York City, New York, Department of Welfare. Also included are several assignments and diplomas from Wendell's time in school. Other materials include correspondence, photographs, family record books, receipts, postcards, bank statements, church papers, library call slips, books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, notebooks, diaries, and clothing items. Materials dated approximately 1800-1976.

Dates

  • approximately 1800-1976

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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Joseph Earl Arrington (1895-1986) was a Latter-day Saint historian.

Joseph Earl Arrington was born on June 21, 1895 to LeRoy Madison and Priscilla Jane Brisendine Arrington in Reed Hill, Tennessee. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1921 and his master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1923. He married Genevieve Thornton on October 11, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York. They had one child, Wendell Snow.

Arrington specialized in Latter-day Saint history and was heavily involved in researching the Nauvoo Temple. His work included collecting papers and images about the temple in Illinois. He was also involved in researching and displaying various playbills and photographs, making use of photostat technology to make and display copies of such images.

He died in September of 1986.

Extent

12 boxes

5 oversize boxes

25 cartons

84 folders

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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