Jeanne M. Nielsen papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, photographs, greeting cards, and ephemeral items produced and collected by Jeanne M. Nielsen. The materials primarily document her service as a Mormon missionary in the Eastern States Mission between 1963 and 1965, and include references to race riots in Rochester, New York in 1964.
Dates
- 1963-1978
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 Jeanne M. Nielsen papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Jeanne Lavon Merrell Nielsen (1942- ) was born in Utah to LaVoir and Voniel Merrell, the oldest of five siblings. Jeanne Merrell graduated from Provo High School in 1960 and later attended Brigham Young University. After receiving a semi-professional degree, she served a mission to the Eastern States Mission, where President Wilburn C. West presided, from 1963 to 1965. Jeanne Lavon Merrell returned to Brigham Young University where she earned a BS degree in Business Education /Administration Management in 1968. At Brigham Young University Jeanne Merrell met Douglas Kraig Nielsen. They were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on 25 May 1967.
Extent
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Organized in four series: I. Correspondence, 1963-1976. II. Photographs, circa 1963-1978. III. Greeting cards, circa 1963-1965. IV. Ephemera, circa 1963-1965.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS3121.xml
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Diane Nielsen Call.
Appraisal
LDS, Utah, and Western American women (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.V, 2007).
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions--East (U.S.)--History
- Greeting cards
- History -- New York (State) -- Race riots -- Sources -- Rochester
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- New York (State) -- History
- Letters
- Merrill family
- Missions and Missionaries
- Nielsen, Jeanne M. (Jeanne Merrell), 1942- -- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Printed ephemera
- Women missionaries -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources
- Title
- Register of Jeanne M. Nielsen papers
- Author
- Andrea Wyss
- Date
- 2011 April 19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States