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Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 4153

Scope and Contents

Family papers of the Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family, including a transcript of the journal of Bishop Edward Partridge. Materials include photographs, scrapbooks, journals, notebooks, newspapers, correspondence, a manuscript of Ernest DeAlton Partridge's autobiography, certificates, articles, plaques, and other items. Photographs were mostly taken in Utah or in New Jersey. Many of the photos from New Jersey were taken at Montclair State Teachers College, where Partridge was a teacher and then president from 1951 to 1964. Also includes audio recordings. Materials dated approximately 1818-1995, with the bulk dated 1895-1995.

Dates

  • approximately 1818-1995
  • Majority of material found within 1895-1995

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 / Historical

Ernest DeAlton Partridge was born November 6, 1906, in Provo, Utah to Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Elizabeth Mae Truman. Ernest married Nell Clark on January 28, 1931, in New York City. He taught at Montclair University in New Jersey. Ernest and Nell lived in New York and New Jersey for over three decades and together helped found the New Jersey State School of Conservation. They had three sons. Ernest died October 7, 1985, and was buried in Farmington, Utah.

Biographical / Historical

Nell Clark Partridge was born July 16, 1903, in Farmington, Utah, to Amasa L. and Susan Duncan Clark. She attended Davis High School and received a BA from Brigham Young University in 1924 and an MA from Columbia University in 1932. Nell married Ernest DeAlton Partridge on January 28, 1931. The couple lived in New York and New Jersey for over three decades and together helped found the New Jersey State School of Conservation. They had three sons. Nell died March 7, 1994, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Extent

21 boxes (11 linear ft.)

4 oversize boxes (2 linear ft.)

5 oversize folders (0.7 linear ft.)

1 carton (1 linear ft.)

2 folders (0.02 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged in six series: 1. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family photographs and scrapbooks, approximately 1895-1994. 2. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family journals and notebooks, approximately 1895-1994. 3. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family correspondence, approximately 1920-1994. 4. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family papers and ephemera, approximately 1818-1994, bulk: 1895-1994. 5. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family awards, plaques, diplomas, dated approximately 1930-1976. 6. Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family audiovisual materials, 1930-1995.

Custodial History

Donated by Nell Clark Partridge in 1986. Donated by Cathleen F. Partdidge White in 1995 and on August 19, 2020.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Nell Clark Partridge; 1986.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Cathleen Partridge White; 1995.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Cathleen Partridge White; 2020.

Appraisal

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Processed; Sydney Gee and Karen Glenn; July 2022. Combined with MSS 6051.

Processing Information

Processed; Melissa Cowles; January 2008.

Deaccessions

  • A tea towel, wooden carvings, photocopies of vital record and board of trustees minutes.
  • 1 dupe tape, inferior copy, 1 blank audiotape.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Register of Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
Garrett Schroath and Melissa Cowles
Date
2008-2011
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

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
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Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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