Orlando W. Powers address
Scope and Contents
A 30-page typed lecture given by Utah Judge, Orlando W. (O.W.) Powers, on "The Old Fashioned Woman" in, approximately, the year 1897. He states that his purpose in this lecture was to identify the virtues in the Mothers of Israel, and throughout it praises those characteristics comparatively to the modern women. A label on a back panel is assumed to be written by the collector, Isaac Brockbank, Jr.
Dates
- approximately 1897
Creator
- Powers, Orlando W. (author, Person)
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 the Orlando W. Powers address must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical History
Orlando Woodworth Powers (1851-1914) was a nationally reputable lawyer and prominent jurist, member of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, and Democratic leader.
O. W. Powers was born on June 16, 1851 to Julia Stoddard and Josiah W. Powers in Putneyville, Wayne County, New York. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1871, and began to practice law in the city of Kalamazoo. While practicing his profession, Powers also became involved in the political activity of the Democratic Party. In 1874 he was elected chairman of the Kalamazoo Democratic County Committee, in 1876 and 1885 was elected city attorney in Kalamazoo, and in 1884 was the Michigan delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1885, President Cleveland appointed Powers associate justice of Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. After only one year he returned to Michigan. On October 26, 1887 Powers married Anna May Wipple of Burlington, Iowa and shortly after he and his new bride moved back to Salt Lake City, Utah where he once again practiced law.
Judge Power gained much success and became nationally recognized after his Supreme Court case acquitted Mrs. Anna W. Bradley in the murder of a Utah senator. He toured many times to endorse Democratic Party members in their various elections. Powers himself even ran several times but never received the nominations. In 1908 he was the Utah delegate to Democratic National Convention.
Judge O. W. Powers died on January 2, 1914 from pneumonia in Salt Lake City, Utah and was survived by his wife and only child, Rodger W. Powers, attorney at law.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Gaylie Morehead from materials belonging to her ancestor, Isaac Brockbank, Jr., on October 4, 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Gaylie Morehead; October 4, 2017.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West cultural, social, and religious history (19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts collection development policy IV.a.i.4, November 2013).
General
On January 24, 1897, The Salt Lake Herald mentions the speech being given by Judge Powers the day before. The certainty of this copy being from that one occasion or from a separate occasion is unclear; therefore the date of this collection is approximately 1897.
Processing Information
Processed; Hayley Gorham, student manuscript processor, and Ryan K. Lee, curator; 2017.
- Title
- Register of Orlando W. Powers address
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hayley Gorham
- Date
- 2017 November 10
- 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