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Louisa May Alcott papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 503
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker and various other family members and writers. The letters are of both a private and professional nature, and discuss social engagements, familial affairs, writing schedules, and upcoming publications. Also included are two portraits, a sound recording with transcript of a radio adaptation of "Little Women," the poem recording with transcript of a radio adaption of "Little Women," the poem "Lines to...
Dates:
1862-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Research materials on George Beard
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1451
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts and photocopies collected by Davies while researching and writing a biography entitled, "George Beard, Mormon Pioneer Artist with a Camera," privately published, ca. 1974. Collection includes Beard's memoirs and correspondence, news clippings and biographies about him, a transcript of his funeral service, Beard family histories, photographs, and a short color film made by KSL-TV regarding Beard's life. Papers include materials authored by Lovenia Bullock Beard, Edna Beard Taylor,...
Dates:
1916-1974
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Janet Roberts Blamforth papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 838
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two biographies and miscellaneous photocopied papers that support the author's research. One biography is entitled "David Robert Roberts: the Father of Utah Good Roads." It is 25 pages of photocopied typescript and was written for the Utah 1976 Bicentennial Biography competition sponsored by the Salt Lake Tribune and the Utah State Historical Society. Roberts was a Utah politician who, as a Utah state legislator, pushed for improving roads in the state....
Dates:
1975-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Claude Buck papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2736
Scope and Contents
Reviews, sketches, poems, notes, family histories, and magazine articles. The materials relate to Buck's work as an artist. The notes relate to the composition of some of his art work, and the articles and reviews relate to analyses of his art.
Dates:
1930-1982
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Wesley M. Burnside research materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1438
Scope and Contents
Research material on the artist Maynard Dixon by Wesley M. Burnside. Materials include correspondence, periodical clippings, original and edited papers, and two signed documents by Dixon.
Dates:
1935-1974
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
C. C. A. Christensen autobiography and biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1127
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copies of biographies and clippings relating to C. C. A. Christensen (1831-1912). Also included is an autobiography of Christensen that has been translated from the original Danish. Christensen is the most noted Mormon artist who documented much of the Mormon experience through his paintings. He also painted murals to decorate Mormon meeting houses and temples.
Dates:
1900-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Homer E. Britzman guest register
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 682
Dates:
1938-1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Hafen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 356
Overview
This collection consists of correspondence, a diary of John's wife, Thora Hafen (January 1901-May 1901), a notebook, certificates, family genealogies, mementos, illustrated programs of Hafen's art exhibits, and newspaper clippings which laud Hafen's art. Part of the collection was represented in a catalog entitled
A Step Beyond: Artist's Archives and Creative Process,
presented by the Special Collections and Archives and Manuscripts of Brigham Young University,...
Dates:
1879-1918
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Robinson Leigh autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 171
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten aubiography. Leigh writes about his life and career as a prominent artist of the American West.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Frederic Remington letters
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 536
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters dated February 10 and June 14. The year of their composition is uncertain. These manuscripts relate to Remington's attempt to get some of his works published.
Dates:
February-June 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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