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Latter Day Saint women -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Sontagg Bradley research files, circa 1970-2002

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains articles, topic files, published manuscripts, and papers on the history of women's rights. These materials pertain to Mormon women with the International Women's Year and the Equal Rights Amendment, articles by numerous scholars pertaining to women's rights and the legal ramifications, and topical files with women's concerns and history, like a file for Sandra Day O'Connor, abortion, and child care. Dated circa 1970-2002.

Dates: circa 1970-2002

Mormon Battalion Association collection of Auxiliary records, 1901-2012

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials which document the history of and activities conducted by the Women's Auxiliary of the Mormon Battalion association, located in Utah. Includes biographies, correspondence, history, leadership, minutes, and newsletters relating to the organization and its mission to remember the contributions of women to the Mormon Battalion. Materials date from between 1901 and 2012.

Dates: 1901-2012

Mary Mostert papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233631040]
Identifier: MSS 8200
Scope and Contents

Contains four books written and published by Mary Mostert, including two copies of each volume of Banner of Liberty. Also contains a binder called Excerpts from the Life of Mary Mostert (Grooms). Materials date from between 2004 and 2005.

Dates: 2004-2005

Eve Nielson diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3180
Scope and Contents

Diaries document the life of Eve Nielson from 1975 through 1987.

Dates: 1975-1987

Oral histories on the International Women's Year, circa 1977-1993

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts from oral histories conducted with fifty-five women. Interviews discuss each woman's involvement with the International Women's Year and their feelings toward the Equal Rights Amendment. Dated circa 1977-1993.

Dates: circa 1977-1993

Jenniev Jorgensen Poulson account

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311869]
Identifier: MSS SC 1490
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a bound typescript of an account of a trip to places of Mormon historical interest and other places in the United States. Poulson describes her trip from Utah into Wyoming, the Midwest, and the Eastern States, Florida, and then her return to Utah.

Dates: 1936

Phyllis Southwick papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9541
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, writings, photographs, newspaper clippings, date books, and other ephemera related to the life and career of Phyllis Southwick. Materials of Margaret Cannon Clayton, Emmeline B. Wells, Elizabeth Ann "Annie" Wells Cannon, as well as the Cannon and Wells families are included and are focused on civic activism in Utah, higher education instruction, and women suffrage movements. Materials dated 1889 to 1982.

Dates: 1889-1980

Sarah Sybil Douglas Vincent recollections and recipes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329028]
Identifier: MSS SC 2902
Scope and Contents

Brief family history of the Roland and Sybil Vincent family, 1934-1991. The settings for most of the history were Provo and Fairview, Utah. Compiled by Sybil Vincent, Roland Vincent, P. Bradford Westwood and Verlie Westwood for Christams 1991. Food recipes are interspersed throughout the volume

Dates: 1991

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Virginia Kimball Geisler papers, 1920s-2017

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Family papers of Virginia Kimball Geisler, including her testimony, letters, photographs, funeral papers, and ephemera. Dated 1920s to 2017.

Dates: 1920s-2017

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr papers, 1978-2020

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include the personal history of Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr, mainly in the forms of a personal journal kept in day planners. The contents include her marriages and divorce, her familial struggles, her occupation as a Store House worker, and her many church assignments. Includes photographs and letters from her time living in different cities and mementos from her years in elementary school to high school. Dated approximately 1978 to 2020.

Dates: 1978-2020