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Personal and professional papers of Algie and George Ballif including news clippings, awards, certificates, notebooks, correspondence, pamphlets, and miscellaneous items. The bulk of the items are from the years 1960 to 1978. Many items concern George's legal career and Algie's work as a legislator.

Scope and Contents Diary and autobiography. The autobiography has a number of missing sections but basically covers the time his ancestors joined the Mormon Church to 1917 when he began his diary. The journal covers the years 1917-1936. Cummings served as Superintendent of Church schools for the Mormon Church and travelled widely on that and other assignments. He also worked as a teacher and school principal. He served on a mission to Mexico (1885-1998) and held numerous other positions for the Mormon...

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Typewritten biography of Warren Newton Dusenberry (1836-1915) with handwritten corrections. Dusenberry was a prominent Utah pioneer, educator, judge, and public servant.

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Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Evans was born and raised in Springville, Utah. He went to the Utah Agricultural College and taught school in Utah and Wyoming. He moved to California where he worked as a salesman and as a businessman. He gives many details relating to his early life and to his business activities.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten master's thesis. The item is "a thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Educational Administration, University of Utah June, 1958." The thesis is a biography of the educator and scholar, James Edward Talmage. Talmage was also a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.