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Provo (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ben E. Lewis personal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2203
Scope and Contents

Contains annual volumes of randomly organized reminiscences of his life, including childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah; scouting; family; missionary service; education and profession; the building of the Provo and Jordan River temples; and work at Brigham Young University, including interactions with Ernest L. Wilkinson and Dallin H. Oaks. Also includes addresses and poems by Lewis, an oral history, and Lewis family history. Materials dated 1944-2003 (bulk: 1988-2003).

Dates: 1944-2003; Majority of material found within 1988-2003

Stella H. Oaks collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1712
Scope and Contents

Stella Harris Oaks did not keep a journal, so this collection is probably the best, first-hand look one can get at her remarkable life. It consists of her research and speech notes, correspondence, and memorabilia files.

Dates: 1906-1996

Office of the President scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2215
Scope and Contents

Looseleaf binders containing newspaper articles, magazine articles, and photographs (some photocopied), reflecting his presidency at Brigham Young University. Compiled by Oaks's secretary, Janet Calder.

Dates: 1971-1980

Marvin E. Wiggins retirement celebration

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227641930]
Identifier: MSS 3974
Scope and Contents

Marvin E. Wiggins retirement celebration, 2007 includes a CD recording and transcript of Wiggins' 31 January 2007 retirement celebration. Wiggins' lecture on that occasion includes history of the Lee Library over his 40 years of service. Also included are tributes from other prominent Library faculty.

Dates: 2007 January 31