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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin Stewart Harris letter to Helen Ellsworth

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328715]
Identifier: MSS SC 2944
Scope and Contents

Written by the president of Brigham Young University to a student, enclosing a copy of the school pep song, "Alma Pater." He encourages her to promote the university to her friends. One sheet of the "Alma Pater" music is torn. Also includes a more complete photocopy of the pep song. The name of the author of the lyrics to "Alma Pater," Glen S. Potter, is written in ink on the first page of the printed sheet music.

Dates: 1932

Janet Jenson collection of Franklin Stewart Harris and family correspondence, 1939-1962

 Series — Box 4: Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197225546917]
Identifier: UA 1106 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include letters to and from the Harris family. Dated 1939-1962.

Dates: 1939-1962

Christen Jensen papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 96
Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, and examinations concerning Brigham Young University transfer credits, awards, faculty meetings, graduate school, Franklin S. Harris, Ernest L. Wilkinson, history, political science, and public administration.

Dates: 1903-1961

Janet Jenson collection on Franklin Stewart Harris

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233266086]
Identifier: UA 1106
Scope and Contents Materials include information, papers, and artifacts gathered Janet Jenson in the course of writing a biography of her grandfather Franklin S. Harris. The materials include articles by or about Franklin S. Harris, Franklin S. Harris' testimony in the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians vs. the United States, some business records of Franklin S. Harris, newspaper clippings about Franklin S. Harris, correspondence of Franklin S. and Estelle S. Harris, certificates of Franklin S. and Estelle S....
Dates: 1847-2002

A. Rex Johnson correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 378
Scope and Contents

Contains 163 letters to and from Johnson while he was student body president and president of the Alumni Association. It also includes correspondence with president Harris, faculty, administrators, and others outside of campus. It also contains information concerning his life after leaving Brigham Young University. Dated 1922-1930.

Dates: 1922-1930

Office of the President general correspondence, 1921-1945

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1089 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains the correspondence between Brigham Young University President Franklin S. Harris from his time as president from 1921-1945. Some correspondence contains the response from Harris. On average each year is divided into A-H, I-M, and N-Z. Among those that Harris corresponded with are President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints Heber J. Grant and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, United States Senators and Representatives, educational leaders across the...
Dates: 1921-1945

Office of the President records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1089
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and other material produced by Harris during his term as president of Brigham Young University from 1921 to 1945. Among his papers are financial and budget papers related to his years as president, materials related to Brigham Young University facilities maintenance and construction, and materials related to Brigham Young University during World War II.

Dates: 1921-1945

Office of the President records on World War II, 1943-1945

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1089 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains materials related to Brigham Young University during World War II, through correspondence and reports from Brigham Young University President Franklin S. Harris. The reports include office candidate school and technical programs run on campus to prepare students to serve in the military and reference letters to military branches written by Harris recommending students to officer training programs. Also included are reports outlining the effects of the mobilization for the war on...
Dates: 1943-1945

Student Publications Office records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231033918]
Identifier: UA 126
Scope and Contents

Contains budget reports, bids, audits, contracts and correspondence between Franklin S. Harris, Brigham Young University President, 1921-1945, Ralph W. Jenson, Brigham Young University Banyan editor and photographers, printers and designers concerning the preparations of the Banyan and the "Y" News. 13 items.

Dates: 1932-1933