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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Clawson Y. Cannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7793
Scope and Contents Contains the papers accumulated by Clawson Y. Cannon during his life and career. Those papers include family histories, photographs, letters, official correspondence, missionary accounts, personal journals, patriarchal blessings, and Cannon's publications and research. The majority of the papers come from his work as an animal husbandry professor at Brigham Young University, as a government worker in Lebanon, and as a husband and father. Many relate to his wife, Winnifred Clawson. The papers...
Dates: 1859-2001

Clawson Y. Cannon correspondence, 1948-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 3
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence from family, friends, and acquaintances sent to and received by either Clawson Y. Cannon or his wife Winnifred; all date between the years 1948 and 1976. Most of the correspondence is from Cannon's family, especially his children. Events that generated the correspondence include the following: Christmas well-wishes, Cannon and his wife's 60th wedding anniversary, his wife's passing away in 1974, and her sickness before her passing. The notes include views on...
Dates: 1948-1976

Clawson Y. Cannon ephemera, correspondence, and recording, approximately 1952-1976

 Series — Carton 5: Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232479904], Folder: 5-11
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains personal correspondence from Cannon's close family, especially his children and grandchildren. The correspondence is largely if not wholly undated. Most of it is greeting cards. Also contains a folder of empty envelopes with addresses. The book is a collection of newspaper clippings, scriptures, and other quotes. Also contains one audiocassette with two women talking about their memories of the Clawson family. Materials dated approximately 1952 to 1976.

Dates: approximately 1952-1976

Clawson Y. Cannon papers from Brigham Young University, 1957-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence and papers generated during Clawson Y. Cannon's professorship at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Some of the materials that are included in the series are the following: official publications, research notes, interdepartmental correspondence, Social Security certificates, financial records, minutes from meetings of the Dairy Committee Meeting, letters of recommendation, and a list of publications generated by Cannon himself. The papers were created between...
Dates: 1957-1976

Clawson Y. Cannon papers from Lebanon, 1950-1956

 Series — Carton 3: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232479920], Folder: 14-18
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, papers, and notes that were created during the time that Clawson Y. Cannon resided and worked in Beirut, Lebanon, for the United States government. They date between January 29, 1950, and November 21, 1956. The materials come from several sources, including his various applications that he needed to enter Lebanon and life insurance payments. Some items of interest include correspondence with Ezra Taft Benson, David O. McKay, and Ernest Wilkinson.

Dates: 1950-1956