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ACWA. Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: ACWA
In recognition of the complexity and change experienced by 20th century women in Utah and elsewhere, the mission of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives is to document and preserve the history of women whose lives and work helped create social and cultural change.

Found in 402 Collections and/or Records:

Madeline R. McQuown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0143
Abstract

The Madeline R. McQuown papers (1803-1976) contain some of McQuown's research and works. While the collection does contain some of McQuown's more personal works, such as some of her poetry, the collection deals mainly with her research. Her research was focused on Brigham Young and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church).

Dates: 1803-1976

Linda Sillitoe papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1262
Abstract

The Linda Sillitoe papers (1940-1996) contain handwritten and typed manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, as well as research files consisting of news clippings, correspondence, articles, promotional materials, and other documents. Included are drafts and correspondence for a biography of Lowell L. Bennion by Mary Bradford for which Linda Sillitoe served as editor. Sillitoe is a writer and poet.

Dates: 1940-1996

Jo-Anne Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1358
Abstract

The Jo-Anne Ely papers (1949-1977) contain correspondence, news clippings, interview transcripts, maps, reports, and published material relating to Charles A. "Charlie" Steen, the "Uranium King," and uranium mining in Utah. Ely was researching a possible biography of Steen.

Dates: 1949-1977

Saving the Legacy oral history project transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2070
Abstract The American West Center, at the University of Utah, is involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, has the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. The American West Center later expanded their mission to include all war veterans....
Dates: 2001-2010

Louise Degn papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2149
Abstract

The Louise Degn papers (1946-2015) consist of personal and professional correspondence, journals, sheet music, newspaper clippings, and various materials such as scripts and researchfrom her work as a reporter for KSL and a professor at the University of Utah. The collection also includes documents and internal KSL correspondence concerning to the controversial program "Mormon Women and Depression," which almost did not air.

Dates: 1946-2015

Alice Kasai papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1091
Abstract The Alice Kasai papers (1911-2007) contain correspondence, reports, news clippings, articles, pamphlets, brochures, programs, awards, and newsletters related to the public life of this Utah writer and community activist. Alice Kasai (1916-2007), raised in a small town in rural Utah, saw her husband taken away by the FBI and incarcerated in an internment camp in the early days of World War II. She has been active in community affairs for more than 50 years. She has been affiliated with the...
Dates: 1911-2007

Fawn McKay Brodie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0360
Abstract The Fawn McKay Brodie papers (1932-1983) document the life (1915-1981) and writings of this well-known but controversial Utah-born author and university professor. Included are personal materials, including a biography, interviews, awards, an obituary, and memorial; a file regarding her husband, Bernard Brodie, and her mother, Fawn Brimhall McKay; and family correspondence. The bulk of the collection deals with Brodie's five books: No Man Knows My History: The Life...
Dates: 1932-1983

Linda King Newell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0447
Abstract The Linda King Newell papers (1804-2013) consist of research for and a manuscript of Newell's book titled Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, co-authored by Valeen Tippetts Avery. Emma Smith (1804-1879) was the first wife of LDS Church prophet and president, Joseph Smith Jr. Materials also include Newell's research files and manuscripts for an unpublished biography, For the Love of China, regarding Muriel Hoopes Tu, an American...
Dates: 1804-2013

Helen Zeese Papanikolas papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0471
Abstract

The Helen Zeese Papanikolas papers (1954-2001) contain materials concerning the research and writing of this Utah historian and folklorist. Included are correspondence, research files, news clippings, oral history manuscripts, published and unpublished articles.

Dates: 1954-2009

Voices of American homemakers oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0472
Abstract

The voices of American homemakers oral history project (1981-1983) consists of interviews with 196 women throughout the United States about homemaking in the first half of the twentieth century. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a major grant to the National Extension Homemakers Council for a three-year nationwide project to collect, process, and disseminate representative oral histories from rural homemakers throughout the country.

Dates: 1981-1983

League of Women Voters of Utah records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0544
Abstract

The League of Women Voters of Utah records (1948-2009) contain the administrative files of this non-partisan political organization, including correspondence, financial documents, meeting minutes, and national convention materials. This collection primarily consists of documents from the Salt Lake City chapter, with smaller amounts of information from chapters across the state and the the national league.

Dates: 1948-2009

Ambrosina Colombo Bonza oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0807
Abstract

The Ambrosina Colombo Bonza oral history interview (1979) was conducted by Floyd A. O'Neil of the University of Utah American West Center. Bonza was an Italian immigrant to Carbon County, Utah. She discusses her life in Carbon County, her family, and social conditions.

Dates: 1979

Sandra C. Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1808
Abstract The Sandra C. Taylor papers (1942-1999) contain research files, notes, material related to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, and photocopies of documents produced by the War Relocation Authority Board relative to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. There is also material primarily relating to the conflict in Indochina, and its repercussions in American society. Also included are manuscript drafts written by Taylor and by others whose research she consulted. Taylor is a...
Dates: 1942-1999

Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1830
Abstract

The Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers (1936-1994) contain personal writing, research, and manuscripts written by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, a LDS poet, author, and literary critic. Materials predominantly consist of her research and drafts of the biography of Lowell Bennion, Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.

Dates: 1936-1994

Women in Utah politics oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1855
Abstract

The Women in Utah politics oral history project (1976-1994) consists of interviews with several women who have been active in political and judicial organizations in Utah. Interviews were conducted by Kathryn MacKay, Eloise McQuown, and Gregory C. Thompson under the auspices of the University of Utah's American West Center.

Dates: 1976-1994

Klancy Clark De Nevers papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2285
Abstract The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by de Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books. De Nevers research focuses on World War II, Japanese internment, and Aberdeen, Washington (her hometown). The publications resulting from this research include; The Colonel and the Pacifist, and The Cohasset Beach Chronicles that are a compilation of newspaper...
Dates: 1900-2015

Meghan Zanolli Holbrook papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2890
Abstract

The Meghan Zanolli Holbrook papers (1995-2013) contain correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings, campaign material, and various organizational documents from Holbrook's tenure as Democratic Party chair as well as her other political and local work.

Dates: 1995-2013

Cristina Biaggi photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2290
Abstract

The Cristina Biaggi photograph collection contains photographs of Cristina Biaggi throughout her life, with family and friends. The collection also contains photographs of the memorial of Marija Gimbutas and David Emerson Reiser.

Dates: 1935-2013

Barbara Bailey Hales photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1959
Abstract

Barbara Bailey Hales (1924-2005) was a Utah educator and activist for women's rights. This collection consists of 9 black-and-white negatives depicting group meetings from the 1970s.

Dates: 1970-1979

Ellen Gustava Stark Pack papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1954
Abstract

The Ellen Gustava Stark Pack papers (1896-1952) consist of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings with information about the LDS Church and others filled with children's stories and games and places around the world.

Dates: 1896-1952