G.T. Harrison papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1351
Scope and Contents
The G.T. Harrison papers (1802-1994) cover some of the studies and activities of his life. Many of the materials deal with more controversial aspects of religion and politics. Much of the collection contains correspondence, both personal and business in nature, including correspondence to editors and newspapers. This collection also includes several books which G.T. Harrison used in his studies, all of which have numerous thoughts and annotations provided by Harrison. The collection also contains several newspaper, magazine, and newsletter articles pertaining to various religious and political subjects; these also have Harrison's thoughts and annotations included in the margins. Other item of interest in this collection are G.T. Harrison's missionary diaries and scrapbooks.
Dates
- 1802-2013
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical / Historical
George Trevier Harrison (1901-1995) was born in Provo, Utah, on the 15 May 1901. He was the son of George Arthur Harrison and Elbertie Mae West Harrison. His grandparents, William and Janett Gallacher Harrison, were early Mormon settlers.
When G. T. Harrison was fourteen he learned telegraphy and worked as a delivery boy for Western Union, and at fifteen he transmitted national electronic results. At sixteen, during World War I and with a shortage of trained adults, he accepted a management position at the Western Union's office in Burley, Idaho. Later he returned to Provo to attend BYU, where he became class president.
While attending BYU in 1917, Utah Railway Company hired G. T. Harrison as the chief telegrapher and joint agent for Utah Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad. He worked for the railroads for fifty years, retiring as a train dispatcher in 1967.
G. T. Harrison served a two-year LDS mission in England. Once an active member of the LDS Church and president of the Leed's Conference in England, he later directed his efforts toward more controversial aspects of religion and politics. After returning from the mission in 1926, G. T. Harrison saw socio-economic problems throughout Utah. He turned to a lifetime work of clarifying his own understanding and beliefs regarding religion. Often direct and controversial and he was eventually excommunicated from the LDS Church.
George T. Harrison died on the 13th of March 1995.
When G. T. Harrison was fourteen he learned telegraphy and worked as a delivery boy for Western Union, and at fifteen he transmitted national electronic results. At sixteen, during World War I and with a shortage of trained adults, he accepted a management position at the Western Union's office in Burley, Idaho. Later he returned to Provo to attend BYU, where he became class president.
While attending BYU in 1917, Utah Railway Company hired G. T. Harrison as the chief telegrapher and joint agent for Utah Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad. He worked for the railroads for fifty years, retiring as a train dispatcher in 1967.
G. T. Harrison served a two-year LDS mission in England. Once an active member of the LDS Church and president of the Leed's Conference in England, he later directed his efforts toward more controversial aspects of religion and politics. After returning from the mission in 1926, G. T. Harrison saw socio-economic problems throughout Utah. He turned to a lifetime work of clarifying his own understanding and beliefs regarding religion. Often direct and controversial and he was eventually excommunicated from the LDS Church.
George T. Harrison died on the 13th of March 1995.
Extent
25.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The G.T. (George Trevier) Harrison papers (1802-1994) are a collection of studies of LDS Church doctrine, Christianity, and some politics written and collected by G.T. Harrison, who in the inventory will be referred to as GTH. Once a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Harrison later became an atheist and continued his study of the history and theology of the LDS Church, as well as other Christian religions. He wrote several books, including Mormons Are Peculiar People, Mormonism Now and Then, And It Came to Pass, and That Mormon Book, all of which are included in this collection among many other books in which he made numerous notes. Much of the material in this collection focuses on controversial aspects of religion and politics, and includes several books, correspondence, notes, and articles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Boxes 1-6 (4 linear feet) were donated January 1993.
Boxes 7-35 (19.25 linear feet) were donated October 1998.
Box 37 was donated by Garth Harrison in 2013.
Boxes 7-35 (19.25 linear feet) were donated October 1998.
Box 37 was donated by Garth Harrison in 2013.
Separated Materials
A photograph was removed from this collection and place in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1290)
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Sessions in 2006.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2019.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2019.
- Certificates
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Genealogies (histories)
- Harrison, G. T. (George Trevier), 1901-1995 -- Archives
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Controversial literature
- Latter Day Saints -- Missionary experiences -- England
- Latter Day Saints -- Missions -- England
- Manuscripts for publication
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Creator
- Title
- Inventory of the G.T. Harrison papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Lisa DeMille, Jennifer Sessions, and Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2006 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu