Edwin Brown Firmage papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1074
Scope and Contents
The Edwin Brown Firmage papers (1780-2013) consist of speeches, essays, articles, book drafts, notes, correspondence, news letters, pamphlets, and reports, among other papers, surrounding Firmage's vast interests. Although much of the collection deals with international and constitutional law, Firmage also wrote and collected articles and essays on religion, the MX missile, women's rights, sexuality, war, race, and culture. The collection also includes family papers that extensively list his genealogy and relationship with a number of prominent members and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) including his grandfather, Hugh B. Brown; LDS Church prophets Brigham Young; and Joseph Smith.
Dates
- 1780-2014
Creator
- Firmage, Edwin Brown (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
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 Sketch
Edwin Brown Firmage (b. 1935) is a former professor of international and constitutional law at the University of Utah. Firmage won many awards and honors for his humanitarian crusades, including Utah Edowment for the Humanities Governor's Award, the University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award, the Charles Redd Prize, and many others. He served as a White House Fellow under Hubert H. Humphrey where he had the opportunity to work with Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the Dahli Lama. He was also a United Nations visiting scholar to the East, he ran for Congress in 1978, and was a Fulbright scholar in 1990.
Extent
137 Linear Feet (217 boxes and 1 oversize map case folder)
Language of Materials
English
Polish
Spanish; Castilian
German
Abstract
The Edwin Brown Firmage papers (1780-2014) consist of speeches, essays, articles, book drafts, notes, correspondence, news letters, pamphlets, and reports, among other papers, surrounding Firmage's vast interests. Firmage is a former professor of international and constitutional law at the University of Utah.
Arrangement
This collection has been reprocessed in 2018 to provide researchers with a cohesive collection that is arranged according to the following series: I. Personal materials; II. White House Fellows Program; III. Professional materials; IV. Personal and professional correspondence; V. Writings and manuscripts; VI. MX missile materials; VII. Various legal writings, cases, activities and research; VIII. Subject files; IX. Collected articles written by others; X. Family materials; and XI. Oversize materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Edwin Brown Firmage in 1989-2017.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0875 and A0427). A CD on polygamy with Edwin Brown Firmage and Lynn Wardell is located in the Manuscripts Division CD case.
Processing Information
Processed by Mark Jensen, Alison Rogers, Kirk Watson, Lisa DeMille, and Lindsey Moore in 2006.
Addenda processed by Betsey Welland in 2008-2017.
Entire collection reprocessed by Betsey Welland in 2018.
Addenda processed by Betsey Welland in 2008-2017.
Entire collection reprocessed by Betsey Welland in 2018.
- Apartheid -- Political aspects- -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
- Brown, Hugh B., 1883-1975
- Church and state -- Latter Day Saints
- Civic Activism
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Drafts (documents)
- International law
- Latter Day Saints -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History
- MX (Weapons system)
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Notes (documents)
- Student movements -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects
- War and civilization
Creator
- Firmage, Edwin Brown (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Edwin Brown Firmage papers
- Author
- Finding aid initially prepared by Mark Jensen, Alison Rogers, Kirk Watson, Lisa DeMille, and Lindsey Moore. Final finding aid prepared by Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2006 (last modified: 2018)
- 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