Isaac Albert Smoot papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1145
Scope and Contents
The collection contains eight boxes. Material pertaining to the 1947 Utah Centennial Commission is located in boxes 1-3. In addition to correspondence and munutes, there are reports of the Art, Drama, Pageant, Music, and Parade sub-committees. Smoot served as chairman of the Art Committee. Centennial programs are found in box 3. Information about the Utah Postmasters Association, the NAPUS conventions of 1935 and 1938, and a report of the legislative committee of 1938 regarding civil service are found in box 4. Correspondence with William McCarthy, editor of The Postmaster's Gazette, 1936 through 1942, is located in box 5; correspondence from 1936 through 1950 regarding the activities and responsibilities of Smoot's position as postmaster as well as his service as NAPUS vice president and, in 1948, as president are located in boxes 5-8.
Dates
- 1935-1950
Creator
- Smoot, Isaac Albert (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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
Isaac Albert Smoot (known as I.A. Smoot or "Bert" Smoot) was born in 1880 in Provo, Utah. At the time of his death in 1957 he was presiding over the Northern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Extent
4 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Isaac Albert Smoot papers (1935-1950) consists of correspondence, minutes, and reports of the 1947 Utah Centennial Commission of which Smoot was a member. As well as correspondence and reports during Smoot's tenure as U.S. Postmaster for Salt Lake City and as an officer in the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS), 1935 to 1950.
Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Richard Smoot in 1990.
Separated Materials
Photographs (P0474) were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Ann Reichman in 1998.
Creator
- Smoot, Isaac Albert (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Isaac Albert Smoot papers, 1935-1950
- Author
- Finding aid created by Ann Reichman
- Date
- © 2009 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
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