Beehive House Restoration Committee records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0340
Scope and Contents
The Beehive House Restoration Committee records (1897-1964) consist of records of the committee and tour materials prepared by the committee containing historical information on this Brigham Young residence in Salt Lake City. Included are a list of period items placed in the home, a chronology of the restoration effort, a tour script, and a script for a slide presentation on the building. Also included is a news clipping from 1897 describing the home.
Dates
- 1897-1964
Creator
- Beehive House Restoration Committee (Organization)
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.
Organizational History
The Beehive House was built in 1854 and served as home to Brigham Young when he was President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and governor of Utah Territory. Restoration committee members included Helen Young Spencer Williams, Don Carlos Young, Gwen Young Wilcox, and George Cannon Young. This committee was established in 1959 to organize the restoration of the Beehive House.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Beehive House Restoration Committee records (1897-1964) consist of records of the committee and tour materials prepared by the committee containing historical information on this Brigham Young residence in Salt Lake City. Included are a list of period items placed in the home, a chronology of the restoration effort, a tour script, and a script for a slide presentation on the building. Also included is a news clipping from 1897 describing the home.
Processing Information
Processed by Della Dye and Nancy Coulam in 1983.
- Architecture
- Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Conservation and restoration
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Historic buildings -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Conservation and restoration
- Lists (document genres)
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Scripts (Documents)
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 -- Homes and haunts -- Utah
Creator
- Beehive House Restoration Committee (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Beehive House Restoration Committee records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Della Dye and Nancy Coulam.
- Date
- 1983 (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