Edith Leroy Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0366
Scope and Contents
The Edith Leroy Richardson papers (1883-1971) is comprised of two scrapbooks, nursing certificates, and other documents pertaining to and/or collected by Richardson (1881-1977), a professional nurse who was also a granddaughter of Chief Tintic of the Uintah Utes. The first scrapbook contains Richardson's personal materials along with booklets from the Business and Professional Women's Club, Ensign Chapter. Also in this scrapbook are photographs of Edith and her mother, letters to the Office of Indian Affairs, love letters between Edith and Dr. E. A. Kusel, nursing awards and biographies of Edith and her mother Aldurah Kate Richardson. There are also small booklets and materials dealing with the Business and Professional Women's Club. The second scrapbook contains materials dealing with Native Americans, mostly in the form of news clippings, between 1938 and 1952.
Dates
- 1883-1971
Creator
- Richardson, Edith LeRoy, 1881-1977 (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
Edith LeRoy Richardson was born 13 July 1881 in Springville, Utah, to Aldurah Kate Richardson, the daughter of Chief Tintic of the Uintah Utes. She grew up in Springville and on the Indian reservation where her mother worked. She attended the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated with a nursing degree in 1908. From then until her retirement in 1950, Edith worked as a private nurse and in various hospitals throughout the western United States. She was also a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club for twenty-five years. Edith Richardson died on 16 March 1977.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Edith Leroy Richardson papers (1883-1971) is comprised of two scrapbooks, nursing certificates, and other documents pertaining to and/or collected by Richardson (1881-1977), a professional nurse who was also a granddaughter of Chief Tintic of the Uintah Utes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary Louise Hurst in 1979.
Separated Materials
See also the Edith LeRoy Richardson photograph collection (P0019) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Sharon Thorup in 1983.
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- Annual reports
- Autobiographies
- Awards
- Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 -- Personal narratives
- Business and Professional Women's Club (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Archives
- Business and Professional Women's Club (Salt Lake City, Utah) (Issuing body)
- Business correspondence
- Chipeta, 1843-1924 -- Archives
- Clark, Davis, 1832-1905
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- College students' writings -- Specimens
- Diaries
- Drawings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- 19th century
- Indian children -- Cultural assimilation -- Utah -- 20th century -- Archives
- Indian nurses -- Archives
- Instructional and educational works
- Kusel, Eli Abraham, 1874-1947
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- 19th century -- Biography
- Medicine and Health
- Oklahoma Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (Issuing body)
- Personal correspondence
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Richardson, Edith LeRoy, 1881-1977 -- Archives
- Richardson, Kate, 1857-1928 -- Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Tintic, Chief, 1820-1858 -- Family -- Archives
- United States -- History -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. -- 20th century
- United States -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 20th century
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Correspondence
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pawnee Agency -- Employees -- Archives
- University of Utah. Extension Division -- Archives
- Ute Indians -- 19th century -- Archives
- Ute Indians -- 20th century -- Archives
- Ute Indians -- Wars -- Personal narratives
- Ute women -- Archives
- Wills
- Women nurses -- Utah -- Archives
Creator
- Richardson, Edith LeRoy, 1881-1977 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Edith Leroy Richardson papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sharon Thorup.
- Date
- 1983 (last modified: 2019 and 2024)
- 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