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Linda King Newell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0447

Scope and Contents

The Linda King Newell papers (1804-2013) consist of research for and a manuscript of Newell's book titled Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, co-authored by Valeen Tippetts Avery. Articles, name files, letter files, minutes, and other materials are included in the research. Addendum includes Newell's research files and manuscripts for an unpublished biography, For the Love of China

Dates

  • 1804-2013

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 Sketch

Linda King Newell was born in Richfield, Utah, and raised in the community of Fillmore. She attended Southern Utah State College and Utah State University, from which she graduated with a bachelor of art degree in art and speech education. She and her husband, L. Jackson Newell, are the parents of four children. Together they have worked as co-editors of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Newell and co-author Valeen Tippetts Avery spent nine years researching the life of Emma Hale Smith in archives from coast to coast as well as LDS Church historical sites in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. The end result was the award-winning biography, Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, published in October 1984, by Doubleday and Co., New York. Awards given for the biography include the David Wooley and Beatrice Cannon Evans Award for Excellence in Western and Mormon Biography, 1984; the Mormon History Association Award for the best book published on Mormon history in 1984; and an award presented by the John Whitmer Historical Association for the best book in L.D.S. history, 1985. Linda Newell has also published articles in several magazines.

Extent

51.5 Linear Feet (96 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Linda King Newell papers (1804-2013) consist of research for and a manuscript of Newell's book titled Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, co-authored by Valeen Tippetts Avery. Emma Smith (1804-1879) was the first wife of LDS Church prophet and president, Joseph Smith Jr. Materials also include Newell's research files and manuscripts for an unpublished biography, For the Love of China, regarding Muriel Hoopes Tu, an American woman who lived in China during the twentieth century. Linda Newell was born in Richfield, Utah, and graduated from Utah State University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery.

Donated by Linda King Newell in 2016.

Processing Information

Processed by Allesen Peck in 1988.

Addendum processed by Julia Huddleston in 2015.

Addendum processed by Hannah Waddel in 2018.

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Title
Inventory of the Linda King Newell papers
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Allesen Peck and Sean Taylor.
Date
1988 (last modified: 2015 and 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.

Revision Statements

  • 2015: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sean Taylor to include an addendum to the collection.
  • 2018: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Hannah Waddel to include an addendum to the collection.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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