Llewelyn R. McKay papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1692

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Llewelyn Riggs McKay papers (1911-1960) contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports and articles. Of special note is a bound volume consisting of a typescript of McKay's missionary journal and correspondence, complied and edited by his children, Douglas R. McKay and Bonnie M. Nelson. This collection also includes many original letters between the McKay family throughout McKay's schooling, teaching and army service.

Dates

1911-1960

Creator

McKay, Llewelyn Riggs, 1904-1975 (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

Llewelyn Riggs McKay (1904-1975), was born June 5, 1904 to David O. McKay, the ninth president of the LDS Church, and Emma Ray Riggs McKay. Llewelyn McKay served as an LDS missionary in Germany between 1922 and 1925 and later returned to Germany in 1945 as a U.S. bombing analyst during the aftermath of World War II. He married Alice Kimball Smith on 19 July, 1928 in the LDS Salt Lake Temple and together had three children: Richard L. McKay, Bonnie Jeanne McKay Nelson, and Douglas R. McKay. An educator by profession, Llewelyn McKay received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Utah, and his Ph.D from Stanford University. He began his teaching career at the University of Utah in 1929, and became head of the Language Department in 1945 until 1965. He died Jan 2, 1975.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Box 1, folders 1-4, were donated by Dr. Douglas McKay and Bonnie M. McKay in 2000.

Box 1, folders 5-7 and box 2 were donated by Dr. Douglas McKay and Bonnie M. McKay in 2007.