Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1830

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials consist of papers relating to the life and career of Mary Lythgoe Bradford. Her personal materials includes diaries and short stories written by the young Bradford, as well as pamphlets and correspondence related to her activity and missionary service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The personal materials also include genealogy work done by Bradford.

Materials related to her professional work primarily include interviews, oral histories, articles, correspondence, and other research related to the writing of Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian, a memoir and biography about the University of Utah professor Lowell L. Bennion. Materials also include a draft of the book.

Dates

1936-1994

Creator

Bradford, Mary Lythgoe (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 Note

Mary Lythgoe Bradford (b. 1930) is a LDS editor, critic, and poet. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in education and a masters degree in English. Her masters thesis on Virginia Sorensen made Mary the first to write a scholarly work about the author. She continued this work in literary criticism, She edited Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from 1978 to 1983, and edited Mormon Women Speak, which was published in 1982. Her compilation Leaving Home: Personal Essays won the Association for Mormon Letters award for Personal Essay in 1988.

Extent

10.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Mary Lythgoe Bradford papers (1936-1994) contain personal writing, research, and manuscripts written by Mary Lythgoe Bradford, a LDS poet, author, and literary critic. Materials predominantly consist of her research and drafts of the biography of Lowell Bennion, Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Related Materials

See also the Linda Sillitoe papers (Accn 1262) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections. Linda Sillitoe was the editor for Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.