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Donna Toland Smart photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1022

Scope and Contents

The Donna Toland Smart photograph collection consists of 2 boxes. Box 1 contains images collected by Smart in the course of her research into the life of Patty Bartlett Sessions as well as biographical images related to Smart's life, family, and travels, particularly to Egypt. Box 2 contains additional photographs related to Smart's life, particularly her involvement in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and her work for the Relief Society. The collection dates from 1846-1990, but the majority of the images date from Smart's life, particularly 1970-1990. While most of the images are black-and-white or color photograph prints, the collection also includes slides, negatives, and postcards.

Dates

  • 1846-1990

Creator

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

Donna Toland Smart was born on February 2, 1923. Donna Toland married William B. "Bill" Smart; together, the couple had five children. She received a Bachelor’s from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981. Smart taught high school in Star Valley, Wyoming, and at East High in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also worked for the University of Utah as a technical writer and served on the Emeritus Board. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Smart also worked as an author for the Relief Society. Smart edited Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions, published in 1997.

Extent

2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Donna Toland Smart is a Utah writer and editor who served as an author for the Relief Society for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and edited Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions (1997). The Donna Toland Smart photograph collection (1846-1990) contain images related to Sessions life, education, and family; the Relief Society; and her travels, particularly to Egypt. It also contains images collected by Smart during the course of her research into Patty Sessions.

Arrangement

By folder and subject.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Donna Toland Smart in 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2020.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.

Separated Materials

See also the Donna Toland Smart papers (ACCN 1887) in the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections.

Processing Information

Processed by Photo Archives staff.
Title
Guide to the Donna Toland Smart photograph collection
Author
Finding aid created by Sara Davis, updated by Claire A. Kempa.
Date
2015
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:
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