Scope and Contents This folder contains a 115 page typed autobiography by Joseph L. Rawlins. It covers his life from his birth in 1850 to 1885. It contains descriptions of the legal and political controversies which preceded Utah's admission to statehood.

Scope and Contents This folder contains two biographical sketches of Joseph L. Rawlins from the National Encyclopedia of American Biography.

Scope and Contents This folder contains five speeches, on given before the Utah Democratic Club on the need for separation of church and state, one given before the United States House of Representatives in behalf of the Utah Statehood bill, one given before the United States Senate concerning the Spanish-Cuba question, another given before the United States Senate concerning the independence of Cuba, and the last given before the United States Senate on the American involvement in the Phillipines.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a speech given on the bill to fix the standard of value of all forms of money issued by the United States, speeches given on the governing of the Philippines, and a speech given on the independence of the Philippines.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joseph Lafayette Rawlins papers (1885-1964) contain materials collected by Rawlins' daughter, Alta R. Jensen, in preparation for her 1956 publication of The Unfavored Few: The Autobiography of Joseph L. Rawlins. Included in the collection is a portion of Rawlins' original autobiography, covering his life from 1850-1885. The collection also contains several printed copies of speeches given by Rawlins, dating from 1885-1902, as well as one of Rawlins'...

Scope and Contents Some of these notes are direct dictation from Joseph L. Rawlins.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a complete copy of Rawlins' speech to the United States Senate on the government of the Philippine Islands.

Scope and Contents This folder contains several newspaper clippings concerning Utah's fiftieth year statehood celebration.

Scope and Contents This folder contains correspondence concerning Jensen's book, The Unfavored Few. Also included are her application for copyright, rejection notices from Reader's Digest and Brant and Brant, and thank you notes from those to whom Jensen sent complimentary copies of her book.