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Box 8

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

Correspondence, 1951-1977

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous letters to Mrs. Burt in response to queries seeking information for her numerous children's books.

Letters from school teachers and children thanking Mrs. Burt for her visits to their classes. Also letters from children written as part of a class assignment to write to an author.
Dates: 1951-1977

Christmas News Literary Contests

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents This contest was inaugurated by Charles W. Penrose and Horace G. Whitney in 1899, when the first special edition of the Deseret News called The Christmas News was published. Included are chronological and alphabetical lists of contest winners from the years 1899 to 1955.
Dates: 1936-1980

Salt Lake Tribune Poetry Contest

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8-10
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents Entries, all children, are not dated and have been arranged alphabetically.
Dates: 1936-1980

Utah State Institute of Fine Arts

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11-12
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents Contest winners for 1957 to 1971 and a few evaluations of unidentified manuscripts.
Dates: 1936-1980

Utah Writers

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Incomplete lists of Utah authors and their publications compiled by Mrs. Burt.
Dates: 1936-1980

Junita Brooks

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Brief biographical sketch and list of publications.
Dates: 1936-1980

"Meet Utah Authors Reading Fair" program

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Olive Woolley Burt papers consist of manuscripts, research material, photographs, illustrations and correspondence of several of the books written for children by Burt during the years 1928-1980. The manuscript for her "American Murder Ballads and Their Stories," is included. Also among the papers are scrapbooks and other materials depicting her professional interests as a writer. This addendum (1947-1970) to the Olive Wooley Burt Papers contains correspondence, manuscript...
Dates: 1936-1980

Constitution and By-laws

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Olive Woolley Burt papers consist of manuscripts, research material, photographs, illustrations and correspondence of several of the books written for children by Burt during the years 1928-1980. The manuscript for her "American Murder Ballads and Their Stories," is included. Also among the papers are scrapbooks and other materials depicting her professional interests as a writer. This addendum (1947-1970) to the Olive Wooley Burt Papers contains correspondence, manuscript...
Dates: 1936-1980

History, 1936-1970

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents Written by Olive Woolley Burt, this history also contains a list of state officers for the years 1937 to 1971.
Dates: 1936-1970

Annual Roundup, 1942, 1948, 1979

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents 1942 address of Dr. H. A. Oyerstreet given at the Seventh Annual Roundup entitled "The Writer's Function in These Troubled Times."

1948 interview of Mrs. Burt by Commentator Richins of the "Something for the Ladies" program about the Thirteenth Annual Roundup to be held in Brigham City, Utah.

1979 program and information flyers about the Forty-fourth Annual Roundup.
Dates: 1942; 1948; 1979