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    • Rosel H. Hyde

    • Rosel H. Hyde

    • United States. Federal Communications Commission--History--Sources; Mormons--Washington (D.C.)--History--Sources; Television--Law and legislation--United States--History--Sources; Radio--Law and legislation--United States--History--Sources; Mass...

    • In 1927, to clean up the confusion on the electromagnetic spectrum caused by too many signals and too few frequencies, Congress organized the Federal Radio Commission. Since then, many other issues of developing communications technology, in...
    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897; Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century; Tooele (Utah); Nauvoo (Ill.); Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Salt...

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion...
    • Weir Family Papers

    • Weir Family Papers

    • Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919--Biography--Sources; Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926--Biography--Sources; Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889--Biography--Sources; Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850; Seymour, Louisa Weir; Baker, Anna Bartlett...

    • Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), was an artist who stood as a prominent figure in the recognition of early american impressionism. His father, Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), and brother, John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), were also of the same...
    • Journals of L. John Nuttall

    • Journals of L. John Nuttall

    • Nuttall, L. John (Leonard John), 1834-1905; Utah. Militia--History--Sources; Mormon Church--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Doctrines--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Apostles--History--Sources; Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872--Sources;...

    • Utah militia leader who held numerous leadership positions for the Mormon Church. Handwritten diaries, correspondence, lists, minutes, patriarchal blessings, and notes. The materials relate to Nuttall's involvement in numerous Mormon Church and...
    • Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane Collection

    • Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane Collection

    • Kane, Elizabeth Wood, 1836-1909; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901; Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878; Mormons--Relations with Gentiles; Indians of North America

    • Friend to the Mormons; social reformer; son of John K. Kane, a Philadelphia judge who also worked in Washington, D.C. brother of Elisha Kent Kane, an Arctic explorer. Fought on Union side in American Civil War. Developer of Kane, an area of...
    • David M. Kennedy Collection

    • David M. Kennedy Collection

    • Kennedy, David Matthew, 1905-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Kimball, Spencer W., 1895-; Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago; United States. Federal Reserve...

    • President and Chairman of the Board of Continental Bank in Chicago and Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard Nixon. Later he was appointed Ambassador-at-large and U.S. representative to NATO. He also served as special representative to...
    • William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) Papers

    • William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) Papers

    • Jackson, Clarence S. Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942; Artists--United States; Photographers--United States; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America--Photographs; Art--West (U.S.)

    • William Henry Jackson, 1843-1942, is best known as one of the most renowned 19th Century landscape photographers of the West, but he is also well-known for his artistic works in various mediums. His 99 years closely spanned the first century of the...
    • Gertrude and Raymond Bonnin Collection

    • Gertrude and Raymond Bonnin Collection

    • National Council of American Indians; Indians of North America--History; Indians of North America--Government relations; Ute Indians; Yankton Indians

    • Gertrude Bonnin is a central figure in twentieth century Indian reform. Gertrude's self-chosen Indian name was Zitkala-Sa, which means "Red Bird." Her immense efforts to transform the system that dealt with Native Americans helped bring attention...
    • Register of the American Conservative Union

    • Register of the American Conservative Union

    • American Conservative Union--History--Sources; Political action committees--United States--History--Sources; Conservatism--United States--History--Sources

    • American organization, also referred to as the ACU, to coordinate conservative political action in the United States. Correspondence, notes, newsletters, memoranda, meeting minutes, charters, bylaws, resolutions, and miscellaneous items. The ACU...
    • Reed Smoot Papers

    • Reed Smoot Papers

    • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Taft,William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; Grant, Heber Jeddy, 1856-1945; Smith, Joseph Fielding, 1838-1918;...

    • Republican senator from Utah (1903-1933) and one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon Church (1900-1941). Correspondence, journals, newspaper clippings, speeches, and memorabilia. Most of the materials relate to Smoot's career as a senator and his...
    • Carlos Ashby Badger Collection

    • Carlos Ashby Badger Collection

    • Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941; Badger, Rose Jenkins, 1877-1937; Legislators--United States--History--Sources; Mormons--Polygamy--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Apostles--History--Sources

    • Mormon lawyer and member of the Utah National Guard. Photocopies of diaries, correspondence, and scrapbooks. The correspondence is largely between Carlos Badger and his wife Rose Jenkins Badger. Most of the diaries were kept while Badger served as...
    • Biography of William E. Gates

    • Biography of William E. Gates

    • Gates, William, 1863-1940; Maya Society--History--Sources; Mayas--History--Sources; Mayan languages--Central America--History--Sources; Mayan literature--Central America--History--Sources; Aztecs--History--Sources; Nahuatl...

    • Author, linguist, archaeologist, collector, publisher, museum director, and president of the Maya Society. ; Transcripts, printers proofs, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of...
    • Clarkana Papers of Joshua Ruben Clark, Jr.

    • Clarkana Papers of Joshua Ruben Clark, Jr.

    • Clark, J. Reuben (Joshua Reuben), 1871-1961--Diaries; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; League of Nations--History--Sources; United Nations--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Apostles--Correspondence;...

    • Educator, lawyer, statesman, and Mormon Church leader. ; Correspondence, diaries, drafts of writings, speeches, articles, notes, photographs, and other papers relating to Clark's career in government as Solicitor for the Dept. of State, U.S....
    • Amy Brown Lyman Collection

    • Amy Brown Lyman Collection

    • Women legislators--Utah--Biography; Women--Societies and clubs--History--Sources; Women--Suffrage--Utah; Mormon women

    • Amy Brown was born February 7, 1872, at Pleasant Grove, Utah, and was reared in a deeply religious home of strict compliance with gospel principles and the standards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her father, John Brown, for...
    • Zina Young Williams Card Collection

    • Zina Young Williams Card Collection

    • Card, Zina Young Williams, 1850-1931; Card, Charles Ora, 1839-1906; Brimhall, George H. (George Henry), 1852-1932; Maeser, Karl G., 1828-1901; Brigham Young Academy--History--Sources; Mormon Church--General Authorities--Correspondence;...

    • Mormon pioneer, educator, church leader, and civic authority. Correspondence, autobiographical and biographical materials, patriarchal blessings, legal documents, news articles, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the life and career...
    • Ernst Hoor Collection

    • Ernst Hoor Collection

    • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Austrians--United States--History--Sources; Politicians--Austria--History--Sources

    • Official in the Austrian government, instructor at Yale University, businessman, and a member of the Free Austria Movement. Drafts of writings and research notes pertaining to modern European and Austrian history. The materials are in English,...
    • National Association of Theatre Owners

    • National Association of Theatre Owners

    • National Association of Theatre Owners (U.S.)--History--Sources; Theatre Owners of America--History--Sources; Theatre Owners of America; Council of Motion Picture Organization--History--Sources; Motion picture industry--United...

    • The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) is a nationwide trade association of motion picture exhibitors representing 33 state and regional theatre organizations and more than 8,000 independent theatres and theatre circuits. It came into...
    • S. Lyman Tyler Collection

    • S. Lyman Tyler Collection

    • Rosenstock, Fred A., b. 1895; Brigham Young University--Library; Brigham Young University--History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History; Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc. Indians of North America--History; Indians...

    • Director of Libraries, Brigham Young University, historian, author, and advisor to the University of Utah's Center for Studies of the American West and Brigham Young Unviersity's Charles Redd Western History Center. Holographs, typescripts,...

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