Dean L. May papers, 1848-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
May, Dean L.
Title
Dean L. May papers
Dates
1848-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
54.5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0422
Summary
The Dean L. May papers (1848-2003) consist of materials relating to May's teaching and writing careers. Included are writings, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, reports, minutes, legal papers, news articles, notes, syllabi, maps, and coding papers related to demography studies, among other papers. Dean L. May was a professor of history at the University of Utah. His studies and teaching and writing interests centered around the social history of the United States, the American West in particular.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

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.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Dean L. May papers (1848-2003) consist of materials relating to May's teaching and writing careers. Includes correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, reports, minutes, legal papers, news articles, notes, syllabi, maps, coding papers relating to demography studies, research materials, and scripts for a television series titled "A Peoples' History of Utah" (1978-1980). Includes a paper given at a meeting of the Mormon History Association in 1975 titled "The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective."

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0553 and A0766).

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-3 were donated by Dean L. May in 1994.

Boxes 4-104 were donated by Cheryll May in 2003.

Boxes 105-108 were donated by Cheryll May in 2003.

Processing Note

Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2003.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
"Utah, The Place"
1 2
"The First Utahns"
1 3
"Utah's Indians and the Spanish"
1 4
"Utah's First Bonanza"
1 5
"A Peculiar People"
1 6
"Crossing to the West"
1 7
"A New Land"
2 1
Correspondence, 1980
2 2
"A Bootstrap Economy"
2 3
"Cultural Life in the Desert"
2 4
"Troubled Times--The 1850s in Utah"
2 5
"Utah's Indians in the 1800s"
2 6
"The Coming of the Railroad"
2 7
"The Americanization of Utah"
2 8
"The New Pioneers"
3 1
"The Organization of Utah's Labor"
3 2
"Progressive Reform in the Beehive State"
3 3
"War, Depression and War, 1917-1945"
3 4
"Cultural Life in the Twentieth Century"
3 5
"The Political Economy of Post-Modern Utah"
3 6
Miscellaneous Information
3 7
Project Correspondence
3 8
"The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective"

Personal InformationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Correspondence
1972-1997
4 2
Biographical Information
4 3
Cheryll May
Resumes, restaurant reviews, and notes.
1980
4 4
Brown University
Correspondence, notes, and writings.
1970s
4 5
Bishopric
Correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous.
1977-1985
4 6
Board of State History
Agendas, reports, and minutes.
1986
4 7
Pioneers of Progress Event
Correspondence and programs.
2002
4 8
Sea Trek
Notes, journal entries, articles, and miscellaneous.
2001
4 9
University of Cologne, Germany, Student Booklet
1938
4 10
Boston Trip Log
1986
4 11
Miscellaneous

Court DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
5
Desert Tortoise Case
This box contains correspondence, legal papers, articles and essays, and notes.
1992-1995
6
Ekotek v. Steven M. Self
Included are correspondence, legal papers, articles, and written testimonies.
1950s-1990s
7
Salt Lake City Gas Works Case
This box includes correspondence, photocopies of historical documents, notes, articles, statements, and litigation materials.
1870s-1990s

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical DepartmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1
Correspondence
1976-1978
8 2
Procedures and Department Information
8 3
Staff Meetings
Memoranda, minutes, and agendas.
1973-1976
8 4
Benefits and Pay
1970s
8 5
Newberry Library Grant
Correspondence and grant application papers.
1974
8 6
Quantitative Studies
1976
8 7
Thoughts and Writings
8 8
Miscellaneous

Teaching FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
Graduate Courses
1990s
9 2
Historical Methods
1975
9 3
History 51
1972
9 4
History 170-1, American Civilization
1989
9 5
History 170-3, American Civilization
1990s
9 6
History 270-1, U.S. History to 1877
1990
9 7-8
History 376, U.S. Social History to 1860
1980s
9 9
History 378, America Comes of Age
1974
10 1
History 378-1, Major Issues in American History
1985
10 2
History 387, Survey of Utah History
1981
10 3
History 466, History of Utah
1988-1995
10 4
History 499-1, History of Utah
1988-1995
10 5-6
History 501, Quantitative Methods
1987-1994
10 7
History 582, Social and Cultural History of the U.S.
1978-1980
11 1
History 586, History of Utah
1979-1981
11 2
History 691, Family and Community in the American West
1987-1988
11 3
Honors 212H-1, American Civilization
1986; 1988
11 4
Infant Education, Log Book
1972
11 5
Liberal Education 115-2, Perspectives in American Culture
1985-1986
11 6
Management 751
1981
11 7
Sample Syllabi
1974-1994

University of Utah MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1
Correspondence
1978-1999
12 2
Association of Utah Historians
1980-1986
12 3
Black Canyon Project
1990-1996
12 4
Career Development Committee
1990-1992
12 5
Computer Center
1979-1992
13 1-2
Copyright Policy Committee
Includes copyright and desk copy forms, as well as other materials.
1982-1983
13 3
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
1981-1983
13 4
Faculty Research Grants
1985-1986
13 5
Folk Arts Program
1986-1989
13 6-7
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
1990s
14 1
Gardner Faculty Fellow Award
1981-1982
14 2
Golden Spike Field Trip
1988
14 3
Green River Trip
1990
14 4
Humanities Center Fellowship
1988-1989
14 5
Huntington Fellowship
1986-1987
14 6
Idaho Conference
1982
14 7
Men's Group
1980s
14 8-11
National Endowment for the Humanities
1981-1992
14 12
Oregon Research Proposal
1988-1989
14 13
Pennsylvania Project
1980
14 14
Professorship Proposal
1997
14 15
Religion and Society Grant Proposal
1989
15 1-2
Rocky Mountain Humanities Center
1999-2001
15 3
Sabbatical Leave
1985-1986
15 4-5
Social Science History Association
1980-1989
15 6
Telephone Memoranda
1980-1981
15 7
United States Information Agency
1988
15 8
Western History Association Conference
1980-1981
15 9
Western Landscapes
1988-1989
15 10
Whittlers and Whistlers
1982-1984

University of Utah Materials, Center for Historical Population StudiesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
16 1
Correspondence
1980-1988
16 2
Charles Tilly Lecture
1981-1982
16 3
Ottowa Valley Project
1981-1982
16 4-5
"Two Utah Towns" Grant
1982-1983
16 6
Upward Bound Career Experience Internship
1983
16 7
Visiting Scholars
1980-1983
16 8
Newsletters
1980-1983
16 9
Review and Resignation
1982-1983

University of Utah Materials, Promotion, Retention, and Tenure CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1-3
Correspondence
1977-1985
17 4
Letter Drafts
1980s
17 5
Policies and Procedures
1976-1983
18 1
Meetings and Reports
1983-1985
18 2
Supporting Documents
Gathered by May to support possible promotion.
1980s
18 3
Statements by Dean L. May
18 4
Statements and Reviews by Others
18 5
Salary-Merit Committee
1981-1982
18 6
Notes
18 7
Miscellaneous

From New Deal to New Economics: The American Liberal Response to the Recession of 1937Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
19 1
Correspondence
1971-1984
19 2
Germinal Thesis
1972
19 3-7
Preface-Chapter 5, Draft
20 1
Chapters 6-7, Draft
Volume
20 1
Final Thesis Copy
1975
Folder
20 2
Thesis Log, 1971
20 3
Pictures and Maps
20 4
Research Materials
1930s-1980s
21 1-2
Research Materials
1930s-1980s
21 3
Reviews
1982-1983
21 4
Miscellaneous

"Sugar House Ward: A Latter-day Saint Congregation"Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
22 1
Drafts and Final Copies
22 2
Project Information, 1989-1993
22 3
Histories and Minutes
22 4
Housing and Family Records
22 5
News Articles and Essays
1880s-1980s
22 6
Notes
22 7
Miscellaneous

Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
23 1
Correspondence
1980-1998
23 2
Research Proposal
1980s
23 3-8
Preface-Chapter 3, Drafts
Also includes a final copy of the finished work.
24 1-2
Chapters 5-7, Drafts and Research
24 3
Diary
1987-1992
24 4
Intermountain Tours Project
Correspondence, essay, and notes.
1984
24 5
"Early Rural Villages of the Far West"
1989-1990
24 6
"Religion and Social Organization in the Agrarian West, 1860-1880"
1988
24 7
"Two Western Towns: A Comparative View"
24 8
"Wealth, Production, and Community in Two Western Towns"
1980s
24 9
Coding Forms and Batch System Output
25 1
Ratings Reference Copies
1899
25 2-3
Essays and Articles
1970s-1980s
25 4
Reviews
1995-1997
25 5
Speeches
1994; 2000
25 6
Bibliographic References
25 7
Graphics, Pictures, and Captions
25 8
Notes
25 9
Miscellaneous

Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Alpine, UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
26 1
Articles
1966-1980s
26 2
Family Record Sheets
26 3
Coding Forms
26 4
Maps and Graphics
26 5-6
Notes
27 1-2
Notes
27 3
Miscellaneous

Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Middleton, IdahoReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
28 1
Correspondence
1965-1992
28 2
General History of Middleton
28 3
Mary L. Luster, Autobiography
1983
28 4
Junius B. Wright, Autobiography
28 5
Canyon Couty Pioneers, Personal Data Records
28 6
Homestead Records
28 7-8
Methodist Church Records
28 9
Schools
Copies of historical records and disctrict information.
1880s-1980s
28 10
"Middleton's Agri-Miners," Draft and Research Material
29 1-2
Articles, Essays, and Book Excerpts
1940s-1990s
29 3
Coding Forms
29 4-5
Census Records and Information
1910
29 6
Notes
29 7
Graphs and Maps

Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900, Sublimity, OregonReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
30 1
Correspondence
1987-1988
30 2-5
Family Group Sheets
30 6
Pamona Grange Record Copies
1870s-1880s
30 7
Church of Christ History
1956
31 1-2
Marion County Cemetery Records
1987-1988
31 3
Census Information
31 4
Probate Inventory Copies
1880s-1900s
31 5-6
Hunt Family History Copy
1890
31 7
William Porter Diary
1848
31 8
Patton Scrapbook
31 9
Women and Gender, Research Results
32 1
Book of Remembrance of Marion County, Oregon Pioneers, Copy
1927
32 2
Marion County Newspaper Abstracts
1988
32 3-4
Articles and Essays, Copies
1850-1980s
32 5
Book Copies
1928-1983
32 6
Notes
32 7
Miscellaneous

Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
33 1
Correspondence
1974-1992
33 2-3
Proposal and Planning
1979-1980
33 4-6
Program Scripts
33 7
Schedules
1980s
33 8
Stand-ups
34 1
Book Proof
1987
34 2-3
Book Draft
1987
34 4
Book Captions and Index
1987
34 5
Visuals
34 6
Permissions
1987
35 1
Meeting Minutes
1979-1988
35 2
History 187R-T.V., Syllabus
35 3
KUED Hotline Messages
1988-1989
35 4
Awards and Reviews
1983-1993
35 5
Promotional Materials
1980s
35 6
Receipts and Invoices
1987
35 7
Notes and Notecards
35 8
Miscellaneous

Short Essays, Speeches, and PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
36 1-2
Correspondence
1982-1997
36 3
"Agri-Miners in the North American West: The Nexus of Farming and Mining Cultures"
1987
36 4
"All Are Talking of Utah"
2001
36 5
"Angels, Beehives, and the Mormon Search for Community"
36 6
Atlas of Mormonism Articles
1992-1993
36 7
"Availability of Archival Resources for Local History"
1979-1980
36 8
"Balancing the People and the Land"
36 9
"Bare Bones of Historical Demography"
1964, 1971
36 10
"Bayous, Beaches, and Breaches"
1978-1996
36 11
Beyond the Kindgom
1987
37 1
"A Bitter Persecution"
1989-1993
37 2
Boom and Bust Symposium Talk
1987
37 3
Building the City of God
1975-1991
37 4
"Cache Valley's Jensen Farm Area in the 19th Century"
1970s
37 5
"Cedar City: The Building of a Community"
1978
37 6
"The Challenge of Building the Kingdom"
38 1
Chinese Visitors Speech
38 2
Christmas Talk
38 3
Columbia River Conference Talk
1992
38 4
"A Different Mode of Life"
38 5
"Dissent and Authority in Two Latter-day Saint Traditions"
38 6
"The Economics of Zion"
1981-1990
38 7
Encyclopedia of the American West Articles
1993
38 8
"The Far West"
1982-1983
38 9
"Fremont and the Mormons"
38 10
"Gold, War, and the New West of the 1860s"
1991
38 11
"Images of China"
1966
38 12
"The Importance of History"
1988, 1997
38 13
"In Search of Family History"
1979-1980
39 1
Local Records Speeches
1991-1992
39 2
"The Mormons"
1979
39 3
National Conference of Editorial Writers Speech
1991
39 4
"The Nexus of Faith and Doubt"
1993
39 5
"Notes on A Persistent Question"
1981
39 6
"One Heart and Mind"
1986-1996
39 7
"Patterns of Production"
1995
39 8
"People of Grand Staircase-Escalante"
39 9
"People on the Edge"
1991
39 10
"People on the Mormon Frontier"
1975-1976
39 11
Polygamy Lecture
39 12
"A Ray of Millenial Light"
1974-1975
40 1
"Religion in the Mountain West"
2002-2003
40 2-3
Reviews by May
1970s-1990s
40 4
"Rites of Passage"
2002
40 5
"Self-conscious Provinciality in Colonial America"
1970
40 6
"Sinful Wandering"
40 7
"St. George and the Dixieites"
2003
40 8
Tanner Lectures
1990s-2001
41 1
Temple Talk
41 2
Thanksgiving Talk
41 3
"Three Days in May"
41 4
Tithing Talk
41 5
"A Utah Cultural Perspective"
1991
41 6
"Utah Religions"
1991-1992
41 7
"Utah Remembers," Video Centennial Special
1996-1997
41 8
"Varieties of Mormon Settlement"
41 9
"Visions of Utah"
1993
41 10
"Writings from Within As A Mormon"
1994
41 11
Miscellaneous

Writings by OthersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
42
Af-No
1921-2002
43
Op-Wo
1977-1980s

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
44 1
Archives
1975
44 2
Leonard J. Arrington
1987-1999
44 3
Banking
1930s-1960s
44 4
Bibliographies
44 5
Brigham Young University
1974-1984
44 6
Carl Christian Anton Christensen
1978
44 7
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies
1979-1992
45 1
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies
1979-1992
45 2
Communal Societies
1977-1997
45 3
Community Growth
1980s
45 4
Patrick E. Connor
1860s; 1960s
45 5
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
1981-1982
45 6
Demography
1970s
45 7
Devereaux House
1978
45 8
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
1988-1990
46 1
Ensign Peak
1989
46 2-3
Evans Biography and Handcart Awards
1987-2002
46 4-6
Family
Also includes materials on family history and the Family in American Life Conference.
1977-1982
46 7
Garland Press
1981-1984
46 8
Gold
46 9
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
46 10
History Methodology
1990s
46 11
Human Population
1997
46 12
Hymns
1913
47 1
Iron County Mission
1970s
47 2
Japanese American Citizens League
1985
47 3
Japanese American Relocation
1983; 1989
47 4
Jensen Historical Farm Project
1979
47 5
Kanab, Utah
1976
47 6
Lockley Group
1870s-1994
47 7
Mobility Studies
1970s
47 8
Monks
48 1-3
Mormon History Association
1970s-1990s
48 4
Mountain Meadows Massacre
1982; 1990
48 5
National Endowment for the Humanities
1980s
48 6
Nauvoo Symposium
1989
48 7
Newberry Library
1974; 1977
48 8
Oregon-California Trails Association
1989
49 1
Parowan, Utah
1999; 2001
49 2
Politics and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1991
49 3
Franklin D. Roosevelet
1981-1985
49 4
Sunstone
1988
49 5
Sustainability
49 6
United Order
1978-1979
49 7
University of Nebraska
1982-1987
49 8
Utah Centennial History Foundation
1979-1986
49 9
Utah Committee for Geographic Names
1976-1990
49 10
Utah Heritage Foundation
1979
50 1
Utah History
1800s-1990s
50 2
Utah History Encyclopedia
1987-1992
50 3
Utah History Fair
1981-1990
50 4
Utah State Board of Education
1979-1984
50 5-7
Utah State Centennial
1994-1996
51 1
Waldo Hills Baptist Church
1870s
51 2
Women and the Transition to Capitalism in Rural America
1987-1989
51 3
World Conference on Records
1980
51 4
Zions Savings Bank and Trust
1980; 1982
51 5-6
Miscellaneous
52
Research Notecards
53
Research Notecards
54
Research Notecards
55
Research Notecards
56
Research Notecards
57
Research Notecards
58
Research Notecards
59
Research Notecards

Miscellaneous ResearchReturn to Top

Box 60 contains those materials that may or may not be related to May's published works and have, therefore, remained separated from that section of the collection.

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
60 1
General Information
60 2
Family History Forms
60 3
Notes

Personal MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
61 1-2
Correspondence
1966-2003
61 3
Fulbright Grants
1990-1996
61 4
Job Searches
1974-1976
61 5
Clearfield Depression Era Museum
2002
61 6
Diary
1966-1990
62 1
Diary
1957
62 2
Scrapbook
62 3
Miscellaneous

Mormon Demography ProjectReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
63 1
Correspondence
1975-1980
63 2
Grant Proposals
63 3
Data Printouts
1976-1977
63 4-5
Papers and Reviews
63 6
Miscellaneous

Mormon History AssociationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
64 1
Correspondence
1974-2003
64 2-5
Handbooks
1997-2003
64 6
Arizona-Sonora Desert Mountain Conference
64 7
Annual Meeting
1993
64 8
Mexico Mormon History Museum
2001
65 1
Journal Volume Draft
1987
65 2
Essays
2000-2002
65 3
Notes
65 4
Miscellaneous

Utah Remembers, DocumentaryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
66 1
Correspondence
1995-1996
66 2
Project Overview
1995
66 3
Interviews and Release Forms
1995-1996
66 4
Script Drafts
66 5
Essays and Articles
1996
66 6
Schedules
1995-1996
66 7
Notes
66 8
Miscellaneous

World Conference on RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
67 1
Correspondence
1978-1980
67 2
General Program Recommendation
1979
67 3
Registration and Lodging
1980
67 4
Minutes and Agendas
1979-1980
67 5-6
Sub-committees
1978-1979
67 7
Speakers and Topics
1980
68 1-3
Paper Presentations
68 4
Conference Publication
1969
68 5
Demography Statistics
68 6
Notes
68 7
Miscellaneous

Class MaterialsReturn to Top

This and subsequent boxes labeled "Class Materials" all contain materials derived from higher education classes that May took.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
69 1
American Intellectual History
1966-1967
69 2
Ancient Oriental History
1961
69 3
Colloquia
1960s
69 4-5
Economics
1970-1971
69 6
Family History Summer Institute
1974
69 7
Historical Survey of the LDS Church
1960s
69 8
Historiography
1963-1964
70 1
History 119
1966-1967
70 2-3
History 120 and 121
1961, 1966
70 4
History 143b
1967-1968
70 5
History 160a
1965-1967
70 6-7
History 161a
1965-1967
71 1
History 163
1965-1966
71 2
History 289
71 3
History 361
1965
71 4
History 370 and 670
1960s
71 5
History 373
1961
71 6
History 379
1963-1964
71 7-8
History 401H
1964
71 9
History 575
1964
72 1
Readings in Intellectual History
1967
72 2
Sociology 651-1
1976
72 3
Statistics
1974
72 4
United States History Colloquium
1965
72 5
Various Classes Notebook
1969-1970
72 6
Miscellaneous

Teaching FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
73 1
Correspondence
1991-1993
73 2
American Aesthetic
73 3
Bonn Lecture Course
1991
73 4
Civil War
73 5
Emigration
73 6
Expansion
73 7
Foreign Policy
73 8
History 115-2
73 9-11
History 170 and 270
1980s
74 1-3
History 170 and 270
1990s
74 4
History 378
1978
75 1
History 466-1
1997
75 2
History 466R-01
1998
75 3
History 478
75 4
History 571-1
1981
75 5
History 691R
75 6
History 787
1988
75 7
History 2212H-1
2000-2001
75 8-9
History 2212-001
2002
75 10
History 2212-003
76 1-2
History 4660
2001; 2003
76 3-6
History 4660-001
1998-2003
77 1
History 4660-001
2003
77 2
History 7870-001
2001
77 3
Honors 212H-1
77 4
Honors 2212
77 5-6
Liberal Education 115-1
77 7
Mormon Institutions Seminar
1976
77 8
New Deal
78 1
Recreation and Leisure 385R-31
78 2
World War I
78 3
World War II
78 4-5
Various Classes Notebook
1960s-1970s
79 1
Sample Syllabi and Assignments
79 2
Miscellaneous

Teaching Files, Utah: A People's HistoryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
80 1
Program #1, "Utah, the Place"
80 2
Program #2, "The First Utahns"
80 3
Program #3, "Utah's Indians and the Spainiards"
80 4
Program #4, "Utah's First Bonanza"
80 5
Program #5, "A Peculiar People"
80 6
Program #6, "Crossings to the West"
80 7
Program #7, "A New Land"
80 8
Program #8, "Colonizing the West"
80 9
Program #9, "A Bootstrap Economy"
80 10
Program #10, "Cultural Life in the Desert"
81 1
Program #11, "Troubled Times--the 1850s In Utah"
81 2
Program #12, "Utah's Indians in the 1800s"
81 3
Program #13, "The Coming of the Railroad"
81 4
Program #14, "The Americanization of Utah"
81 5
Program #15, "The New Pioneers"
81 6
Program #16, "The Organization of Utah Labor"
81 7
Program #18, "War, Depression and War"
81 8
Program #19, "Cultural Life in the Twentieth Century"
81 9
Program #20, "Utah Today and Tomorrow"

Writings by MayReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
82 1
"The Banking Act of 1935"
1966
82 2
"Body and Soul: Mormon Religious Philanthropy since 1850"
1983-1990
82 3
Bonn Lecture and Speeches
1990s
82 4
"Brigham Young and the Bishops"
1970s-1980s
Volume
83 1
Building the City of God
1975
Folder
83 1
Building the City of God
83 2
"The Challange of Building the Kingdom"
84 1-2
"A Demographic Portrait of the Mormons: 1830-1980"
1980-1991
84 3
"A Different Mode of Life"
84 4
"The Distribution of Mormon Wealth and Income in 1857"
1977-1979
84 5
"The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective"
1975
85 1
"The Mormon Community in Historical Perspective"
1975-1976
85 2
"Mormon Western Settlement"
85 3
"Once I Lived in Cottonwood"
1980s
85 4
"People on the Mormon Frontier"
1976
85 5
"The Philanthrophy Dilemma"
1989
85 6
"Religion and Social Organization in the Three Communities of the Agrarian West, 1860-1880"
1990
85 7
Reviews by May
1970s-1980s
85 8
"The Stability Ratio"
1978-1982
86 1
"The Stability Ratio"
1982-1984
86 2
"Star Valley in the Context of Western Settlement"
1980s
86 3-6
Tanner Lectures
2002
86 7
Tours Book
87 1-2
"Two Western Towns"
1980s
87 3
"Uses of Historical Demography in the Reconstruction of Family History"
1977
87 4-5
Utah: A People's History
1987
87 6
Utah: A Comparative History
1970s
88 1
"The Utah Connection to Montana and Idaho, 1870-1890"
1989
88 2
"Utah Writ Small"
1984
88 3
"Utah's Economic Development, 1847-1900"
88 4
"Writing Religious History in A Secular Age"
1970
88 5-6
Short Articles and Essays
1970s-1980s
88 7-8
Miscellaneous

Writings by OthersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
89
Ab-Gr
1970s-1990s
90
Ha-Mo
1970s-1990s
91
Mo-So
1970s-1990s
92
So-Zi
1970s-1990s

Writings by Others, Mormons and UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
93
Af-Ho
This and the following three boxes have been separated from the previous boxes entitled "Writings by Others" due to May's original organization. These boxes contain writings specifically on Mormons and Utah. Previous boxes may also contain similar writings, but these were specifically grouped together by May.
94
Im-Ou
1970s-1990s
95
Pe-Zi
1970s-1990s

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
96 1
A. J. Allen
96 2
American Indians
1997
96 3-5
Bibliographies
96 6-7
Brigham Young University, Center for Family and Community History
1981-1989
97 1
Center for Research on Social Organization
1970s-1980s
97 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Historical Department
1976
97 3
Civil War
1991
97 4
Coding
97 5
Economics and the Mormon Culture
1974-1976
97 6
Evans Biography Award
1980s
97 7
Serine Gahrsen
98 1-3
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
1970s
98 4
Kanab, Utah
1975
98 5
Kinderhook Plates
98 6
Libraries and Archives
1946-1988
99 1
Millennial Hymns
1975-1982
99 2
Monks Project
99 3
Mormon Family
1975
99 4
Mormon Folk Music
99 5
Mormon Hymn Tradition
1972
99 6
News Articles
1870s-2002
99 7
Organization of American Historians
2003
99 8
Paris, Idaho
1975
99 9
Pioneer Trails
1986
99 10
Salamander Letter
1980s
100 1
George Albert Smith
100 2
Social and Historical Societies
1970s-1990
100 3
State History Board
1992
100 4-7
United States Social History and Community Studies
1970s-1980s
101 1
Utah Heritage Foundation Lecture Series
101 2
Utah State Historical Society
1980s
101 3-4
Western History Association
1992
101 5
Women
1980s
101 6
Miscellaneous

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
102
Research Notecards
103
Spirit of Utah Centennial Board Game
1993
104
Oversize Materials
1880s-1980s
105
Correspondence
1969-1986
106
Correspondence
1987-2003

Teaching and University of Utah MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
107 1
Memoranda
1977-1982
107 2
Policies and Procedures
1970s-1980s
107 3
Class Schedules
1978-2002
107 4
Ph.D. Candidates
107 5
Receipts and Invoices
1981-2002
107 6
Benefits
1990s-2002
107 7
Outside Reading Proposals
1970s
107 8
Directed Reading
1979
107 9
History 571
1979-1990
107 10
Minutes and Agenda
1977-1981

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
108 1
Diary
1953
108 2
Writings
1970s-1980s
108 3
"First Boston Saints"
1970s
108 4
Certificates
1980s-1990s
108 5
Programs and Schedules
1970s-1980s
108 6
Utah State Centennial
1996
108 7
Notes
108 8
Newletters and Clippings
1975-2001
108 9
Miscellaneous

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Latter Day Saints--West (U.S.)--History

Personal Names

  • May, Dean L.--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Utah--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Essays
  • Scripts (documents)