Guide to the Graham W. Strong Presbyterian Church in Utah historic site nomination papers

Graham W. Strong: Graham Wilfrid Strong was born December 26, 1935, was a resident of Utah who died May 19, 2002 and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetary.

Sources (viewed online March 31, 2016):

• Tributes.com/obituary website
• United States Social Security death index, 1935-2014 website

This collection consists of documents dating 1978-1981 created and/or collected by Graham W. Strong in his work to develop a list of Utah Presbyterian Church sites to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. The materials include correspondence, historical information and research on historical sites and site markers, memorial plaque requests, newspaper clippings, photocopies of photographs and publications, and an undated account of an historical tour to Utah Presbyterian sites.

The Cache County file (Box 1, Folder 1) includes photocopied pages from The Ariel, with images of Calvin M. Parks, the Cache Valley Seminary, Academy building in Logan, Parks Hall, and Honeyman Hall.

Graham Strong worked with John S. H. Smith ("Jack") the Preservation Historian from the Division of State History (Utah State Historical Society) on this project. There is a letter in the Correspondence file from Smith to Strong, dated February 2, 1979 about the project (Box 1, Folder 2).

The Historic Site Marker Requests file (Box 1, Folder 4) includes copies of forms submitted by Graham Strong to the Utah State Historical Society for Presbyterian churches in American Fork, Manti, Monroe, Richfield, Salina, and Springville, and also Liberal Hall in Mount Pleasant.

The Historic Sites Tour file (Box 1, Folder 5) contains an account of a bus tour (undated, but probably about 1978) led by Graham Strong with site lectures by Jack Smith. Thirty-seven people took the tour. The file also includes photocopies of 4 photographs taken on the tour.

In the Newspaper Clipping file (Box 1, Folder 8) there is an article from the Sun advocate (a Price, Utah newspaper) dated October 1978 announcing that Ferron Presbyterian Church and Castle Dale School have been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Salt Lake Collegiate Institute file (Box 1, Folder 10) includes a photocopy of a 1904 photograph of the "Sheldon Jackson College faculty and staff", with all the names penned in the margins.

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Open to public research.

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Preferred Citation:

Graham W. Strong Presbyterian Church in Utah historic site nomination papers, 1978-1981, MSS-017, Giovale Library Archives, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by subject or historic site location, thereunder chronologically.

Processing Note:

Processed January 2008 by Tera Mayo.

Creator:

Strong, Graham W. (Graham Wilfrid), 1935-2002

Language:

Collection materials are in English.

Quantity:

0.2 linear feet

Language of the Finding Aid:

English.

Author of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written January 2008 by Tera Mayo; expanded April 2016 by Sarah Shaw.

EAD Creation Date:

2016 March 31 by Sarah Shaw

Standard:

Describing Archives : A Content Standard (DACS)

Subarea:

Related Material:

Related collections and photographs in Giovale Library Archives:

• Robert Huddleston Westminster College Vice-President for Development and Public Relations papers on the Corinne Methodist Church Project, 1968-1969 (ACC-025)
• Presbyterian Church in Utah collection. Series 2. Utah Synod subject files, 1871-1969 (MSS-003B)

Related materials held by other institutions:

• Theodore D. Martin "Presbyterian work in Utah" papers, 1869-1969 (MSS B 190), Utah State Historical Society, Box 1, Folder 12 Graham W. Strong. "The early Presbyterian Church Schools in Utah", undated.
• American Fork Presbyterian Church (National Register of Historic Places website)
• Ferron Presbyterian Church and Cottage (National Register of Historic Places website)
• Manti Presbyterian Church, Manti, Sanpete County, Utah (National Register of Historic Places website)
• Salina Presbyterian Church (National Register of Historic Places website)

Subject Terms:

Presbyterian Church--Utah--History--Sources
Presbyterian church buildings--Utah

Form or Genre Terms:

Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Histories
Proposals

Personal Names:

Strong, Graham W. (Graham Wilfrid), 1935-2002--Archives
Smith, John S. H.

Geographical Names:

Utah--History--Sources
Utah--Church history