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Register of the Melvin T. Smith Papers,

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Title: Melvin T. Smith Papers
Dates: 1964-1984 (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 133
Summary: Professor of history at Dixie College, director of Utah State Historical Society. Correspondence, essays, speeches, notes on the radical right.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

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Box Folder Contents
box , folder : Miscellaneous records
box 1, folder 1 : Correspondence, 1964-1980
box 1, folder 2 : Correspondence with Otis "Dock" Marston, 1966-1972
box 1, folder 3 : Speech, "Dominquez-Escalante, 1776-1976," 1974
box 1, folder 4-5 : Manuscripts
box 1, folder 4- 5 1: "Faithful History/Secular Faith," 6 May 1983
box 1, folder 4- 5 2: Undated mss., galleys of mss., Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1983
box 1, folder 4- 5 3: "History - As a Quality of the Present," 22 June 1982
box 1, folder 4- 5 4: "Basic Reality - Perception," 25 August 1982
box 1, folder 4- 5 5: " The Believing Mormon Historians' Dilemmas, May 1984 [abstract]
box 1, folder 4- 5 6: "The Believing Mormon Historians' Dilemmas," undated
box 1, folder 4- 5 7: Thomas Alexander, "Comment on Smith and Underwood Papers," 6 May 1984
box 1, folder 4- 5 8: Accompanying correspondence, 1982-1984
box 1, folder 6 : Dixie College Young Democrats
box 1, folder 6 1: Correspondence, 1966-1969
box 1, folder 6 2: Democrat, Provo, Utah, Vol. 1, No. 3, 25 April 1966, Vol. 1, No. 4, 11 May 1966
box 1, folder 6 3: An open letter to Mr. Dixie Leavitt
box 1, folder 6 4: 1967 YDCA National Committee Meeting — Host Club Assignments
box 1, folder 6 5: Utah Young Democrats: presidents, vice presidents, state officers
box 1, folder 7 : Democratic Central Committee
box 1, folder 7 1: Correspondence, 1968
box 1, folder 7 2: Dixie College Faculty
box 1, folder 7 3: List of supporters, contributions
box 1, folder 8 : Southern Utah Teachers Association
box 1, folder 8 1: Announcement of candidacy for vice- president
box 1, folder 8 2: Southern Utah Teachers Board list of members
box 1, folder 8 3: Utah Education Association notes
box 1, folder 8 4: Program for S.U.T.A., 6 May 1967
box 1, folder 9-10 : Public History Conference
box 1, folder 9- 10 1: Summary, purpose and rationale
box 1, folder 9- 10 2: Public Policy M- 446, Uses of History: General Information, Spring 1980
box 1, folder 9- 10 3: M-446 - Uses of History, Assignment for Session 2
box 1, folder 9- 10 4: Johnson, G. Wesley, "The Need to Develop a Special Curriculum for Public History," draft for presentation at the National Conference on Public History, 1980
box 1, folder 9- 10 5: Stearns, Peter, "An Undergraduate Focus for Applied History"
box 1, folder 9- 10 6: Solberg, Carl E., "Building a Public History Program in a Metropolitan University," undated
box 1, folder 11-15 : "Utah" WBTS seminar, 1984 [transcript]
box 1, folder 16 : Melvin T. Smith introduction of W. Turrentine Jackson, David E. Miller Lecture, "Salt Lake City: Transportation Depot During the Stagecoach Era," 18 April 1984
box 1, folder 17-18 : Radical Right
box 1, folder 17- 18 1: Correspondence, 1963
box 1, folder 17- 18 2: "Ezra Taft Benson's Support of John Birch Society is Criticized," Speech of Hon. Ralph Harding, Congressional Record, 25 September 1963
box 1, folder 17- 18 3: Benson, Ezra Taft, "A Race Against Time," Speeches of the Year," 10 December 1963
box 1, folder 17- 18 4: Miscellaneous editorials, newspaper clippings, ca. 1960s
box 1, folder 17- 18 5: Perkins, Van L., "The Liberal Left: Road to Communism or Bulwark of Defense?" The Western Humanities Review, Vol. XVII, No. 1, Winter 1963
box 1, folder 17- 18 6: Program for Reed Benson, Washington Report, 1966, Dixie College Auditorium, 20 June 1966
box 1, folder 17- 18 7: "The Trumpet Gives an Uncertain Sound: A Review of W. Cleon Skousen's The Naked Communist by Richard D. Poll," 1962
box 1, folder 17- 18 8: "My Reply to Dr. Richard D. Poll and His Critique of The Naked Communist by W. Cleon Skousen, undated
box 1, folder 17- 18 9: W. Cleon Skousen, "The Communist Attack on the John Birch Society,"1963
box 1, folder 17- 18 10: "The Alien and Sedition Acts: Bastion Against Communism, or when the Red Carpet was still in the pink"
box 1, folder 17- 18 11: Newspaper clippings
box 1, folder 17- 18 12: Miscellaneous promotional materials

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

Professor of history at Dixie College, director of Utah State Historical Society.

Content Description +/-

Correspondence, essays, speeches, notes on the radical right.

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Restrictions on Access

Administrative Information +/-

Creator:

Smith, Melvin T.

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.