The bulk of the collection consists of historical materials collected by the Foundation. Included are letters, articles, family histories, town and county histories, biographies, and miscellaneous materials on Utah cultural history. Business correspondence relates to the publication of the Utah (later Western) Humanities Review, including Dale Morgan's bibliographies of the lesser Mormon churches. Correspondents also include Bernard De Voto and Wallace Stegner.Also included are a small quantity of business records of the Foundation, a manuscript and galley proofs of the first issue of the "Utah Humanities Review," and records of the Warshaw Essay Contest.
| Title | Date | Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Anti-smoking laws in Utah | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 2 |  | Appearances of great artists in Salt Lake City | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 3 |  | Aunt Eliza [Eliza Lewis Fish] | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 4 |  | Ballad of the Walker War | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 5 |  | Benjamin Perkins, January 14, 1844--March 30, 1926 | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 6 |  | Copy of Catalogue of Property turned in to the United Order of St. George | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 7 |  | The Deseret alphabet | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 8 |  | The Deseret readers | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 9 |  | Deseret University of Utah | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 10 |  | Diary and letters of Emily Stevens Dalton (1882-1935) | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 11 |  | Diary of Elder William Marsden of Provo City, Utah, covering events from 1814 to 1871 | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 12 |  | Diary of Henry W. Bigler | 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 13 |  | Drawing of buildings, Salt Lake City | 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 14 |  | Early Bluff, Utah | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 15 |  | Early day dramatics in Iron County | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 16 |  | Food miraculously replenished | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 17 |  | The History of Alta and Its development as a skiing resort | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 18 |  | The History of Joseph Downing Foster | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 19 |  | History of Kanosh | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 20 |  | History of South Sanpete: Reminiscences of early Manti | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 21 |  | History of William Edward Hyde | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 22 |  | Hole in the Rock | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |
| 23 |  | Hole in the Wall: settling of San Juan County | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 24 |  | Janet M. Johnson Smith | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 | Text |
| 25 |  | Journal (drama), from notes kept by A. W. Ivins | 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952 | Text |