Andrew G. Kimball papers
Scope and Contents
The Andrew Gordon Kimball Collection consists of a wide variety of documents, including many letters written by Spencer W. Kimball. The collection is arranged according to type of material and subject as follows: journals of Andrew Gordon Kimball, from 1907 through 1966, including missionary journals; autobiographies and biographical material on Kimball; record of blessings; research notes, primarily related to gospel topics; sermons; religious and secular certificates; church papers; records and histories related to the Kimball family and its members; family records of the Gheen and Woolley families; family publications; news clippings; and photographs. Within each of the topics, individual items are filed either chronologically or alphabetically.
Dates
- 1907-1975
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Permission to publish material from Andrew Gordon Kimball Collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from [Papers] must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Andrew Gordon Kimball was born in 1888 in Salt Lake City, Utah. After serving a mission in the Central States Mission and marrying Clara Curtis, he moved, with his wife, to Tucson, Arizona. There he began his professional life in the banking industry. He was a stalwart member of the LDS Church and served in many capacities ranging from choir director to Stake Patriarch to Directors of the Bureau of Information at the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York. He died on April 6, 1975, exactly 87 years after his birth.
Extent
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available in Special Collections Reference and on the Internet.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1084.xml
Custodial History
Donated by Clara C. Kimball, wife of Andrew Gordon Kimball; deeded to the Library on July 7, 1975.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Children and widow of Andrew G. Kimball; 1975.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Family records
- Gheen family
- Kimball family
- Kimball, A. Gordon (Andrew Gordon), 1888-1975 -- Diaries
- Kimball, Spencer W., 1895-1985 -- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Middle West -- Diaries
- Material Types
- Missions and Missionaries
- Woolley family
- Title
- Register of Andrew G. Kimball papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 18
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States