Christian Peter Hansen papers
Scope and Contents
Holographs; typescripts; printed material; photocopies. Papers include biographical information and family histories; correspondence, reports, and resolutions from Hansen's labor activities and as president of the Utah State Federation of Labor, 1925-1930; correspondence, papers, and printed lobbying materials from his terms as a Utah legislator, 1929-1933; a newspaper clipping, letter, and articles about his career as a trolley bus conductor, 1908-1940. The collection also includes copies of the Utah Labor News, Nov. 9, 1929, the Utah Statesman, Dec. 28, 1928, and the Evening Telegram, April 19, 1912.
Dates
- 1877-1975
Creator
- Hansen, Christian Peter (1877-1979) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
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 / Historical
Mormon emigrant from Denmark; labor leader and Utah legislator.
Extent
100 items
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Container list included with the collection.
Custodial History
Gift of Christian Peter Hansen, 1976.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Christian Peter Hansen; 1976.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Biographies
- Correspondence
- Dern, George Henry, 1872-1936
- Evening telegram (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Green, Karen C. H.
- Labor Unions -- Utah
- Letters
- Lobbying -- Law and legislation -- Utah
- Lonesome Sundown
- Material Types
- Statesmen -- Utah
- Trolley buses -- Utah
- Utah Light and Traction Company
- Utah State Federation of Labor
- Utah labor news
- Utah. Legislature
- Title
- Register of Christian Peter Hansen papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 10
- Description rules
- Appm
- 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