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Moana B. Bennett oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6839

Scope and Contents note

Collection of transcripts and audio cassettes of oral history interviews conducted by Moana B. Bennett from 1980-1984. The 1980 collection includes an interview with Ariel Sr. The 1981 collection includes: Jasmine Romney Edmunds, Helena Larsen Allen, Emily Higgs Bennett, Antone K. Romney, and Arta Romney Ballif. The 1982 collection includes: Arta Romney Ballif . The 1983 collection includes: Arta Romney Ballif, and Ariel Smith Ballif. The 1984 collection: Ariel Smith Ballif. The interviewers discuss their lives in Mexico and Utah, and work and missions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates

  • 1980-1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use note

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Moana B. Bennett oral history interviews must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Moana B. Bennett was born 4 January 1928 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, while her parents Artemesia Romney and Ariel Smith Ballif were serving as mission presidents. She was the newspaper editor on the student body executive council at Brigham Young High School in 1945. She died 12 April 1988.

Extent

1 half box (0.25 linear ft.)

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection of transcripts and audio cassettes of oral history interviews conducted by Moana B. Bennett from 1980-1984.

Custodial History note

Donated by Moana Bennett.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Donated; Moana Bennett.

Appraisal note

Utah and American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).

Processing Information note

Processed; Karen Glenn; 5 May 2009.

Title
Register of Moana B. Bennett oral history interviews
Status
Completed
Author
Karen Glenn, student processor, and John Murphy, curator
Date
2009
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

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States