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Norma Elliott collection on John Hunt and Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8659

Content Description

The collection contains papers, notes, transcripts, and biographies written by Elliott about John and Lois Barnes Hunt. Also includes Lois' New Testament in Tahitian. Dated 1904-1954.

Dates

  • 1837-1954

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials in English with one book in Tahitian.

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 Norma Elliott collection of John Hunt and Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Norma Larson Elliott (1916-2009) was a Mormon family history specialist in Arizona.

Norma Larson Elliott was born on May 30, 1916 to Margaret Smith and Alof Pratt Larson in Lakeside, Arizona. She studied family history at Brigham Young University in 1962, and it remained a passon for her whole life. She not only found much of the genealogy that is listed for the Larson, Smith, Hunt, and Marsden families, but also collected their histories. She also maintained records about her parents' homestead businesses, Latter-day Saint missions, and lives.

She had no children of her own, but was a motherly influence in the lives of her nieces and nephews.

Elliott died on June 5, 2009 in Tempe, Arizona.

Extent

10 folders (0.2 linear ft.)

Custodial History

The materials were created and gathered by Norma Larson Elliott, who then passed them on to her sister, Dorothy Larson Brown Lisonbee, who then donated them to the library in 2014.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Dorothy Larson Brown Lisonbee; 2014.

Appraisal

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

Related Materials

There is more information about John Hunt and Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt in the collection Norma Larson Elliott family papers, MSS 8264.

Processing Information

Processed; Margaret Weddle, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2015.

Title
Register of Norma Elliott collection on John Hunt and Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt
Status
Completed
Author
Margaret Weddle
Date
2015 January 14
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