Descriptive SummaryMSS 326Ruby K. Smith Papers,
1921-1966Smith, Ruby K. (Ruby Kate), 1888-L. Tom Perry Special Collections7 boxes (33 linear inches) + 1 vol. (ca. 100
pages). Mormon author, historian,
and teacher. Diaries, book manuscripts,
correspondence, scrapbooks, pioneer and family biographies, and photo albums.
Smith's diaries cover the years fromSept. 1921 to Dec. 1941 and 1950 to 1964.
Some of the correspondence is between Smith and her mother when Ruby served as
a nutritionist for the Red Cross at San francisco and Richmond, California from
1942 to 1944. The materials document Smith's activities, jobs, and writings.
Smith worked as a "Home Demonstrating Agent" in Utah County (1925-1928), Uintah
County (1947-1949), and Tooele County (1950-1952). AccessOpen for public use.
Conditions of UseIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from Ruby K. Smith Papers must be
obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special
Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation: MSS 326; Ruby K. Smith
Papers; 20th & 21st Century Western & Mormon Americana; L. Tom Perry
Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Following Citations:MSS 326, LTPSC.
Biographical HistoryMormon author, historian, and teacher.
Scope and Content NoteDiaries, book manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, pioneer and
family biographies, and photo albums. Smith's diaries cover the years fromSept.
1921 to Dec. 1941 and 1950 to 1964. Some of the correspondence is between Smith
and her mother when Ruby served as a nutritionist for the Red Cross at San
francisco and Richmond, California from 1942 to 1944. The materials document
Smith's activities, jobs, and writings. Smith worked as a "Home Demonstrating
Agent" in Utah County (1925-1928), Uintah County (1947-1949), and Tooele County
(1950-1952).
Separation StatementProcedings at the Dedication of the Joseph
Smith Memorial Monument and John D.
Giles; Modern Trail Blazer, by Ruby K.
Smith, transferred to Special Collections. Program of Commencement Exercises,
May 27, 1966, transferred to University Archives. Improvement Era, April, 1950, transferred to the
library.
Subject TracingsPeopleSmith, Ruby K. (Ruby Kate), 1888-PlacesTooele County (Utah)--History--SourcesUintah County (Utah)--History--SpourcesUtah County (Utah)--History--SourcesSalt Lake City (Utah)--History--SourcesCalifornia--History--1850-1950--SourcesGenre/FormDiariesLettersSubjectMormon women--Utah--History--SourcesWomen authors--Utah--History--SourcesHistorians--Utah--History--SourcesTeachers--Utah--History--SourcesContainer ListContentsContentsContainerAlbum No.Contents
1PHOTO ALBUM11Family and friends plus adventures as Ricks College
summer teacher and sorority girl,
1919-1921.12My "House of Joseph" Book, Manassa, Winter of 1921-22,
Ephraim, Winter of
1923-24.13Day-time and Week-end Adventures of a Home Economist
During the Unforgettable Thirties,
1930's.14Adventures in Salt Lake City, Storrs, Provo and Logan,
1921 to 1929.2PHOTO ALBUM21The Legend of the Tribe of Very Much Wind-Photos,
correspondence, pertaining to Sunday School Class of boys, 18th Ward, Salt Lake
City, taught by Ruby K. Smith,
1930 and their later
activities.22Pre-war and wartime adventures of the
1940's in California and
Utah.23Uintah County and sabbatical leave adventures of a Home
Demonstration Agent,
1947-1949.3PHOTO ALBUM31Adventures in the Valley of the Sun,
1949-1950.32Adventures in Tooele County, 1950-1952; Sugar House,
1953; and home on Fourth Ave.,
1954.33Travel, Friends and Relatives,
1955-1965.ContainerScrapbook No.Contents
4SCRAPBOOKS4LooseSalt Lake Tabernacle LDS Choir tours and concerts,
1954-1956.41Utah County Home Demonstration Agent,
1925-1928.42Uintah County Home Demonstration Agent,
1947-1949.43Tooele County Home Demonstration Agent,
1950-1952.5CORRESPONDENCE AND MEMENTOES51, 1a, 2, 3Correspondence,
1929,
1932,
1941-1966.54Memories of LDS Presdient George Albert Smith (Cousin to
R.K.S.)54aMiscellaneous55War-time adventures in California as reported in letters
to her mother, (Miss Smith was Red Cross nutritionist at San Francisco and
Richmond, California),
1942-1944. Sabbatical-Leave
adventures,
1949.WRITINGS OF RUBY K. SMITH56John D. Giles, Modern Trail Blazer, privately printed,
1961. [Original manuscript
and autographed copy of frist book transferred to Special
collections]57"Historical Pageant and Story of the Eighteenth LDS
Ward," Salt Lake City, presented
1959 and
1966, manuscript copies.
Also includes correspondence and clippings pertaining to published volume, "One
Hundred Years in the Heart of Zion, a Narrative History of the Eighteenth
Ward," 1961.58"Mary Bailey," story of her grandparents,
1954 (Mary Bailey was the
wife of Samuel H. Smith, younger brother of Prophet Joseph Smith)
correspondence and clippings only.59"My Adventures in Bailey Family Geneological Research",
as recorded in letters to her brother in California,
1929-1946.510"Biography of Mary Catherine Smith", manuscript copy,
1954.511"The Old Family Mansion, a story of the old San Jose
Home of Patriarch J. Winter Smith,"
1962, copy of article in
pamphlet form plus correspondence.61Family Biographies - Brief sketches -
manuscripts:Joseph Smith Sr.
Lucy Mack Smith
Samuel Harrison Smith
Mary Bailey Smith
Mary Collier Winter
Thomas William Winter
Julia Restel Winter
Julia Winter Smith
Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith
James Bailey
Cumorah Smith Burns
Grace Levira Smith Kerr
"Your Young Shall See Visions"
"The Old Family Mansion"
62Pioneer Biographies - manuscipt copies:Parley P. Pratt, Jr.
Brighamine Nielsen Pratt
Margaret Gay Judd Clawson
Sarah Jane Bartholemew Christensen
Lorenzo Do Young
63Miscellaneous Compositions and talks.64"Memories of My teen-age years," manuscript written in
1914.65"Distant Towers" and "The Legend of the Tribe of Very
Much Wind" -- biographical notes and remeniscences pertaining to boys and girls
Sunday School classes of Eighteenth Ward in SLC as taught by Miss Smith,
1930's, and their later
activities. (See also container No. 2)66Personal Diaries,
1921;
1941-194267Personaal Diaries,
1943-194977 vol.Personal Diaries,
Jan. 1950 - Dec.
195473 vol.Personal Diaries,
Jan. 1955 - Dec.
1959Personal Diaries,
Jan. 1960 - Dec.
1964