Correspondence, 1903-1943

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-9

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence, 1903-1906 located in folder 1. Set of 14 letters and post cards to and from George D. Pyper during the period of 1903 to 1916. Includes letters from February 1903 concerning Pyper's property in Brighton, Utah; correspondence related to a dispute concerning the conduct of Dr. J. M. Tanner of the University of Utah; a letter to LDS President Joseph F. Smith seeking release from his responsibilities for the Juvenile Instructor publication; a letter concerning the death of Whitney Rynders in June 1909; a letter from the Executive Committee of the Deseret Sunday School Union concerning pay for Pyper's service as its secretary; and a letter from Heber J. Grant thanking Pyper for the congratulations upon Grant's call to preside over the Quorum of the Twelve.

Correspondence, 1916-1928 located in folder 2. Set of 14 letters to and from George D. Pyper during the period of 1916 to1928. Includes a letter (handwritten and a typed copy) from Heber J. Grant in November of 1916; a thank-you card from Robert R. Anderson and family; a 1920 letter from C. B. Hawley, chairman of War Camp Community Service; letter dated 29 Dec. 1920 on Utah-Idaho Sugar Company from Horace B. Whitney, administrator of his father's estate; letter dated 12 Oct. 1921 on "Council of the Twelve" stationery from John A. Widtsoe concerning the Juvenile Instructor; a letter of 14 June 1922 from James Shesgreen, secretary of the Hot Air Club, inviting Pyper to become a member; letter of 4 May 1925 from Lewis Anderson, President of the Manti Temple to Apostle George F. Richards concerning the sealing of a married woman to President Anthon Lund; letter dated 24 June 1925 from President Heber J. Grant to George Pyper; thank-you card from Robert R. Anderson; letter dated 9 Jan. 1926 at Rock Springs, Wyo., from Charles Kent; letter of 13 May 1926 from Pyper to Arthur Shepherd of Cleveland, Ohio , soliciting a hymn by Shepherd for a new LDS hymn book; letter of 25 Nov. 1927 to Pyper from L. J. Fr--- [unreadable]; letter of 27 Dec. 1927 from Susa Young Gates to Mr and Mrs Pyper; letter dated 14 Oct. 1928 in New York from D. W. Haynes concerning Pyper's published history of the Salt Lake Theatre, enclosing a copy of a letter from Haynes to "Dan."

Correspondence, 1928-1929 located in folder 3. Set of 12 letters to and from George D. Pyper during the period of 1928 to 1929. Includes letter dated 12 Nov. 1928 from Mahomi M. Young for the estate of Miss A. Lowell of Brookline, Mass., to "Mrs. Russell"; letter of Nov. 1938 from L. A. Jones (?), New York; letter of Dec. 1928 from Janes W. Wade of Tintic Standard Mining Company, and George Pyper's reply; a letter of 4 Dec. 1928 to Susa Young Gates from George Careless, composer of LDS hymns; letter of 5 Jan. 1929 from Pyper to "brother Holt" with thanks for Christmas gift; letter of 2 Feb. 1929 from E. A. McDaniel of Los Molinos, Calif. To George Pyper; letter of 9 Feb. 1929 to the Pypers from John A. Widtsoe and Pyper's reply; letter of 15 August 1929 from President Heber J. Grant to Pyper; letter of 22 Dec. 1929 from a friend in sympathy over the death of George's wife; a letter from 1929 addressed to Genevieve Pyper from a cousin Margaret in Whitinsville, Massachusetts.

Correspondence, 1930-1933 located in folder 4. Set of 17 letters to and from George D. Pyper during the period of 1930 to 1935. Includes letter dated 19 Jan. 1930 to George and family from [unreadable] letter of 4 Feb. 1930 from A. P. Taylor of the Hawaii Public Archives to LDS President Heber J. Grant, and letter from Grant to Pyper forwarding the same; letter dated 2 April 1930 to Pyper from Lorenzo Sharp, a director of the Salt Lake Federated Musicians; letter dated 19 August 1930 to Pyper from William M. Waddoups, President of the LDS Hawaiian Mission in Honolulu; letter of 25 Nov. 1930 to Pyper from Heber J. Grant, thanking him for birthday gift; letter of 6 Dec. 1930 to Pyper from Heber J. Grant re the new book "One Hundred Years"; letter of 16 April 1931 from Dan Spencer, passenger agent for the Union Pacific Railroad; letter of 30 Nov. 1931 from Heber J. Grant re a birthday gift; letter of 9 May 1932 from Sterling Williams, recorder at the Cardston, Alberta LDS temple; letter 22 Nov. 1932 to "uncle George" Pyper from George D. Preston in Logan, Utah, congratulating him on 72nd birthday; letter of 6 Dec. 1932 from William M. and Olivia Waddoups at the Laie Plantation on Oahu, Hawaii; letter of 16 March 1933 from Walter Ross of Compton, California, with details of his experience of the Long Beach earthquake on March 10; letter of 27 Feb. 1935 from Lillie T. Freeze of Salt Lake City; Christmas card from George D. Pyper for 1935; and letter of 31 March 1935 from Aunt Belle.

Correspondence, 1937-1939 located in folder 5. Set of 13 letters to and from George D. Pyper during the period of 1937 to 1939. Includes letter of 27 January 1937 from someone at the American consul in Milan, Italy; letter of 15 July 1937 from David O. McKay, Counselor in the First Presidency, LDS Church; letter of 12 Feb. 1937 from Emily C. Burke in Italy; letter begun 25 July 1937 and written by various relatives at Brighton, Utah; postcard dated Milano 1937 from Emily C. Burke; letter of 6 Oct. 1937 from Emily C. Burke in Milan; letter of 15 August 1938 from George D. Pyper to LDS President Heber J. Grant; letter of 11 August 1938 from Heber J. Grant; letter of 24 October 1938 from Pyper to President Grant and Counsellors on behalf of a deceased uncle, John Liddell, concerning Temple sealings, and President Grant's reply of 3 Nov. 1938; letter dated 6 Dec. 1938 from Heber J. Grant thanking him for a birthday gift; letter of 11 Oct. 1939 from Heber J. Grant; letter dated 30 Nov. 1938 from Emily C. Burke in Milan, Italy; letter of 2 May 1939 from Emily C. Burke in Milan, Italy.

Correspondence, 1940 located in folder 6. Set of 11 letters to and from George D. Pyper during 1940. Includes letter of 12 Dec. 1940 from Irene E. Staples; Letter of 29 Jan. 1940 from Annie Wells Cannon; letter of 11 Feb. 1940 from Mrs. Ray G. Wood, secretary for the Emigration Chapter of Church History; letter of 12 June 1940 from LDS President Heber J. Grant; letter of 21 Nov. 1940 from "Minnie" (Mrs. Lafayette Whitney) sending birthday greetings; letter of 18 Nov. 1940 from Heber J. Grant; letter 20 Dec. 1940 from Pyper to President Heber J. Grant; letter of 17 Dec. 1940 from Heber J. Grant; letter of 19 Nov. 1940 with birthday greetings from Jack Sears; New year's greetings for 1940 from Charles A. and Grace E. Callis; letter of 19 Nov. 1940 from Richard R. Lyman to the Deseret Sunday School Union Board.

Correspondence, 1941-1942 located in folder 7. Set of 16 letters to and from George D. Pyper during 1941 and 1942. Includes letter of 8 Jan. 1941 from R. A. Welwood manager at Local Loan Co., and Pyper's reply of 13 Jan. 1941; letter of 20 Feb. 1941 from LDS President Heber J. Grant; letter of 10 April 1941 from Donald B. Goodall, Director, Utah State Art Center; telegram of 10 June 1941 from Willard L. Kimball; letter of 8 August 1941 from President Heber J. Grant; letter from Pyper to Heber J. Grant; letter of 8 Nov. 1941 from Heber J. Grant; letter of 18 Nov. 1940 from Heber J. Grant to Elder Albert Hamer Resier (copy for Pyper); letter of 16 Sept. 1941 from Lester F. Hewlett, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; letter of 12 Sept. 1941 from Clark Whitney to his father; letter of 23 Nov. 1941 from Hebe Brinton Young; letter of December 1941 from Earl J. Glade; letter of 4 Jan. 1942 from nephew "Bish" in Evanston, Illinois; letter of 7 Feb. 1942 from niece Virginia Blair of Van Nuys, California; letter of 18 Feb. 1942 from Florence J. Robison, President of the South 20th Ward Relief Society, Salt Lake City.

Correspondence, 1942-1943 located in folder 8. Set of 10 letters to and from George D. Pyper during 1942. Includes letter of 27 July 1942 from a grandchild in Lima, Peru; letter of 2 March 1942 from niece Virginia Blair, including her poem, "Just sleeping"; letter of 11 May 1942 from "Alexander" of Corona, California, on stationery of the Exchange Lemon Products Company; letter of 10 May 1942 from "Helen" of Glendale, Calif.; letter of 5 May 1942 from "Helen"; letter of 30 June 1972 by Kenneth S. Bennion; letter of December 1942 with holiday greetings; postcard from the Eric Reyberg family in Nice, France; letter of 21 Nov. 1942 from Kenneth S. Bennion; letter of 9 April 1942 (?) from Emily Wells; and letter of 10 Dec. 1942 from Edward Howard and Zelda Davis Howard, including Zelda's poem, "The Optimist".

Correspondence, undated located in folder 9. Set of several undated letters to George D. Pyper, many undated. Includes letter; a poem to George from his mother for his birthday in 1910; letter to President Heber J. Grant; 194? Christmas card from John D. Spencer; letter of thanks from Frank Edward Margetts and family for speaking at his wife's funeral (Sept. 1941); letter from nephew George D. Preston, along with his account of his World War I experiences; letter from William Pyper on stationery of Council Bluffs Savings Bank; Note from Mabel Jones on stationery of the LDS Northwestern States mission, Portland, with an article on George Pyper's visit to Portland as Sunday School Superintendent, written by Ione Johnson.

Dates

1903-1943

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