Heber J. Sears papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2488
Scope and Contents
The Heber J. Sears papers contain an index card to temple records, a letter to Florence Sears, a booklet composed by Sears of favorite poems, and two news clippings. Also included is correspondence from B. H. Roberts, James E. Talmage, and Heber J. Grant.
Dates
- 1897-1942
Creator
- Sears, Heber J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Note
Heber J. Sears was born in Huntingtonshire, England, September 13, 1861, and came to Salt Lake City with his parents at the age of three years. He attended public school and when 15 years old was employed by the ZCMI. By the time he was 25 years old he had worked his way up to head bookkeeper and cashier of the Ogden branch of the company. He then left the mercantile business to fill an LDS mission in New Zealand.
Returning from the mission, Sears and David Kay of Ogden established a grain and feed business in Salt Lake City. He later became head of the Farr and Sears Company of Ogden. Sears moved to Chicago in 1894 to study medicine. For two years he studied at Rush Medical College and in 1902 organized the Crown Dental laboratory, which he owned and operated for 17 years. On June 5, 1906, Sears graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons of the University of Illinois and on July 2, 1906, passed the Utah state board of medical examiners.
He began his medical practice in Chicago and in 1919 returned to Salt Lake City to join the faculty at the University of Utah. Dr. Sears was a director of the Utah Savings and Trust Company, a past president of the Holladay Civic Betterment League, director and president of the Heber J. Sears Investment Company, member of the Ensign Social Club, director of the Utah Public Health Association and a former member of the Utah state and Salt Lake county medical societies.
In 1884 Sears married Belle Farr of Ogden. She died in 1936 and he married Flora Meyerhoffer.
(Biography taken from a February 25, 1942 Salt Lake Tribune article,
Returning from the mission, Sears and David Kay of Ogden established a grain and feed business in Salt Lake City. He later became head of the Farr and Sears Company of Ogden. Sears moved to Chicago in 1894 to study medicine. For two years he studied at Rush Medical College and in 1902 organized the Crown Dental laboratory, which he owned and operated for 17 years. On June 5, 1906, Sears graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons of the University of Illinois and on July 2, 1906, passed the Utah state board of medical examiners.
He began his medical practice in Chicago and in 1919 returned to Salt Lake City to join the faculty at the University of Utah. Dr. Sears was a director of the Utah Savings and Trust Company, a past president of the Holladay Civic Betterment League, director and president of the Heber J. Sears Investment Company, member of the Ensign Social Club, director of the Utah Public Health Association and a former member of the Utah state and Salt Lake county medical societies.
In 1884 Sears married Belle Farr of Ogden. She died in 1936 and he married Flora Meyerhoffer.
(Biography taken from a February 25, 1942 Salt Lake Tribune article,
S. L. Physician Succumbs to Heart Attack on Coast.)
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Heber J. Sears papers (1897-1942) contain an index card to temple records, a letter to Florence Sears, a booklet composed by Sears of favorite poems, and two news clippings. Also included is correspondence from B.H. Roberts, James E. Talmage, and Heber J. Grant. Sears was a former professor at the University of Utah, physician and surgeon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Folder 1 donated anonymously in 2009.
Folder 2 donated by Joyce Orlob Evans in 2010.
Folder 2 donated by Joyce Orlob Evans in 2010.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2013.
Creator
- Sears, Heber J. (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Heber J. Sears papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2013 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu