Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hiram B. Clawson papers (1846-1947) consist mainly of correspondence. Some materials have been digitized and are available online. The earliest letters are from 1847, and are of Orson Spencer to his children in Council Bluffs and Salt Lake City while on his mission to the British Isles and from relatives of Catherine Curtis Spencer showing concern fro the children after the mother, Catherine...