Box 5
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Journal, 1941
File — Box: 5, Volume: 21
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
One of Mary's strongest points was her intellectual curiosity. She continued to be an avid reader and interested in many issues.
January
"I organized a woman's club in Taylorsville, the first one in history, but resigned within a few months, because the other members flatly refused to take up any subject or subjects of study. I hadn't time for a purely social club. Last winter I...
Dates:
1941
Journal, 1941-1942
File — Box: 5, Volume: 22
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
"If I had to choose between being the richest person (in money) in the world and being the mother of my six wonderful children, well you know such a thing as a choice between the two would never enter my mind. I am really a powerful capitalist already. My capital consists of the undivided love of a good husband, the love and miraculous unfolding into the light, of these six jewels among the young, our...
Dates:
1941-1942
Journal, 1948
File — Box: 5, Volume: 23
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Mary is now 58 years old. In this, the last journal of hers in the collection, there is little mention of physical illness or poverty. She does have arthritis of the spine for which she takes vitamin B, but life doesn't appear to be the constant crisis where physical and financial collapse appears imminent. She enjoys a summer visit from her grandchildren. Lyman and Daddy as she now calls Charles are the only ones...
Dates:
1948
Journal Fragments, 1918-1949
File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Bennion family papers (1844-1949) include the diaries of John Bennion (1820-1877), Heber Bennion (1858-1932), and Mary Bennion Powell (born 1890), as well as family correspondence and autobiographical sketches. John and Samuel Bennion and John's son, Heber, were Utah sheep ranchers and polygamists, while Mary Bennion Powell was a daughter of Heber Bennion. The collection begins with the Bennion brothers, John and Samuel, who converted to the Mormon Church in Northern Wales. John was a...
Dates:
1918-1949
Short Stories
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
This folder consists of three portions of short stories written by Mary, two of which were obviously submitted for a writing class. Short story by Mary Bennion Powell, "The End of Childhood", is an account of Mary's realization that her father was a polygamist. The end of childhood is symbolic of the end of her innocence. She feels shattered and betrayed. She gives a beautiful description of the good life she and...
Dates:
1844-1949
"A Utah Idyll," Chapters 1-2
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Chapters I and II of Mary's life story "A Utah Idyll" consists of 129 typewritten pages. This is a fictionalized history of Mary's family. It begins:
"In the sagebrush territory of Deseret, two babies were born to four adoring parents in the year 1857. All four parents were members of the Mormon church, especially Brother and Sister Bennett of Stayville, who had obeyed the counsel of Brigham Young...
Dates:
1844-1949