Abstract The Hope A. Hilton papers (1815-1999) contain diaries, correspondence, research files, family histories and genealogy, news clippings, and manuscripts. Hope Hilton (1924-1999) was a writer and community activist who, along with her husband, organized the Middle East Foundation, a charitable organization devoted to helping students from the middle east obtain an education in the United States.

Abstract The Sonia Johnson papers (1958-1983) contain materials dealing with her excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the group "Mormons for ERA" between the years 1978 and 1982.