Abstract The Thomas Battersby Child papers (1909-2000) consist of his collected writings, focusing on two aspects of his life, the LDS Church, and a park he created in his backyard, the Gilgal Sculpture Garden, now protected by Salt Lake City as a public park. Child was a mason, businessman, husband, and a bishop of the LDS Church.

Abstract Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. (1888-1963) was a mason and sculptor who created Gilgal Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Thomas Battersby Child photograph collection contains images of Child's family, the family of his wife Bertha Rumel, images of Child's work building various temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and photographs of Gilgal Garden.

Abstract Gilgal Garden is an outdoor sculpture park located in Salt Lake City, Utah, created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. (1888-1963) in the backyard of his home starting in 1945. In 2000, Gilgal Garden was purchased by the Friends of Gilgal Garden and opened as a city park. This collection contains color photographs, negatives, slides, and digital photographs documenting the Friends of Gilgal Garden's efforts to preserve and restore Gilgal Garden between 1996 and 2008.

Abstract The Utah Committee for American-Soviet Relations was a non-profit organization established in 1986 to educate Americans about the Soviet Union. This collection contains images of "Peace Cradle," a sculpture by Dennis Smith dedicated to the Committee's first chairman, Lowell Fry Turner (1916-1989).