Abstract The Irene M. Bates papers (1833-1998) contain correspondence, articles, patriarchal blessings, research materials, bibliographies, meeting minutes, text excerpts, and notes. The collection offers materials on patriarchal blessings and on LDS patriarchs such as Joseph Smith, Sr., Joseph Smith, Jr., William Smith, Hyrum G. Smith, Hyrum F. Smith, Isaac Morley, and others. Bates was born in Manchester, England in 1921. She and her husband joined the LDS Church in 1955 and emigrated to Salt Lake...