Descriptive SummaryMSS 2070Margaret Grace Greer Nuttall Family Papers,
1893-1976Greer, Margaret GraceL. Tom Perry Special Collections1 box. (0.5 linear feet)Latter-day Saint woman;
student at Brigham Young Academy, 1897-1904 (institution name changed to
Brigham Young University, 1903).Diaries, photographs, and other papers
of Margaret Greer Nuttall and her husband, William A. Nuttall. Includes
autobiographical sketch of Margaret and papers relating to her activities as a
student at Brigham Young Academy.ProvenanceFour volumes of Margaret Greer Nuttall diaries, 1896-1899, were
formerly cataloged under MSS 540. In 1998 a daughter of William and Margaret
Nuttall donated additional family papers, including two more of Margaret's
diaries. The diaries and other papers were combined under a new call number,
MSS 2070, in December 1999.
AccessThese materials are available with the approval of the University
Archivist.
Conditions of UseIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
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Permission to publish material from Margaret Grace Greer Nuttall
Family Papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or
the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation:MSS 2070; Margaret Grace
Greer Nuttall Family Papers, 1893-1976; University Archives; L. Tom Perry
Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Following Citations:MSS 2070, LTPSC.
Biographical HistoryLatter-day Saint woman; student at Brigham Young Academy, 1897-1904
(institution name changed to Brigham Young University, 1903).
Scope and Content NoteDiaries, photographs, and other papers of Margaret Greer Nuttall and
her husband, William A. Nuttall. Includes autobiographical sketch of Margaret
and papers relating to her activities as a student at Brigham Young Academy,
including diaries, class notes, report card, and three group photographs of her
with classmates. Her diaries, dated 1896-1902, also reflect her activities in
Wallsburg, Utah, and in Provo Canyon. William Nuttall's papers relate to his
service as a Mormon missionary in New Zealand, including photocopied diary
entries dated 1900 and a photograph of him with three other persons. The
collection includes typed transcriptions of Margaret's diaries, prepared by the
BYU Department of Special Collections and Manuscripts during 1998-1999.
Access TermsCorporate SubjectBrigham Young Academy--StudentsSubject TermMormon womenMormon missionaries--New ZealandGeographic TermWallsburg (Utah)Provo Canyon (Utah)Genre or FormDiariesPhotographsNotesContainer ListMargaret Grace Greer Nuttall Papers SeriesMargaret Grace Greer Nuttall Papers,
1897-1976FolderContents
1Autobiographical sketch. 7 leaves : photocopy of
typescript ; 28 cm.,
ca. 1962Folders 2-13 contain diaries (manuscripts and typescript
copies).
21 v. ; ms. ; 24 cm. "No. 1" written in ink on front
cover. Diaries dated 1898 are written on a loose page which had been inserted
in the volume,
1896 Mar.-Aug., 1898 Jul.328 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1896 Mar.-Aug., 1898 Jul.41 v. : ms. ; 23 cm. "No. 2" penciled on front cover,
"No. 3" written in ink,
1896 Mar.-1897 Apr.541 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1896 Mar.-1897 Apr.61 v. : ms. ; 23 cm. "No. 4" penned on front cover,
1897 Apr.-Aug.733 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1897 Apr.-Aug.81 v. : ms. ; 26 cm. "No. 5" penned on front cover,
1897 Sept.-1898 Jun.974 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1897 Sept.-1898 Jun.101 v. : ms. ; 26 cm. "No. 8" penciled on front cover.
Volume begins with a number of mostly blank pages, followed by several pages of
notes on Latter-day Saint church history to 1844. Paragraph immediately
following last diary entry (8 July 1899), summarizes Margaret's activities to
March 1900, and appears to have been written at a much later date,
1899 Mar.-Jul.1126 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1899 Mar.-Jul.121 v. : ms. ; 24 cm.,
1900 Jun.-1902 Mar.1336 leaves : typescript ; 28 cm.,
1900 Jun.-1902 Mar.14Class notes. 1 v. : ms. ; 24 cm.,
n. d.15Miscellany. 2 items. Includes Margaret Greer's Brigham
Young Academy report card, 1901-1902; and a copy of a news clipping
fromThe Herald(Provo), 18 March 1976, showing an 1893 class at
Brigham Young Academy,
1901-1902; 1976William Albert Nuttall Diaries SeriesWilliam Albert Nuttall Diaries,
Jan.-Oct.
1900FolderContents
16(ca. 112 leaves) : photocopy of ms. ; 28 cm.,
1900 Jan.-Apr.17(ca. 78 leaves) : photocopy of ms. ; 22 x 36 cm.,
1900 Jan.-Oct.Photographs SeriesPhotographs,
ca.
1899-1903FolderContents
18Photographs,
ca. 1899-1903- Images of missionaries in New Zealand. Includes William a.
Nuttall, Dr. Curtis, and Mr. Curtis, 1900.
- Eighth-grade BYA students. Includes Margaret Greer
(Nuttall), Cory Hanks, Mark Kirby, Alonza Acord, George Ekins, Melissa Kirby,
Carl Smart, Murry Snow, Ora Holbrook, Will Gardner, Will Turner, Edna Haws, Ivy
Hill, Charles Passey, Bert Crane, Bob Price, Lee Manwaring, Vivian Hinckley,
Will Taylor, Clarence Erickson, Dean Brimhall, P. J. Jensen, and Mr. Follot,
1899-1900.
- [Ninth-grade] BYA students. Includes Margaret Greer
(Nuttall), Willie Taylor, Murry Snow, Joseph Passey, Maud Gardner, Vivian
Hinckley, Roy Murdock, Levi Manwaring, George E. Ekins, Mark Snow, Ivy Hill,
James Price, P. J. Jensen, Clarence Ericksen, Ora Holbrook, Permitt Ewell, Bert
Crane, Melissa Kirby Brown, Wilford Moses, Mary Cook, Edna Haws, and Carl
Smart, 1900.
- BYU students. Includes Grace Greer (Nuttall), Sytha Brown,
Emmie Wimmer, Mary Beesley, Murry Snow, Clarence Gardner, Sadie Rasband, Dora
Murdock, [?] Greenwood, William Gardner, Beatrice Young, Annie Jarvis, and
Harvey Fletcher. Some persons in the images are unidentified. 1902 or
1903.
SEPARATION STATEMENT: A compilation of scriptural
"Ready References," printed in Maori in 1893 and bound together with a Maori
grammar book, was removed from the collection for cataloging in the Americana
Collection of the Harold B. Lee Library.