Vesta Crump Smith Papers
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, 1963
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Vesta Mae Crump Smith was born 10 July 1937 in Bluffdale, Utah. She married Dr. Joseph T. Smith in 1963. She was an important figure relating to American Mothers, Inc., and the Young Women program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Washington D.C. area. ; The collection contains the rough draft of "Beyond the Sunset: Selected Short Stories from the Life of Joseph T. Smith"; originals and photocopies of photographs of Joseph Thurston Smith and family; mostly incoming family correspondence; ephemera from her grandchildren; family newsletters; cards; wedding invitations; newspapers; class notes; death certificates and wills; items from events, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Brigham Young University; brochures of places she has visited; addresses and phone directories; recipes; LDS Church bulletins; art prints and calendars; and miscellaneous items. The collection has been arranged into four boxes. Box four is contained in the Photo Archives. ; Vesta Mae Crump Smith, daughter of Reynold Wilford Crump and Myrtle Almira Frost, was born on 10 July 1937 in Bluffdale, Utah. Her mother chose her name, which in Roman mythology, is a goddess of the hearth and home. She is the sixth child of seven and grew up in the same house that she was born in for nineteen years.Vesta moved away from home when she was nineteen years old. She first moved with a friend to Salt Lake City, but then later moved to Logan to attend Utah State University. She attended school for the Spring quarter and then moved to California with a bunch of friends. One of her friends, Lois Fukuda was from Hawaii and she invited Vesta and her friend Jeanne to visit her for the summer. By the end of the summer, Vesta had spent all of her money and so she decided to stay and get a job.While in Hawaii, Vesta was active in the Waikiki Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called Mormon or LDS Church). She was asked to teach the M-Men and Gleaner class in the mutual program, ages 18-25. ...
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Vesta Crump Smith Papers
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Smith, Vesta Crump, 1937 |
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Veröffentlichung: | L. Tom Perry Special Collections, 1963 |
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