The Mormon Battalion Monument Commission was established in 1915 with the express purpose of coordinating the effort to memorialize Utah's Mormon Battalion which had served as a source of pride for many in the state. This series contains correspondence, commission minutes, donation information, reports, programs, publications and speeches all related to the planning, financing and construction.; Alphabetical by subject, thereunder chronological by date.; Historical Note; Administrative records; Agreements Made By the Commission, 1921; Bank Statements, 1925-1927; Contributor Lists - Miscellaneous Donors, undated; Contributor Lists - Miscellaneous Donors, undated; Contributor Lists - Miscellaneous Donors, 1919-1920; Contributor Lists - Out of State Donors, undated; Contributor Lists - Salt Lake County Donors, undated; Contributor Lists - Utah Counties - Cache to Morgan County Donors, undated; Contributor Lists - Utah Counties - Sanpete to Wayne County Donors, undated; Histories of Mormon Battalion Members, undated, 1909; Minutes of the Commission, 1915-1919; Minutes of the Commission, 1920-1921; Payment and Donation Invoices, 1921-1926; Photographs, undated; Receipt and Payment Ledgers, undated; Receipt and Payment Ledgers, undated; Receipt and Payment Ledgers, undated; Receipt and Payment Ledgers, undated; Reports to the Legislature, 1919-1927; Programs for Events, 1920-1927; Published Histories, undated; Speeches, undated, 1909-1932; Vouchers, 1920-1925
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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Architecture; Material Types; Correspondence; UMAbroad--Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; UMAbroad--Material Types; UMAnarrow--Architecture; UMAnarrow--Correspondence
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Correspondence from the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission, Series 1141, is the correspondence of the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission.Design competition artwork from the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission, Series 10891, provides an early design of the monument as presented in an award winning water color painting from a competition held in 1921.Monument blueprints from the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission, Series 19998, provide the schematic designs for the monument.Daughters of the Mormon Battalion records from the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission, Series 25155, provide additional documents related to planning and constructing the monument.Scrapbook and Newspaper Clippings from the Mormon Battalion Monument Commission, Series 25156, document press reaction to both the Mormon Battalion and the monument created in their honor.