A. Russell Mortensen papers 1830-1996

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A. Russell Mortensen papers 1830-1996

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The A. Russell Mortensen papers (1830-1996) consist of the personal and professional papers of Mortensen (b. 1911), a teacher, administrator, and editor. Included are correspondence, reports, manuscripts, articles, and materials resulting from Mortensen's years as editor of magazine. American West

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Mortensen, A. Russell (Arlington Russell), 1911-

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Dividing his time between Utah and California, A. Russell Mortensen spent his early professional years as a teacher, administrator and editor. Born in Salt Lake City to Arlington Peter and Fannie Burnham Mortensen on January 30, 1911, he was raised in southern California. Mortensen returned to Utah in the early 1930s to attend Brigham Young University. While there he met and married Bessie Burch, a native of Spanish Fork, Utah. After receiving a B. S. in history in 1937 Mortensen be...