James Clarence Ellsworth Family Papers, (1900-1994)

COLL MSS 228a

Collection Processed by: Julia Kenyon, Jolyn Hunting, March 2003

Biography:

James Clarence Ellsworth was born on May 26, 1885 in Luna Valley, New Mexico. He was the son of James Henry and Eliza R. McCleve Ellsworth. He served his mission in Australia for two years after he had married his wife, Julia Claridge. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 12, 1907. James went on his mission between 1908-1910. James and Julia had five sons: James Claridge, Elmo Hughes, Spencer David, Samuel George, and Theron Charles Claridge. His first employment was an oiler and a sweeper in a flour mill. Later in his life he was town clerk under Mayor George P. Jacobson for four years in Safford, Arizona. He was also the Mayor of Payson, the first Republican Mayor in more than 25 years. Throughout his life he lived in many different places including: Salt Lake City, Payson, Ogden, Logan in Utah. He also lived in Henderson, Nevada; Chino, San Marino and Long Beach in California; Gila Valley in Arizona, and Kansas City in Missouri. On May 29, 1953, Julia Ellsworth died in a fatal car accident in which James Ellsworth was also seriously injured. He recovered and later passed away on March 7, 1970 at his son’s (Dr. T.C. Ellsworth) home, in San Marino, California.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by Samuel George Ellsworth on August 19, 1998. Samuel George Ellsworth was the second son of James Clarence Ellsworth. These papers were collected by S. George Ellsworth in an attempt to preserve his family’s history.

Scope and Content Note:

Correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, work-related documents, notebooks, genealogy, programs, writings, artifacts, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, and memorabilia (1900-1994). The collection is split into seven series of papers pertaining to individuals in the James Clarence Ellsworth family including James and his wife Julia Claridge and his sons: James Claridge, Elmo Hughes, Spencer David, and Theron Charles Claridge. The papers of Samuel George Ellsworth are not included in this collection. They can be found in Manuscript Collection #228. Each series includes personal documents, correspondence, and mementoes of each individual.

Series Listing:

I. James Clarence Ellsworth. Boxes 1-7

II. James Clarence and Julia Claridge Ellsworth Correspondence. Boxes 8-10

III. Julia Claridge Ellsworth. Boxes 11-18

IV. James Claridge Ellsworth. Boxes 19-21

V. Elmo Hughes Ellsworth. Boxes 22-23

VI. Spencer David Ellsworth. Box 24

VII. Theron Charles Claridge Ellsworth. Boxes 25-26

Inventory:

Series I: James Clarence Ellsworth

Box 1. Personal Information and Correspondence

Fd 1 George’s register of James C. Ellsworth Family Papers and notes

Fd 2 Genealogy and Biographical information on James C. Ellsworth and James Henry Ellsworth

Fd 3 Autobiographical Dictation: 1 August 1952

Fd 4 Dictation15 May 1959: Mission to Australia

Fd 5 Autobiographical Dictations

Fd 6 Letters sent 1905-1906 to Julia Eliza Claridge

Fd 7 Letters sent 1907 to Julia

Fd 8 Letters sent 1908 to Julia

Fd 9 Letters sent 1909-1910 to Julia

Fd 10 Letters sent 1911-1924 to Julia

Fd 11 Letters sent 1925-1930 to Julia

Fd 12 Letters sent 1925-1930 to his sons

Fd 13 Letters sent 1931-1935

Fd 14 Letters sent 1936-1942

Fd 15 Letters sent 1943-1947

Box 2. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters sent 1950-1953

Fd 2 Letters sent 1954

Fd 3 Letters sent 1955-1956

Fd 4 Letters sent 1957

Fd 5 Letters sent 1958-1959

Fd 6 Letters sent 1960-1961

Fd 7 Letters sent 1962-1970

Fd 8 Questions

Box 3. Mission

Fd 1 Mission Day Book and scrapbook

Fd 2 Photocopied day book pp. 1-175

Fd 3 Photocopied day book pp. 176-285

Fd 4 Photocopied day book pp. 286-380 plus newspaper clippings

Fd 5 Mission Journal

Fd 6 Mission notebook “Josephite Arguments”

Box 4. Financial Records, Ex-cel-sis, and Church notes

Fd 1 Family and Temple Record

Fd 2 Bank and other financial documents

Fd 3 Ex-cel-sis Cosmetics Sales Manual with church notes at the end

Fd 4 Ex-cel-sis Cosmetics Journal with MIA Activity notes at the end

Fd 5 Ex-cel-sis Cosmetics Salesman Techniques

Fd 6 Ex-cel-sis selling materials

Fd 7 Ex-cel-sis Miscellaneous notebooks (4)

Fd 8 Church notes and guidelines

Fd 9 Church notebook: reports, lessons, notes 1950-1956

Fd 10 Notebook: miscellaneous items 1960-1970

Box 5. Books

Fd 1 Bk 1 The Book of Mormon 1906

Fd 2 Bk 2 Dickson Bible1923

Fd 3 Bk 3 The Book of Mormon/ Doctrine and Covenants/ Pearl of Great Price 1953

Fd 4 Various Church Books: Bk 4 Songs of Zion, Chicago 1908 Bk 5 Joseph the Prophet, 1891 Bk 6 Story of the Formation of the Book of Mormon Plates by Eldin Ricks

Box 6. Memorabilia and News clippings

Fd 1 Memorabilia

Fd 2 Memorabilia: Payson 1917-1924

Fd 3 Memorabilia: The Payson Chronicle 1917-1929: James Clarence Ellsworth and the Payson Bank Failure

Fd 4 Memorabilia: Long Beach 1926-1928

Fd 5 Memorabilia: Salt Lake City 1928-1931

Fd 6 Memorabilia: Kansas City 1931-1939

Fd 7 Memorabilia: Kansas City 1931-1939 Excelsis Beauty Products

Fd 8 Memorabilia: Logan, Henderson, Logan 1939-1944

Fd 9 Memorabilia: Safford 1944-1961

Fd 10 Memorabilia: Chino 1961-1970

Fd 11 News clippings, 1908-1916, 1953 “Graham Guardian”

Fd 12 News clippings re. Swaps, Kentucky Derby Winner

Fd 13 Church notes, lessons

Fd 14 Church articles, pamphlets

Box 7. Church Papers and Funeral

Fd 1 Church. Stories, Handouts

Fd 2 Church. Safford Years

Fd 3 Church. Chino Years

Fd 4 Miscellaneous church items

Fd 5 Miscellaneous, notes, thoughts, ideas

Fd 6 Last Papers

Fd 7 Funeral

Fd 8 Funeral Programs

Fd 9 Genealogy

Series II: James Clarence and Julia Claridge Ellsworth

Box 8. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Received. Alder-Barnett

Fd 2 Letters Received. Barra-Brown

Fd 3 Letters Received. Callison-Christensen

Fd 4 Letters Received. Claridge

Fd 5 Letters Received. Crandall-Eason

Fd 6 Letters Received. Ellsworth, David S.-Jewell

Box 9. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Received. Ellsworth J. Orval-William

Fd 2 Letters Received. Emmison-Hill

Fd 3 Letters Received. Hoopes- Hoover

Fd 4 Letters Received. Hulmes

Fd 5 Letters Received. Humphreys-Killian

Fd 6 Letters Received. Kimball-Lunt

Fd 7 Letters Received. Main-Mehr

Fd 8 Letters Received. Merrill, Mae Ellsworth

Fd 9 Letters Received. Mitchell-Nelson

Box 10. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Received. Olson-Rich

Fd 2 Letters Received. Riordan-Simms

Fd 3 Letters Received. Smith-Taylor

Fd 4 Letters Received. Tietgen-Welker

Fd 5 Letters Received. Welder-Young

Fd 6 Author unknown

Fd 7 Family

Fd 8 Letters from James and Julia to the children

Series III: Julia Claridge Ellsworth

Box 11. Documents and Correspondence

Fd 1 Documents

Fd 2 Biographical Material

Fd 3 Letters Sent. 1906-1923

Fd 4 Letters Sent. 1924-1926

Fd 5 Letters Sent. 1927-1931

Fd 6 Letters Sent. 1932-1936

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1937

Box 12. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Sent. 1938

Fd 2 Letters Sent. 1939

Fd 3 Letters Sent. 1941-1942

Fd 4 Letters Sent. 1945-1953 (Mouse eaten)

Fd 5 Letters Sent. January-March 1943

Fd 6 Letters Sent. April-May 1943

Fd 7 Letters Sent. June-December 1943

Fd 8 Letters Sent. 1944

Fd 9 Letters Sent. 1945-1946

Box 13. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Sent. 1947-1949

Fd 2 Letters Sent. 1950-1952

Fd 3 Letters Sent. 1953

Fd 4 Letters Sent. Fragments, Questions

Fd 5 Letters Received. 1904-1905

Fd 6 Letters Received. 1906-1907

Fd 7 Miscellaneous Letters Received

Fd 8 Diary. “A Line a Day” 1923-1927

Fd 9 Diary. Every Day 1929-1934

Fd 10 Diary. Daily Reminder 1933

Box 14. Diaries and Notebooks

Fd 1 Diary. “An Intimate Journal” 1934-1937

Fd 2 Diary. “An Intimate Journal” 1938-1941

Fd 3 Diary. 1946-1952

Fd 4 Music Notebook

Fd 5 Notebook. Church Notes

Fd 6 Cookbook

Box 15. Notebooks

Fd 1 Notebook. Genealogical Research

Fd 2 Notebook. Logan 5th Ward Genealogical Minute Book

Fd 3 Notebook. History Notes

Fd 4 Notebook. church Notes, Lessons

Fd 5 Miscellaneous Notebooks

Fd 6 Address Books

Box 16. Memorabilia, Writings, and News clippings

Fd 1 Mementoes, programs, and fragments from Payson, Salt Lake, and Long Beach

Fd 2 Kansas City

Fd 3 Memorabilia: Logan 1939-1944

Fd 4 Memorabilia: Safford 1944-1953

Fd 5 Newspaper Clippings

Fd 6 Music

Fd 7 Writings, fragments, notes, holographs

Box 17. Writings and Funeral

Fd 1 Writings, fragments, notes, holographs

Fd 2 Writings, notes 3x5 cards

Fd 3 Writings, notes 3x5 cards

Fd 4 Writings, talks, lessons

Fd 5 Writings, notes on talks attended

Fd 6 Writings, Family history

Fd 7 Writings, essays

Fd 8 Death, Funeral

Fd 9 Tributes

Series IV: James Claridge Ellsworth

Box 18. Documents and Correspondence

Fd 1 Documents

Fd 2 Memorabilia

Fd 3 Newspaper Clippings

Fd 4 Biographical Material

Fd 5 Last Rites of James Clarence Ellsworth. James’ activities

Fd 6 Letters Sent. before 1927

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1927-1929

Fd 8 Letters Sent. 1931

Fd 9 Letters Sent. 1932-1933

Fd 10 Letters Sent. 1934

Fd 11 Letters Sent. 1935

Fd 12 Letters Sent. 1936

Fd 13 Letters Sent. 1937-1939

Fd 14 Letters Sent. 1940-1942

Fd 15 Letters Sent. 1943-1949

Fd 16 Letters Sent. 1950-1953

Box 19. Correspondence

Fd 1 Letters Sent. 1954

Fd 2 Letters Sent. 1955

Fd 3 Letters Sent. 1956

Fd 4 Letters Sent. 1957-1959

Fd 5 Letters Sent. 1960-1961

Fd 6 Letters Sent. 1962-1964

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1965-1969

Fd 8 Letters Sent. 1970-

Fd 9 Letters Received

Fd 10 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1933-1935

Fd 11 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1936-1939

Box 20. Family Letters Sent

Fd 1 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1940-1949

Fd 2 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1950-1953

Fd 3 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1954-1957

Fd 4 Nell Larson Ellsworth. Letters Sent. 1960-

Fd 5 Thomas James Ellsworth, David Larson Ellsworth, Mary Kathryn Ellsworth Pletsch

Fd 6 John William Ellsworth

Fd 7 Christine Ellsworth Cottam

Series V: Elmo Hughes Ellsworth

Box 21. Documents and Correspondence

Fd 1 Documents

Fd 2 Memorabilia

Fd 3 Newspaper Clippings

Fd 4 Biographical Material

Fd 5 Funeral

Fd 6 Letters Sent. 1920-1930

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1931-1933

Fd 8 Letters Sent. 1934-1935

Fd 9 Letters Sent. 1936-1939

Fd 10 Letters Sent. 1940-1971

Fd 11 Letters received

Fd 12 Charlotte Rowberry Ellsworth: Letters Sent

Box 22. Writings and Family Letters Sent

Fd 1 Greeting cards

Fd 2 Cherel Jane Ellsworth Olive writings.

Fd 3 Cherel Jane E. Olive: Letters Sent. 1943-1990

Fd 4 John Elmo Hughes Ellsworth: Letters Sent

Series VI: Spencer David Ellsworth

Box 23. Documents and Correspondence

Fd 1 Documents

Fd 2 Memorabilia

Fd 3 Newspaper Clippings

Fd 4 Biographical Material

Fd 5 Letters Sent. 1916-1931

Fd 6 Letters Sent. 1932-1933

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1934-1941

Fd 8 Letters Sent. 1942-1970

Fd 9 Letters Received

Fd 10 Mildred Spafford Ellsworth: Letters Sent

Fd 11 Winifred Elmer Ellsworth: Letters Sent

Fd 12 Madeline Eagle: Letters Sent

Fd 13 Children of Spencer David Ellsworth: Letters Sent

Series VII: Theron Charles Claridge Ellsworth

Box 24. Documents and Correspondence

Fd 1 Documents

Fd 2 Memorabilia

Fd 3 Newspaper Clippings

Fd 4 Biographical Material

Fd 5 School Matters

Fd 6 Letters Sent: 1921-1941

Fd 7 Letters Sent: 1942

Fd 8 Letters Sent: 1943

Fd 9 Letters Sent: 1944-1949

Fd 10 Letters Sent: 1950-1959

Fd 11 Letters Sent: 1960-

Fd 12 Letters Received

Fd 13 Letters Received from Myr Louise Mehr

Box 25. Family Letters Sent

Fd 1 Letters Sent. 1949-1950 Bettie Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 2 Letters Sent. 1951-1953 Bettie Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 3 Letters Sent. 1954-1957 Bettie Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 4 Letters Sent. 1958-1976 Bettie Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 5 Letters Sent. Ferol Holman Ellsworth

Fd 6 Letters Sent. 1950-1989 Phillip Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 7 Letters Sent. 1990-1994 Phillip Chapman Ellsworth

Fd 8 Letters Sent. Phyllis Ellsworth Miller and Elizabeth Ellsworth

For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library, Utah State University Libraries, Utah State University 84322-3000

Last modified on: Thursday, 1 November, 2001.