Lillian Adams Grimshaw Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains biographical information about Lillian Adams Grimshaw, her husband, and their families. Stories and poems by family members were compiled by Rose Ina Richardson. Newspaper clippings and obituaries, and information and happenings around Southern Utah.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-2008
Language of Materials
English
Language of Materials
English
Access:
Unrestricted access.
Use:
The Lillian Adams Grimshaw Collection is the physical property of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the library for information regarding specific use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Lillian Adams Grimshaw was born on February 24, 1912 to Hugh Leech and Barbara Matheson Adams in Parowan Utah. She attended grade school in Parowan and later attended the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah, graduating as valedictorian in 1932. She taught at West Elementary school until she married Franklin Hunter Grimshaw on May 16, 1934. They were later sealed in the Mesa, Arizona Temple in 1936. In 1942 they moved to Enoch, Utah. Together they had eight children. Lillian passed away in 2008 at the age of 96.
Extent
.25 linear feet : 1 box
Arrangement
The contents of this collection has been organized into the following folders: Franklin Hunter Grimshaw, Lillian Adams Grimshaw, Family, Community Articles and Information, Newspaper Clippings, Poems, and Rush Lake.
Accession Information:
Some items were donated by Lillian Grimshaw in 2002. It is unclear when the majority of the collection was donated.
Processing Information:
This finding aid was created by the Special Collections Staff, Gerald R. Sherratt Library. If print, oversize or other materials have been removed to be stored separately it will be noted.
Collection was reprocessed by Special Collections staff in 2025.
- Title
- Lillian Adams Grimshaw Collection
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository