This twenty-five box collection contains the professional papers of Joel Edward Ricks and spans the period of 1850 to 1972. This collection contains Ricks’ correspondence (1907-1969), diaries (1944 and 1947), research papers, an unpublished manuscript, photographs, and other papers. Of particular interest, are the materials in Boxes 5-9 which contain both original and transcriptions of original diaries, correspondence, and other similar materials that Ricks collected and used for his personal research on Utah history and the history of Mormonism.