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Box 8

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Albums, 1950-1989

 File — Box: 8, album: 24
Scope and Contents

Most of the items are photographs of Lee after his retirement from politics in 1972. Notable among these is a group of snapshots taken at the Last Formation of the Last Squad Club in 1986. Also included in these scrapbooks are pictures of Ronald Reagan, whom Lee appears to have supported late in his life.

Dates: 1950-1989

Albums, 1942-1949

 File — Box: 8, album: 25
Scope and Contents This album consists exclusively of newspaper clippings and ephemera related to Lee's service as mayor of Price and the early years of his term as governor. Notable topics covered by the newspaper articles are the publication of a political pamphlet critical of Lee's leadership as Price mayor, Lee's election as Utah's governor in 1948, and Lee's push to significantly cut Utah's budget in 1949. Ephemera in this album include a pamphlet for Lee's unsuccessful run for Congress in 1942, a...
Dates: 1942-1949

Albums, 1937-1942

 File — Box: 8, album: 26
Scope and Contents Mostly comprised of newspaper clippings with a few pieces of ephemera, this scrapbook documents a six-year period of Lee's 12-year tenure as mayor of Price. The newspaper articles cover a couple of significant events during his term, including his election as the head of the Municipal League and the arrest of state liquor control commission officials who raided an establishment in Price. Notable ephemera include a campaign flyer from Lee's unsuccessful bid for governor in 1940 and a flyer...
Dates: 1937-1942

Albums, 1948-1954

 File — Box: 8, album: 27
Scope and Contents

Consisting almost entirely of newspaper clippings, this album documents Lee's term as governor of Utah. Of interest is a letter to Lee's mother, Mrs. Arthur J. Lee, to attend her son's first gubernatorial inauguration at the state capitol.

Dates: 1948-1954

Albums, 1955-1956

 File — Box: 8, album: 28
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles make up the entirety of this album. They cover topics such as Lee's refusal to pay his 1955 income taxes and Lee's disapproval of foreign aid. Because the tape that originally held the clippings in the album became brittle and lost its adhesiveness, the articles were removed from the original album and placed in an acid-free folder.

Dates: 1955-1956

Albums, 1917-1981

 File — Box: 8, album: 22
Scope and Contents

Nearly all of the items contained in this album are newspaper clippings. Most of them pertain to Lee's term as governor or the period after he retired from politics. Two major topics covered in these articles are the 1978 Salt Lake City city-county unification vote, as well as some late-1970s retrospectives of Lee's political career. A notable letter is written by Salt Lake City mayor Ted Wilson in 1979, thanking Lee for his support in the vote for city-county unification.

Dates: 1917-1981

Albums, 1971-1980

 File — Box: 8, album: 23
Scope and Contents

This album consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items. Notable pieces in this collection are Ida Mae Lee's funeral program (1980) and photographs of Lee in his Shriner's fez.

Dates: 1971-1980