Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Norma B. Ricketts papers.
- Dates:
- 1881-2007,, bulk bulk 1966-2007
- Creators:
- Ricketts, Norma Baldwin
- Abstract:
- The Norma B. Ricketts Papers contain research materials on the Mormon presence in California, from the Gold Rush era to present day.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 6 cartons Linear feet: 6 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Norma B. Ricketts Papers, Banc Mss 2007/199, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers consist of subject files which include correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and drafts of Ricketts's writings. Please note that these files are arranged alphabetically, according to Ricketts's original order, which means that files for historical figures are mixed with those for contemporary correspondents. The dates listed for a particular folder usually represent correspondence to or from Ricketts, or published materials; many folders contain undated material. There is one folder of personal materials filed under P, and a couple of folders interspersed that contain materials related to the history of Sacramento.
- Biographical / historical:
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Norma Baldwin Ricketts was born in 1921 in Holbrook, Arizona. In the early 1940s, her first job was with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she worked on publicity for the Oscars and the movie industry in general. She resigned after a few years to fulfill a mission for the Church of Latter Day Saints, and then moved to Sacramento, CA. She married Monte Ricketts and continued her public relations work in a freelance capacity while raising three children. During the 1950s she also wrote a weekly column on the arts, and served as the music and drama critic for the Sacramento Union. She moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1988.
While researching her pioneer heritage, Ricketts discovered that there were Mormons living in California two years before Brigham Young's group arrived in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. This led her to research and write several articles and books on the Mormon presence in California; a special focus of her work was the Mormon Battalion and their descendants.
- Acquisition information:
- The Norma B. Ricketts Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Norma B. Ricketts on May 26, 2007. Additions were made on March 30, 2009.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Anastasia Karel in 2009.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged to the folder level.
- Accruals:
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No further additions are expected.
- Physical location:
- Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2007
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by Finding Aid author(s) via EAD XPress; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: May 2009
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Norma B. Ricketts Papers, Banc Mss 2007/199, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481