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Banc Mss 2007/199
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Collection Title: Norma B. Ricketts papers.
Date (inclusive): 1881-2007,
Date (bulk): bulk 1966-2007
Collection Number: Banc Mss 2007/199
Creators :
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin
Extent:
Number of containers: 6 cartons
Linear feet: 6 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Norma B. Ricketts Papers contain research materials on the Mormon presence in California, from the Gold Rush era to present
day.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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.
Collection is open for research.
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:
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[Identification of item], Norma B. Ricketts Papers, Banc Mss 2007/199, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ricketts, Norma B. (Norma Baldwin)--Archives
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion
Mormons--West (U.S.)--History
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.
No further additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Anastasia Karel in 2009.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.