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not appeared before schools, clubs,
both men’s and women’s groups and
other organizations, telling them the
story of Utah through its history. She
has been active in helping High School
students to find needed material for
essays, themes, etc., and at times ap-
pears before these groups explaining
to them the how’s and where’s of re-
search work. She has helped scores of
students seeking their master’s and
doctor’s degrees in locating the right
materials upon which to build their
theses. She has also been instrumental
in the erection of many educational
exhibits, not only in the State of Utah,
but in other places in western United
States.
Two important educational projects
have been notable in her achieve-
ments: The placing of 264 historic
markers throughout the west and, in
fact, in many other states in the Union.
During the past thirty two years she
has appeared before hundreds of
groups telling the story of die Utah
State flag and her interpretation has
been accepted by state and historical
associations of Utah. Thousands of
copies of her story on this subject have
been distributed throughout the
United States.
For many years Mrs. Carter has been
a member of the American Association
lor the Preservation of State and Local
History, and in 1955 received their an-
nual Award of Merit, given in recogn-
ition of her work in the preservation
of pioneer history and the erection of
the Pioneer Memorial Museum. She
has attended for many years the Wes-
tern Folklore Conference, and, in
1947, represented Utah at their con-
ference. Her subject at this time was
“Utah's Traditions”. Because of her
knowledge of history, she has been
called to serve on different commis-
sions, such as the Pony Express Com-
mission. Her sixty page pamphlet on
this subject was reprinted and 10,000
copies distributed by that commission
named by former Gov. J. Bracken Lee.
In 1960, a large booklet dealing with
the part Utah played in the Pony Ex-
press was published and accepted by
the Pony Express Commission as its
Utah Centennial book. Mrs. Carter
was also a member of the group
named by former Governor Herbert B.
Maw to plan the rebuilding of the
Henefer Road over Big Mountain
over which the pioneers traveled into
the valley in 1847.
During the first World War Mrs.
Carter served as chairman of the Red
Cross in Spanish Fork, but it was dur-
ing the Second World War that she
became an energetic worker. Both of
her sons, her son-in-law and daughter-
in-law were in the armed service. Mrs.
Carter was one of the committee of
seven named by Governor Maw to the
State Division of the National War
Salvage Board. This committee was on
the State Advisory Group of Minute
Women. In this capacity she traveled
throughout the state organizing the
women in the Daughters of Utah
Pioneers’ camps and counties, over
which she was then president, into
groups to participate in salvaging
needed war materials. For this work
she received a pesonal Certificate of
Recognition from the War Production
Board in 1942-1943. In 1945 she re-
ceived an Award of Merit for work as
a Minute Woman and also an award
as a member of the Bushnell Recre-
ational Fund Committee and a special
citation and medal from the National
War Salvage Board.
For twenty years Mrs. Carter has
been co-president of Days of ’47, the
organization which commemorates the
arrival in Utah of the pioneers, July