Helen Zeese Papanikolas Papers (Ms 471)
The Helen Zeese Papanikolas Papers (1970-1983) contains materials concerning the research and writing of this author's
work on ethnic peoples in Utah. Included are correspondence, information on awards received, copies of published articles,
and oral history transcripts of interviews with immigrants and the children of immigrants conducted by Papanikolas' students
in classes taught at the University of Utah in 1977 and 1979. Subjects in the interviews include adjusting to life in
America, the continuation of native traditions and customs, and racial prejudice. Papanikolas was born in Cameron, Carbon
County, Utah, in 1917, the daughter of Greek immigrant parents. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1939 and was
awarded an honorary Ph.D. from that institution in 1984. Her publications include numerous articles in the Utah Historical
Quarterly and the Western Humanities Review, as well as the books, Toil and Rage in a New Land: The Greek
Immigrants of Utah (1970) and Peoples of Utah (1976). A register is available.