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Bertha A. Kleinman

Bertha Kleinman was raised in Salt Lake City and moved to Arizona in 1913. She was a lyricist and poet, and was best known for her work on the pageant "Message of the Ages," which was performed 30 consecutive nights in Salt Lake City to celebrate the centennial of the LDS church. Kleinman also wrote the words for eight hymns in the 1927 edition of the LDS hymnbook, and the theme song for the Future Farmers of America. In 1939 the Arizona Press Woman named her "Woman of the Year" and in 1958 the Arizona Writer's Club named her "Artist of the Year." She was the first person to be awarded the David O. McKay Humanities Award at Brigham Young University. She died in Mesa, Arizona at age 93.
Bertha Eliza Anderson Kleinman; Bertha E. Anderson
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Orson Conrad Kleinman
1877-10-31
Salt Lake City, Utah
1971-09-14
Brigham Young Academy, LDS College in Salt Lake
Female
Author, Poet
English
Kleinman has also written works not related to the Church in the Relief Society Magazine.

116 Works by Bertha A. Kleinman

Title Role Year Genre
Anchorage At Home Author 1967 Poetry
As Trees Grow Old Author 1962 Poetry
Easter Author 1969 Poetry
My Day of Days is Now Author 1967 Poetry
Our Pioneer Centenarians Author 1964 Poetry
Part of the Sequence Author 1966 Poetry
Requited Author 1964 Poetry
The Interval Author 1968 Poetry
The Lowly Places Author 1969 Poetry
The Mystic Glacier Author 1965 Poetry
The Warp of a Perfect Day Author 1967 Poetry
What Would I Do? Author 1960 Poetry
I Have Two Little Hands Author Music Lyrics
One Day Author 1935 Poetry
Utah--My Promised Land Author 1936 Poetry
Passing of the Year Author Poetry
Peace Fetters Author Poetry
Renewal Author Poetry
Tribute Author Poetry
Two Awakenings Author Poetry
Way Infinite Author Poetry
The Needs of Yesterday Author 1920 Poetry
My Fairy Author 1921 Poetry
Little Prince Me Author 1921 Poetry
Be Comforted Author Poetry
If It Could Be Author 1915 Poetry
Today Author 1919 Poetry
My Little Span Author 1920 Poetry
How Can I Know? Author 1921 Poetry
One Mother of Mine Author 1921 Poetry
Dethroned Author 1921 Poetry
Tell It Now Author 1922 Poetry
Yours is the Right Author 1922 Poetry
Age and Youth Author 1924 Poetry
A Tribute to Our Older Sisterhood Author 1925 Poetry
Obscurity Author 1925 Poetry
You Have Not Failed Author 1925 Poetry
The Strength and Might of You Author 1927 Poetry
The Rainbow's Ending Author 1930 Poetry
The Quest Author 1930 Poetry
The Grace of the Roadside Trees Author 1930 Poetry
When I Was Young Author 1930 Poetry
Such as I Author 1930 Poetry
Old, Old Folk Author 1931 Poetry
Let the Home Shine Out Author 1931 Poetry
Adaptation Author 1931 Poetry
By My Fruits Author 1932 Poetry
Thinking of You Author 1932 Poetry
Believe in Yourself Author 1932 Poetry
When Little Things have Fortified the Way Author 1934 Poetry
Sonnet of Friendship Author 1934 Poetry
Wait Author 1934 Poetry
Shrine in the Wasteland Author 1934 Poetry
My Friends Author 1935 Poetry
Think Twice Author 1935 Poetry
The Red Sea Wilderness Author 1935 Poetry
Death's Angel Author 1936 Poetry
Courage Leading On Author 1936 Poetry
Mother's Day Song of Thanksgiving Author 1936 Poetry
Tolerance Author 1937 Poetry
The First Foreign Mission Author 1937 Poetry
The Shaft Turns Home Author 1937 Poetry
The Great Divide Author 1937 Poetry
A Mother's Day Sonnet Author 1942 Poetry
Human Equation Author 1943 Poetry
Across the Plains of Bethany Author 1943 Poetry
Come And Grow Old With Me Author 1945 Poetry
Friendly Town Author 1946 Poetry
Adventuring Author 1948 Poetry
Defaulted Author 1951 Poetry
Showered Petals in the Spring Author 1951 Poetry
Sublimity Author 1952 Poetry
Because of Me Author 1954 Poetry
The Legacy Author 1966 Poetry
The Shriven Tree Author 1968 Poetry
The Call to Youth Author 1967 Poetry
The Call to Youth Author 1967 Poetry
The Rainbow Promise Author 1965 Poetry
The Best for Me Author 1923 Poetry
The Kingdom Author 1928 Poetry
A Tribute To Our Beloved Sister, Ellen E. Tiffany Author 1928 Poetry
The Faith Of My Fathers Author 1928 Poetry
Joy Author 1928 Poetry
Up to Me Author 1920 Poetry
Our Flag Author 1921 Poetry
Hail the Day Author 1922 Poetry
Thy Tomorrow Author 1922 Poetry
O Thou Creator of the Days Author 1922 Poetry
Our Slogan Author 1922 Poetry
Infinitude Author 1924 Poetry
Are You God's Idea of a Man? Author 1924 Poetry
The First Foreign Mission Author 1937 Poetry
Thought Waves Author 1924 Poetry
The Faith of Our Fathers Author 1924 Poetry
A Little Child Shall Lead Them Author 1924 Poetry
The Holy of Holies Author 1924 Poetry
The Triumph of the May Author 1925 Poetry
The Pioneers Author 1925 Poetry
Give Yourself Author 1926 Poetry
Beyond the Static Zone Author 1926 Poetry
M Men Chorus Author 1926 Poetry
To Measure Success Author 1927 Poetry
Save the Trees Author 1927 Poetry
No Tragedy Save in Sin Author 1927 Poetry
Steady Thou My Hands Author 1928 Poetry
To Fit the Scheme Sublime Author 1928 Poetry
Reclaimed Author 1928 Poetry
Find Something Lovely Author 1940 Poetry
My Friendly Town Author 1940 Poetry
Sonnet to the Hills Author 1941 Poetry
America For Me Author 1942 Poetry
Bread Upon the Waters Author 1943 Poetry
Attested Gratitude Author 1943 Poetry
Sing On! Author 1943 Poetry
Baby Divine Author 1943 Poetry
Part of the Victory Author 1944 Poetry
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