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Autobiographies of Alma W. King and Lucille Olson King

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2991
Scope and Contents Autobiography of Alma King contains memories of his childhood near Garland, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Hawaiian Islands, 1923-1926; attendance at BYU, 1926-1930 and 1933-1936, and the University of Chicago, 1939-1940; teaching LDS seminary at Bear River High School, 1930-1956; marriage; travels; and employment in the Dean of Students office at BYU, 1956-1972. Autobiography of Lucille King contains memories of her childhood in Provo, Utah; attendance at...
Dates: 1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Down memory lane

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2365
Scope and Contents

Autobiography details memories of her childhood in Rigby, Idaho; her mission to the Western States Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; church service; her teaching career; and family life. It also discusses her husband's teaching career at Brigham Young University as well as her teaching of night school at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography : Hannah Astill Goddard

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2601
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed biography. Hannah Astill was born in 1823 in England. She married Henry Goddard in 1847, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, and migrated to Utah in 1855. She lived in Provo, Utah, and died in 1888.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Life is beautiful : a personal history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2340
Scope and Contents

Autobiography details memories of her childhood in Hunter, Utah; her mission to the Southern States; marriage; church service; assignment to the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center with her husband, Robert J. Smith; and family life.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Life story of Aunt Emma Webb

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3080
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Mary Emma Lowder Webb, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1863. Her family moved to Parowan, Utah, in 1863 and then to Panguitch, Utah, in 1864. The family moved to Paragoonah, Utah, in 1866 because of the Black Hawk War with Ute Indians. At the end of hostilities, the family returned to Parowan. Most of the account is told in the words of Mary Emma Lowder Webb which was probably edited by Luella...
Dates: circa 1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

W. Thomas Wride biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2135
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies for Lewis William Barry Wride, 1862-1934 and Harriet Stark Wride, 1868-1944; Alma Baker, 1877-1950 and Hannah McKinley Baker, 1870-1946; and Daniel Stark, 1820-1907. The collection also consists of Philip J. Hart's autobiography, his personal journals 1932-1999; scrapbooks, photographs, and materials relating to Hart's career.

Dates: 1932-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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