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Account of the Poet Caedmon

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1564
Scope and Contents Photographs of an original manuscript by Beda Venerabilis. The item is an extract from Bede's "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum" (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) which gives an account of the poet Caedmon. The account gives a list of the subjects treated by Caedmon, relates the story of his miraculous rise to fame, praises the poet's virtue and the power of his verse to promote virtue in others, and concludes with a description of his saintly death. The original...
Dates: 731

Ebenezer Beesley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1745
Scope and Contents Mormon hymn books, musical scores, newspaper clippings, a short autobiography, a biography, and letters. Also included is a photostat copy of a handwritten list of passangers on the William Tapscott in 1859. The Mormons on the ship later formed the George Rowley handcart company which emigrated to Utah in 1859. Also included is a typescript of a diary by an unnamed person describing the journey to Utah with the Rowley company. This is transcription from the Journal History of the Church...
Dates: 1863-1950

Biographical sketch of John Oxenham

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2915
Scope and Contents

A typed biographical sketch of John Oxenham, an English author. His real name was William Arthur Dunkerley. Mentions his business experiences in France and the United States. Mainly traces the beginnings of his writing career.

Dates: approximately 1948

Biography of Dan Sayre Groesbeck

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6241
Abstract

The collection contains the personal history of Dan Sayre Groesbeck as written by Samuel Waagenaar. Dan Sayre Groesbeck was an acclaimed artist who worked on movies, books and murals.

Dates: 1989

Frans Ferdinand Blom papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS FM 54
Scope and Contents

Contains 26 reels of microfilm with positive images and 26 reels of microfilm with negative images of the same materials. The microfilm include copies of a biography, correspondence, certificates, diaries, photographs, and articles. Also included are paper copies of articles, pamphlets, and a map. The materials relate to Blom's research on Mayan archaeology and his expeditions to Mexico.

Dates: 1919-1962

C. C. A. Christensen autobiography and biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1127
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copies of biographies and clippings relating to C. C. A. Christensen (1831-1912). Also included is an autobiography of Christensen that has been translated from the original Danish. Christensen is the most noted Mormon artist who documented much of the Mormon experience through his paintings. He also painted murals to decorate Mormon meeting houses and temples.

Dates: 1900-1970

William M. Foxley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1936
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten notes, essays, compositions, histories, biographies, and music. The materials relate to Foxley's research in choral music, its history and composition, primarily in Mormon meetings.

Dates: 1966-1974

Roy E. Gibson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 535
Scope and Contents

Typescripts; clippings; letters (some photocopies). The collection includes autobiographical and biographical sketches of Gibson's life, articles, editorials, obituaries and Latter-day Saint Church family group sheets.

Dates: 1933-1978

Amy LeFevre Haycock autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1807
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of Amy LeFevre Haycock accompanied by three of her poems, "Last Picture of My Mother," "Dear Brother," and "To My Father." She spent many years homesteading in Idaho.

Dates: approximately 1935

Dean Jagger letters and articles

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1531
Scope and Contents

Items relating to the life and career of Dean Jagger. The collection includes fan letters, printed reviews, biographical articles, and various other items relating to Jagger and the film and television industry.

Dates: 1939-1979

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Fairbanks, Avard T. (Avard Tennyson), 1897-1987 2
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