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A brief life story of Anna Boletta Mortenson Williams Dillman / as compiled by Maria Schnebly Dillman

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1501
Scope and Contents

One volume titled, "A Brief Life Story of Anna Boletta Mortenson Williams Dillman," compiled by Maria Schnebly Dillman on March 17, 1978. Biographical story includes Anna's family history and her experiences as a woman in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona. Volume also includes photographic prints of Anna and her family.

Dates: 1978 March 17

Merle V. Adams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8108
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.

Dates: 1934-2014

Armstrong family histories

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 594
Scope and Contents Typewritten biographical sketches of Mormon pioneers John Christopher and Mary Kirkbride Armstrong and of their son and daughter-in-law, John Graham and Mary Jane Simkins Armstrong by James V. Armstrong and Marcia Armstrong Jolley. Tells of emigration of John Sr. and wife from England to Utah, of his service as bugler in Parley P. Pratt's Southern Utah Exploration Company, LDS church mission to England and death enroute home. Describes John Graham's work as a stagecoach driver and law...
Dates: Date not identified

Biographies of Farnes family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8251
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of biographies and remembrances of Farnes family members. There are pages missing from the stories. Materials date from between approximately 1945 and 1975.

Dates: approximately 1945-1975

Biographies of Isabel Siddoway and Francis Armstrong

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1612
Scope and Contents

One book containing 15 photographs, 2 biographies of Francis Armstrong, 2 life sketches of Isabel Siddoway Armstrong, 13 genealogy sheets, and miscellaneous items. The Armstrong biographies describe the lives of Mormon pioneers.

Dates: 1929-1979

Hugh W. Colton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8024
Scope and Contents Contains research materials used by Lee Roderick in his biography of Hugh W. Colton. The collection mainly consists of photocopied newspaper clippings and family history books, but there are also some photographs and ephemera. The photocopied newspaper clippings are typically about Hugh W. Colton and his business ventures with J. Willard Marriott, his experiences in World War II, and his professional life as a county lawyer and rancher in Vernal Utah. Also included in the collection are...
Dates: 1885-2006

DeWitt family histories

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2983
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three family histories from the DeWitt and Kempe families, which include typescripts of correspondence and journals, reproductions of photographs, and other biographical information. The histories themselves describe the lives of Elijah Reeves DeWitt, Abel Alexander DeWitt Sr., Abel Alexander DeWitt Jr., Christopher Jensen Kempe, and Ruth Leila Kempe. Includes information on their experiences in Utah, Illinois, Indiana, and at Brigham Young Academy.

Dates: 2004-2005

Kay Pierpont Kane family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3310
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photographs, genealogical information, news articles and obituaries, a family bible, and personal histories on A. O. Smoot and descendants and the Pierpont line collected by Kay Pierpont Kane. Materials date from between 1836 and 2008.

Dates: 1836-2008

Keeler family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2043
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of the books "Some Christensens Who Came from Thy" by Virginia C. Keeler and "Build Thee More Stately" by Daniel A. Keeler alongside historical documents pertaining to the creation of those books and to the history of the Keeler family ranging from letters, photographs, and documents from Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University. Also includes material pertaining to Joseph B. Keeler, grandfather of Ellen Keeler Thompson. Dated 1847-1990.

Dates: 1847-1990

Joseph B. Keeler family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2016
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, biographical sketches, correspondence, articles, lesson manuals, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material was created by Joseph B. Keeler's descendants, who used his papers as they compiled their published family history, "Build Thee More Stately" (1989). The collection focuses on family history, religion, education, and professional organizations.

Dates: approximately 1840-1990

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Armstrong family 2
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
Keeler (Family : 1883- : Keeler, Joseph B. (Joseph Brigham), 1855-1935) 2
Keeler, Joseph B. (Joseph Brigham), 1855-1935 2