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Eva Charlotta Anderson Bjork diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 888
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary in six pages. Eva Bjork writes about migrating from Sweden to Utah in 1884. Also included is a biography of Eva's husband, William Bjork. William migrated from Sweden to Utah in 1868. He worked for the railroad and lived in several places in Utah. He finally settled in Provo, Utah. The author of the item is unknown and the date of its composition is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1884-1930

Autobiography and biographies of Stephen and Eliza Lewis Farnsworth

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1136
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography and typewritten biographies. Stephen and Eliza Lewis Farnsworth lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, Utah, and Arizona. Eliza L. Farnsworth Gilbert writes about her early life in Jerrico, Joseph City, Salt Lake City, and Roosevelt, Utah. The date of the composition of these items is uncertain.

Dates: 1950

Biographies of Genevieve and Roland Tiejen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6094
Abstract

Biographies of Roland and Genevieve Tietjen compiled by Barbara Tietjen Jacobs. Photographs included.

Dates: 1987

Mabel Shirk and Montrue Grey Larkin diaries and biography

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1703
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries for the years 1918 to 1939 with many gaps. Also included is a biography of Mabel Shirk Larkin by Montrue Grey Larkin. Mabel Larkin was a Methodist who converted to Mormonism in 1905. Her diaries tell about her family and private life in Ogden and in Snowville, Utah.

Dates: 1918-1976

Genealogical and historical sketch of the life of Hans Larsen of Copenhagen, Denmark

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 628
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Hans Larsen with handwritten corrections. Also included is a typewritten biography of Cecile Marie Schmidt Larsen, the author's mother. Hans Larsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark and migrated to Utah in 1853. The accounts include much genealogical data. Included with the biographies is a list of names and places of births in Tremonton, Utah, from 1903-1919 as reported by Cecile Mary Larsen,...
Dates: 1938

Life stories of John Alma Gilbert and wife, Geneva Frost Gilbert

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2231
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten and handwritten family histories, certificates, correspondence, and genealogical group sheets. The items relate to the families of John Alma and Geneva Frost Gilbert. Also included are histories and genealogies of the Gilbert and Frost families.

Dates: 1921-1984

Leona Manwaring autobiography and diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1242
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescripts of an autobiography, a biography, and a diary. Leona Manwaring writes about her life as a Mormon woman in Utah including an encounter with a Ute Indian. Also included is a biography of her husband, David Manwaring (1862-1912). With the collection is a diary of Lydia Badger Remington from September 1879 to June 1880. Remington writes about her journey from Cache Valley, Utah, to the Green River settlement near Vernal, Utah, and the problems with the crops the next...
Dates: approximately 1879 - 1940

Memories of our parents : Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker Bean. The item was "compiled and written" by Ethel Bean Andrew. The materials include excerpts from Victor Bean's missionary diaries from 1884 to 1886 while in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1966

Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 468
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, two typewritten letters, and two biographies. In her autobiography, Parkinson writes about her life in Utah and Idaho, the polygamous marriage of her husband, and her attitude towards the Mormon Church. Also included is a brief biographical statement of Parkinson's daughter telling of Ellen's last years. The two letters are from Isaac B. Nash to "Vie" stating that he was given a three-month sentence for polygamy. The biography is of Mary Cramer...
Dates: 1885-1940

Lydia Susanna Goaslind Purnell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1796
Scope and Contents Handwritten and typewritten correspondence, histories, biographies, genealogical group sheets, patriarchal blessings, diaries, and land indentures in Idaho. The correspondence are between Purnell, her husband, and other relatives and deal largely with family matters. One of the letters is an account of the Battle of Bear River in 1863 by an observer. Purnell also writes to many persons about family history. Purnell also writes about being a polygamous wife and the various persecutions by...
Dates: 1875-1942

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
Tietjen, Genevieve, 1891-1984 2
Tietjen, H. R. (Henry Roland), 1891-1976 2
Andrew, Ethel Bean, 1888-1978 1
Bean, Mary Hannah Baker, 1868-1934 1