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A biography of Alexander Williams

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 459
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography. The year of the composition of the item is unknown. Kimball writes that Williams was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1847, had encounters with the Ute Indians, lived as a polygamist, and converted to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Dates: 1950

Biography of Mary Elizabeth Coursey Hoover : pioneer, came to Utah in 1849

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2507
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography. The item was originally presented to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers meeting in 1925. Mary's father joined the Mormon Church and moved his family to Nauvoo, Illinois and later to Utah. Mary married John Witmer Hoover in 1855, had twelve children, and spent most of her adult life in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1925

Brigham Young University historical files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 704
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts, biographies, photographs, correspondence, building plans, articles, and filmstrips, all from many different persons and departments on campus.

Dates: 1875-1983

Biography of Mary Ann Brown Clark

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 454
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Mary Ann Brown Clark (1859-1962). Mrs. Dixon writes about Mary Clark, who died at the age of 103 and was thought to have been the oldest woman in Utah at that time. Mrs. Dixon relates the experiences of Mary Clark while she was living in Pleasant Grove, Panguitch, St. George, and Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1962

Daughters of Utah Pioneers records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1788
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping of pioneer monuments, scrapbooks, biographies, histories of various industries, lists of officers and members, and meeting programs. The materials relate to the operation of the organization primarily in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1911-1937

Death of faithful veteran : sketch of the life of Elder Daniel Allen

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3082
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Daniel Allen. He was born on 9 December 1804 in Whitestown, New York, and moved to Chataugua County, New York, in 1807. Daniel Allen married Mary Anne Morris on 6 October 1828. They were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1832. In 1836, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and he later went to the Far West, Missouri, area. He faced the Missouri persecution of Mormons, and he...
Dates: approximately 1920

Duke family biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 569
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Jonathan O. Duke, prepared by Ruby Duke Stringham, which tells (mainly through excerpts from his journal) of the Mormon expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois; residence in Iowa; immigration to Utah; life in Provo, Utah; and participation in the Echo Canyon War. Also includes two unsigned handwritten sketches: One of Jonathan Duke and one of his son, Robert S. Duke.

Dates: undated

Edwin Smith Hinckley : life and family

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 1160
Scope and Contents

Biography of Edwin Smith Hinckley. Hinckley was a professor at Brigham Young University and served as counselor to President George H. Brimhall. Includes a CD-ROM.

Dates: 1868-1929

Eph and Verena : a Hatch family history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2236
Scope and Contents Autobiographical and family history of the Hatch family, privately published. The family lived in Provo, Utah. It deals with life in the mid to the end of the 20th Century in a primarily Mormon community. Some of the most important topics in the volumes include: Mormon missionary work, local and churchwide music, and the everyday events of a family in the mid to latter portion of the twentieth century. Includes Hatch's planning and architectural work for BYU Physical Plant as well as Provo...
Dates: 1920-2000

The funeral services of John W. Hoover

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2508
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of the funeral services for John Whitmer Hoover on 29 May 1902. Among the speakers was the Mormon Apostle, Reed Smoot. Among the other speakers were John Edge Booth, Myron Tanner, and David John. Hoover's father joined the Mormon Church and moved his family to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842 and later to Utah. John Hoover was a miller who married Mary Coursey in 1855 and lived in Springville, Utah. He moved to Provo, Utah in 1861. Also included is a biography of Hoover.

Dates: approximately 1902-1925

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Allen, Daniel, 1804-1892 1
Baker, Afton Marie 1
Baker, Alma 1
Baker, Hannah 1
Booth, John Edge, 1847-1920 1
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Brigham Young University. Alumni Association 1
Brigham Young University. Library 1
Carlisle, Minnie LeFevre 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Manavu Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo 4th Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
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Clark, Mary Ann Brown 1
Cutler, Thomas R. 1
Dalley, Julius Wolley 1
Dalton, Luella Adams 1
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Duke family 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
Duke, Robert S. (Robert Stone), 1837-1923 1
Eggertsen, Lars, 1866-1927 1
Ewing, Samuel Porter 1
Goddard, Hannah Astill 1
Goddard, Henry 1
Hansen, Lorna Durrant 1
Harmon, Joyce Kling 1
Hatch, Ephraim 1
Hatch, Verena 1
Holdaway, Shadrack 1
Hoover, John Whitmer, 1834-1902 1
Hoover, Mary Elizabeth Coursey 1
Jensen, J. Marinus (Jens Marinus), 1868-1946 1
John, David, 1833-1908 1
Johnson, Caroline Maria 1
Jones, Albert Stephen, 1871-1962 1
Jones, Albert, 1839-1925 1
Jones, Julia, 1847-1924 1
Jones, Lydia Elizabeth, 1837-1874 1
Jones, Samuel Stephen, 1837-1923 1
Jones, Samuel, 1783-1858 1
Jones, Sarah, 1801-1867 1
Kay, Charlotte Ewing 1
Keeler (Family : 1883- : Keeler, Joseph B. (Joseph Brigham), 1855-1935) 1
Keeler family 1
Keeler, Joseph B. (Joseph Brigham), 1855-1935 1
Kimball, Croxier, 1879-1966 1
LeFevre, Jesse Holyoak, 1874-1962 1
Lott, Elsie Moore 1
Merrill, Albert 1
Merrill, Clarance 1
Moore, Eleanor Roseltha Colton 1
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 1
Newren, Clothield Young 1
Nuttall, L. John (Leonard John), 1834-1905 1
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1
Rollins, J. Barton 1
Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918 1
Smoot, A. O. (Abraham Owen), 1815-1895 1
Smoot, Diana E., (Diana Eldredge), 1837-1914 1
Smoot, Margaret T. (Margaret Thompson), 1809-1884 1
Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941 1
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 1
Stark, Daniel, 1820-1907 1
Tanner, Myron, 1826-1903 1
Taylor, Maria D. (Maria Dixon), 1872-1947 1
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 1
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 1
Walton family 1
Walton, Emma Jacques, 1857-1933 1
Walton, Joseph B. (Joseph Benjamin), 1855-1935 1
Webb, Mary Emma Lowder, 1863- 1
Weight, Jesse Johnson, 1892-1970 1
Wilcox, Edward 1
Williams, Alexander, 1803-1876 1
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth, Jr., 1846-1920 1
Woolley, Flora Snow, 1856-1946 1
Wride, Lewis William Barry, 1862-1934 1
Wride, W. Thomas 1
Wride, Wendell Stark 1
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 1
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