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Myron Alma Abbott autobiography
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates:
1917
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Verda Spencer Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6263
Abstract
The Verda Spencer Adams autobiography is the written account from her experience growing up in the early 20th century in a rural Mormon community until watching her own children grow up.
Dates:
1978-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Rhoda J. Allred and Sharon Allred Jessup collection on Rulon C. Allred
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8750
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Rulon C. Allred. Included are typed and handwritten journal entries and letters, handwritten financial records, and his handwritten autobiography. A typed scrapbook made by his daughter Rhoda as well as Allred family recordings, family histories, and an interview with John Stewart on compact discs are also included. His religious materials include a book with records of work Allred did for the dead in Mesa, Arizona, and diary entries...
Dates:
approximately 1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1958-1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents
Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.
Dates:
1893-2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographies and autobiographies of the descendants of Ezra T. Clark
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2238
Abstract
The Ezra T. Clark Collection is a family history collection comprising autobiographies, biographies written by family members, oral histories, personal journals (mostly Mormon mission writings), memoirs, interviews, funeral programs, and assorted printed and manuscript ephemera. These records have been created or copied and placed into individual booklets. Each booklet focuses on one individual.
Dates:
approximately 1966-1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7599
Scope and Contents
Manuscript autobiography, labeled by the author as a biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Latter-day Saintn history including the violence in Missouri, his...
Dates:
approximately 1852-1881
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brookside subdivision 70th birthday celebration, 1944-2014 : a walk down memory lane
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8404
Scope and Contents
DVD about the founding of Brookside subdivision in Springville, Utah, and the residents who live there. Dated 2014.
Dates:
2014
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Edwards journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents
Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Genealogical Library collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract
Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.
Dates:
1825-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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