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Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.

Dates: 1965

Wylma J. Callahan Ade autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2610
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Ade was born in Iowa in 1920. She served as a nurse in the United States military from 1942 to 1946. She served on the island of Espirutu Santo in the New Hebrides and in other areas as well. She also writes about her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ade worked for many years as a public health nurse and retired in 1979.

Dates: 2002

Adventurous story of an army nurse during World War II and the Korean Conflict

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2606
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Kauffroth was born in 1922 and studied nursing at the LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was stationed in Brigham City, Utah, and India during World War II. She married Sylvester Kauffroth in 1953.

Dates: 2002

Laura Ellen Alley autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2623
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Laura Ellen Alley was born in 1923 in Bancroft, Idaho. She served as a nurse in the McCaw General Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, at the end of World War II.

Dates: 2000

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940

Ancestors of Karl G. Maeser, 1828-1901, and Anna Heneritta Therese Mieth, 1830-1896

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2126
Scope and Contents Biographical history of Karl G. Maeser tells of his childhood in Saxony, Germany; his education; marriage; conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; migration to Utah in 1857; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Germany, 1867-1870; establishment of the Brigham Young Academy (later Brigham Young University); service as principal of Brigham Young Academy, 1876-1892; teaching LDS seminary; and information on his death and funeral. Includes photocopies of...
Dates: 1999

Biography of Emil Anderson and his wives

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2843
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emil Anderson was born in Denmark in 1845. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in American Fork and died in 1906. Caroline Sophia Anderson, who had the same surname as her husband, was born in 1848 in Denmark. She died in 1897. Ella Kirstina Jensen was born in Denmark in 1869 and came to Utah in 1901. She met Emil in 1903, and they were married later.

Dates: 1948

Alice Lofgren Andrus autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2622
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Alice Lofgren was born in Huntsville, Utah, in 1919. She was a nurse during World War II serving at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, and on the USS Consolation. She married Ralph J. Andrus in 1949.

Dates: 2000

Andrus family biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 188
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies of family members. Persons in the Andrus family joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah, and settled in various areas. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Anonymous autobiography of a Mormon nurse who served in Vietnam

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2608
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography by an unnamed nurse. The author joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served on at least two tours in Vietnam as a nurse. She tells about the difficulties of helping men who died and about how she has tried to cope with the trauma of her experiences.

Dates: 2002

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Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 22
Latter-day Saint Nurses at War Project 18
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Brigham Young University 8
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6
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Clayson, Ruby Thornton Brown, 1889-1976 3
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Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 3
Able, Mary E. S. 2
Alston, Louisa Grant 2
Brigham Young Academy 2
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Jackson, Ellen Wright, 1836-1904 2
Nicholes, James W. 2
Peck, Georgiana Morse 2
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Adams, Caroline Hansen, 1849-1934 1
Adams, Catherine Cunningham, 1838-1912 1
Adams, John O. (John Olney), 1861-1932 1
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Adams, Marillah Olney, 1833-1899 1
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Ade, Wylma J. Callahan, 1920-2018 1
Alley, Laura Ellen, 1923- 1
Alston, Margaret Hall Rushton 1
Ambrose, Lucy A., 1896-1986 1
Anderson, Caroline Sophia, 1848-1897 1
Anderson, Ella Kristina Jensen, 1869-1955 1
Anderson, Emil, 1845-1906 1
Anderson, William Claude 1
Andrus family 1
Andrus, Alice Lofgren, 1919-2003 1
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 1
Armstrong, Alice Tomlison, 1857-1941 1
Armstrong, Annie Marie Jensen, 1860-1929 1
Armstrong, Catherine Cradock, 1819-1903 1
Armstrong, John, 1848-1940 1
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Beck, Alice Forbes Crosby 1
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Binns, Isaac 1
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Boley, Henry, 1795- 1
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Bowen, Albert E. (Albert Ernest), 1875-1953 1
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Calgary Public School System 1
Call, Anson Vasco, 1834-1867 1
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Chadwick, Thomas 1
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