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George Washington Bean diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates: 1852-1897

Olive Smoot Bean autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2139
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography (pages 163 to 197). Bean writes about her childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, her marriage, and her children.

Dates: 1933-1934

Flora Robertson Brimhall autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 458
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Brimhall writes about her family background, her youth in Spanish Fork, Utah, her marriage to George H. Brimhall, and gives her reflections on polygamy. As an adult, she lived in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1938

Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain : handmaiden of the Lord

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1099
Scope and Contents

Bound typewritten autobiography of Mary Woolley Chamberlain. Mary lived in St. George, Kanab, Provo, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She gives detailed accounts of family life, Mormon Church activities, and events in these towns and in Utah in general from her birth to 1936 when she wrote her history. This record was compiled, typed, and put with genealogy work-sheets and photographs probably in 1981. Also included are tributes to Mary by family members.

Dates: approximately 1936-1981

Coray family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1422
Scope and Contents

Contents includes correspondence, journals, autobiographical and biographical sketches, pertaining to the lives of Howard Coray his wife Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and members of the Coray family. Contents deal with the Coray family’s dealing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their family history, and their finances.

Dates: 1843-1965

Owen Marion Davis autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1455
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of an autobiography by Owen M. Davis (1897-1975). Davis talks about his early years in Provo, Utah, his father's death, their financial struggles, his career as a teacher, and his marriage.

Dates: 1974

Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 227
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and three volumes of diaries kept by Jonathan Oldham Duke from 1850 to 1857. Also includes a transcription of volume 1 and volume 2.

Dates: 1850-1857

Heber Charles Hicks autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 758
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and bound autobiography. Hicks lived much of his life in Provo, Utah, where he was employed as a newspaper editor and as a businessman. He also served as a bishop of the Papago Mormon Church Indian Ward.

Dates: 1963

Silas Hillman autobiography and financial records

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 61
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography of Hillman describing his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his later experiences. He writes about the persecutions and problems the Mormons faced in Kirtland, Ohio, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois. He also writes about encounters with Ute Indians during the 1850s following his migration to Utah. Also included are family financial records. Collection includes photocopy of materials.

Dates: 1866-1875

Samuel Stephen Jones papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1435
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries and autobiography, biographies, family history, correspondence, legal documents and newspaper clippings related to his personal life, pioneer memories, missionary experiences, political activities as mayor and member of the Democratic party, LDS Church activities, and leadership in business and civic activities in Utah. Also includes copies of his poetical writings.

Dates: 1902-1918

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Brigham Young University 5
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
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Bean, Olive Smoot, 1860-1942 1
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Brimhall, George H. (George Henry), 1853-1932 1
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Northwestern States Mission 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Coray family 1
Coray, Howard, 1817-1908 1
Coray, Howard, 1842-1928 1
Coray, Martha, 1821 or 1822-1881 1
Cutler, Thomas R. 1
Davis, Owen Marion 1
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
Dusenberry, Warren N. (Warren Newton), 1836-1915 1
Dyer, Edna Helen Coray, 1875-1960 1
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 1
Epperson, Emery George Van Wagenen 1
Green, Luman Peter, 1887-1980 1
Green, Veda J. (Veda Jane), 1888-1981 1
Hicks, Heber Charles, 1880-1972 1
Hillman, Silas, 1820-1876 1
Jensen, Helen Chapman, 1920- 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
Larrabee, Caroline E. W. W. 1
McBride, Heber Robert 1
Melville, Alexander 1
Merrill, Amos N. (Amos Newlove), 1875-1953 1
Merrill, David M., 1912-1997 1
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Montclair State College 1
Nielsen, O. Wendle (Oscar Wendle), 1909-2000 1
Nuttall, L. John (Leonard John), 1834-1905 1
Palmer, Spencer J. 1
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Partridge, Ernest DeAlton, 1906-1985 1
Peterson, Zola, 1889-1971 1
Riggs, John, 1812-1892 1
Scott, Andrew Hunter, 1815-1874 1
Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918 1
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