Autobiographies
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biographies
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234996]
Identifier: MSS SC 184
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. The items relate incidents in the lives of various family members. The autobiography is by Tamma Durfee Miner who writes about her conversion to the Mormon Church; experiences as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; migration to Utah; and settling in Springville, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1880-1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Biographies
Tamma Durfee Miner autobiography and photographs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306554]
Identifier: MSS SC 888
Scope and Contents
Contains a photocopy of a typescript autobiography of Tamma Durfee Miner titled "'A Memorial' Written by Tamma Durfee Miner March 13, 1881, in Springville, Utah." Her autobiography tells of her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1831, the early persecution of the Church and her family, migration to the Salt Lake Valley from Iowa, and settling in Springville, Utah. The collection also contains a sheet of handwritten genealogy about Miner and two black-and white...
Dates:
approximately 1870-1881; Other: 1977-2013