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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Sears papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1058
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, biographical notes, and an autobiographical sketch of the Mormon sculptor and artist, Mahonri M. Young. Many of the materials relate to Sears' research with the intention of writing a biography of Young. Much of the correspondence are letters from Young.

Dates: 1916-1968

Mahonri M. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: 1870-1957