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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

John H. Hayes autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233649471]
Identifier: MSS 3850
Scope and Contents

The first part contains genealogical records for the family of John H. Hayes, spanning the dates 1604-1958. The second part is John H Hayes' autobiography and covers his birth until the year 1924. The third part is entitled, "Bradford Lane History," which was written by John Stoker Davis, who was nephew of Hayes’ wife, Ruth Elizabeth Davis.

Dates: approximately 1924-1958

Autobiography of Wesley C. Carter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251256]
Identifier: MSS 9179
Scope and Contents

Contains an autobiography of the life of Wesley C. Carter. Includes information about his personal and professional activities. Includes personal stories from his childhood, adolescent, and adult life, notes positions held in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and discusses the work he completed while serving his building missions in the British Isles and the Southern United States. Dated approximately 1993.

Dates: approximately 1993

Averill Arnell Pugmire papers, 1944-1945, 2001

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 89
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to Averill Arnell Pugmire and his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II assigned to the Medical Corps as an Operating Room Technician. Contains brief memoir of Pugmire's service including experiences as a Latter-day Saint sailor and aboard ship during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Includes a photocopy of letters sent to Pugmire by a Latter-day Saint shipmate, Earl A. Jenne. Also contains photocopied notes for talks and other papers,...
Dates: 1944-1945; 2001

John Ball papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1741
Scope and Contents Handwritten correspondence, diaries, ledgers, newspaper and magazine articles, accounts of travels, legal documents, and miscellaneous items. The correspondence deals largely with Ball's explorations and with family matters. The materials document Ball's explorations in the American Northwest with Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1832, his visit to Hawaii in 1833, and his explorations in Michigan. The collection also relates to Ball's activities as a lawyer and as a politician in Michigan. Ball...
Dates: 1819-1932

Margaret McNeil Ballard autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337278]
Identifier: MSS 484
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Ballard writes about her early life in Scotland as a Mormon, her migration to the United States in 1856 and her subsequent migration to Utah in 1859, and her life as a polygamous wife in Logan, Utah. Ballard also tells about encounters with Indians while coming to Utah, and when she was living in Logan.

Dates: 1910

Barney Argyle papers, 2002

 File — Box 120: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197232585247], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include autobiography of Barney Argyle regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dated 2002.

Dates: 2002

Mildred Barthel autobiography and poetry

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308675]
Identifier: MSS SC 1080
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography and copies of stories and poems, some of which have been published in various magazines throughout the United States. Barthel discusses her education, marriage, and family. She describes events leading to her conversion to the Mormon Church in Iowa, and explains how principles of that church and her love of writing have fulfilled many aspects in her life.

Dates: 1978

Basil Dayton McMullin memoir, after 1942

 File — Box 38: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005288], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 851
Scope and Contents note

Material contains a memoir of Basil D. McMullin regardging his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942-1945 in North Africa. He relates going on expeditions, assignments, and recreational trips during his service. Dated after 1942.

Dates: after 1942

Battle hymn of the republic

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292595]
Identifier: Vault MSS 537
Scope and Contents

Printed item commemorating the founding of the New England Women's Club. The item was hand addressed to Mrs. Mary J. Judah and signed by the president of the club, Julia Ward Howe, in November 1892. The item includes all five verses of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and an account by Mrs. Howe of how she came to write the poem.

Dates: 1892