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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

Harold V. Gividen papers, 1943-1982, 1984, 1945, 2001, 1980 July

 File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 198
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed memoir written by Gividen regarding his training and combat experience during World War II. Describes his interaction with other Latter-Day Saint servicemen and his B-17 missions over Europe. Discusses being shot down over Switzerland and wounded in the crash landing. Describes his rehabilitation in Switzerland and contact with other Latter-Day Saint church members there. Also contains a manuscript written by Clayton Hurst, submitted for publication, detailing...
Dates: 1943-1982; 1984; 1945; 2001; 1980 July
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps pilots

Nulja Harper autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308915]
Identifier: MSS SC 1106
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and holographic personal histories of five women from the South Africa Johannesburg Mission Relief Society. They discuss events from their personal lives and address living conditions in South Africa. Each describes her conversion to the Mormon Church and subsequent involvement in that faith.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nulja Harper autobiographies

George Henry Abbott Harris autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 415
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography. The manuscript includes excerpts from diaries and copies of correspondence. The autobiography and letter copying were begun in the 1880s. Harris writes about his youth in England, his conversion to the Chrurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, his immigration to the United States in 1851, and the overland journey to Utah in 1852. Harris describes travelling conditions, the nature of the trail, and his work as a teamster. Harris settled in Pleasant...
Dates: 1854-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Henry Abbott Harris autobiography

Maurine Harris autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341262]
Identifier: MSS 2618
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Harris was born in Wellsville, Utah, in 1927 and started her training in the Cadet Corps in August of 1945. She studied nursing at the University of Utah.

Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maurine Harris autobiography

Harris, Silas Albert, approximately 1940-1964

 File — Box 47: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231240653], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA 566 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 File 111
Dates: approximately 1940-1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 566, Centennial History Project records / Centennial History Project source material files / Centennial History Project topical source files

Harry Cecil Hodson memoir, 2000

 File — Box 10: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005486], Folder: 30
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 3 File 273
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir of the military experiences in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II of Harry Cecil Hodson. Describes his service on a transport vessel that took part in the Normandy invasion and invasions in North Africa. Also describes his crew's participation in the assault on Okinawa, and being under constant threat of attack by Japanese kamikaze pilots. Includes Hodson's feelings towards the atomic bomb and war in general. Also discusses the support received from his family...
Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Coast Guard

Harvey Carlisle's missionary associate's cards in the Southern States Mission, undated

 Item — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480910], Folder: 13, item: 3
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2337, Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Harvey Leon Johnson memoir and photographs, 1918, approximately 2001

 File — Box 19: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005098], Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 4 File 496
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the memoir of Harvey Leon Johnson, discussing his service in the U.S. Army with the Ninety-First Machine Gun Training Division during World War I. Talks about entering the service and being ordered to take charge of 500 drafted men. Also talks about traveling to Memphis, Tennessee, being discharged in Colorado, and seeing his family again. Includes photocopied photos of Harvey at different ages and in uniform. Dated 1918, approximately 2001.

Dates: 1918; Digitized: approximately 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War I

Mildred Cluff Harvey papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227625487]
Identifier: MSS 3951
Scope and Contents Contains papers on Mildred Cluff Harvey and her family. Materials date from between 1866 and 1947. Includes the following: 1. The Biography of Mildred Cluff Harvey by her daughter, Lucile H. Ursenbach, 1900-1947. Typed, 17 pages. 2. Newspaper pages about Benjamin Cluff Jr., Mildred's brother, August 1970. 2 leaves. 3. Mildred Cluff autobiography. 1862-1898. Typed, 9 pages. 4. Mildred Cluff autobiography. 1862-1898. Original pencil handwriting, 19 pages. 5. Photocopied articles about the...
Dates: 1866-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mildred Cluff Harvey papers

Gerald M. Haslam research materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1998
Scope and Contents

Notes on index cards, diaries, and autobiographies. The materials relate to Haslam's research for his PhD dissertation: "The Norwegian Experience with Mormonism, 1842-1920." Many of the items are personal in nature, but many are also related to the organization and function of the Mormon Church in Norway.

Dates: 1844-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gerald M. Haslam research materials

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