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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

Minerva Wade Hickman autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190452]
Identifier: MSS SC 2314
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Hickman writes about her experiences in migrating to Utah in the 1840s and in settling in that state. She also includes "a list of names of Births since I came to North Ogden" in which she lists the name and sex of each child born in that community. Also included are genealogies of Hickman and Wade family members.

Dates: 1867-1901

Heber Charles Hicks autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342864]
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

Nephi Chunn Hicks autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489465]
Identifier: MSS 557
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography and a newspaper clipping. Hicks was unable to finish his autobiography due to illness. Hicks was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, delivered newspapers as a young man, and later worked as a newspaper editor in Provo, Utah. Also included is a newspaper clipping from 1971 outlining Hicks' career.

Dates: approximately 1960-1971

Hill, Armin J., 1957-1982

 File — Box 84: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231007870], Folder: 15-16
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1

Jobe Hill autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336544]
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Hill writes about migrating to Utah, about his life in Smithfield and Clarkston, about problems with grasshoppers, and about other difficult situations. He also talks about the death of his mother and his low opinion of his father, who started drinking. He also tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England and about his marriage.

Dates: 1904

Virginia Christopherson Hill autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308162]
Identifier: MSS SC 1022
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography, genealogy, photocopies of handwritten letters, and photographs. Hill discusses her childhood in Madison County, Idaho, and a family business. She tells about her education, marriage, and raising her family in Twin Falls, Idaho. She includes stories of family members and of people she met while on a mission for the Mormon Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dates: 1978

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

The hills of Bern

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329168]
Identifier: MSS SC 2996
Scope and Contents Recounts her early life in Bern, Idaho; missionary service in New York in the Eastern States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, late 1920s; activities in Logan, Utah; and teaching school in Weber County, Utah. Includes reflections on polygamy. Her mother, Caroline Buehler, was a plural wife of Christian Kunz. Also includes mention of her mission president, B. H. Roberts. Contains information on her siblings and other family members, including her husbands, two...
Dates: approximately 1978

John Blakey Hillstead autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305713]
Identifier: MSS SC 823
Scope and Contents The first five leaves of this document tell of the author's ancestry in England. There is also a brief autobiography followed by a diary which covers the years from 1874 to 1879. The diary is sketchy and most of the entries are short. Hillstead joined the Mormon church in England in 1850. He was married in 1852 and came to Utah in 1869. He was called on a mission to Arizona in 1873 and settled in Tooele Valley, Utah in 1874. He was still living there in 1879 when he completed his...
Dates: 1872-1879

Hilton, Eugene, approximately 1970-1975

 File — Box 48: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231240661], Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 566 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 File 119