Skip to main content

Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Basil Dayton McMullin memoir, after 1942

 File — Box 38: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005288], Folder: 2
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

Clyde Max Bauer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8893
Scope and Contents

Materials collected and created by Clyde Max Bauer during his life. Includes autobiographical materials, books, a Shriner Children's Hospital contributor certificate, maps, particularly on the Wind River Basin in Wyoming, photographs of Glacier National Park, Masonic hats, and personal papers, and is largely related to his career as a ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Dated approximately 1896 to 1968.

Dates: approximately 1896-1968

Margarito Bautista papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8426
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Margarito Bautista and his church, La Plentitude del Reino de Dios. Includes his journals, his proselyting pamphlets, material from the third convention, material from the current La Plentitude del Reino de Dios church, pamphlets from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, journals from Alma de Olarte (his secretary), and a military handbook that was printed in 1920. Material from the current church includes meeting minutes....
Dates: 1920-1999

George Washington Bean diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates: 1852-1897

Olive Smoot Bean autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319490]
Identifier: MSS SC 2139
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography (pages 163 to 197). Bean writes about her childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, her marriage, and her children.

Dates: 1933-1934

Willard Washington Bean autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312826]
Identifier: MSS SC 1529
Scope and Contents

Softbound photocopy of a typewritten autobiography which includes a newsclipping from "The Church News." Willard W. Bean served the Mormon Church for 29 years and acquired many properties for the Mormon Church in New York State, including the Hill Cumorah.

Dates: 1880-1978

Willard Washington Beans papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321710]
Identifier: MSS SC 2271
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, a newspaper clipping, a Mormon Church blessing, and an essay. Also included are photocopies of handwritten letters received by Bean. These items include letters received from Mormon Church leaders Heber J. Grant and J. Golden Kimball. Bean was a missionary to the Southern States and lived in Palmyra, New York from 1915 to 1939.

Dates: 1893-1978

Research materials on George Beard

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231063253]
Identifier: MSS 1451
Scope and Contents Manuscripts and photocopies collected by Davies while researching and writing a biography entitled, "George Beard, Mormon Pioneer Artist with a Camera," privately published, ca. 1974. Collection includes Beard's memoirs and correspondence, news clippings and biographies about him, a transcript of his funeral service, Beard family histories, photographs, and a short color film made by KSL-TV regarding Beard's life. Papers include materials authored by Lovenia Bullock Beard, Edna Beard Taylor,...
Dates: 1916-1974

Ethel P. Beck journals and personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231063790]
Identifier: MSS 6237
Abstract

The Ethel Porter Beck journals and personal history goes through the life of Ethel from 1954 to 1990. The documents are located on two floppy disks. She writes about being a faithful Latter-day Saint, her family life, and the world and local events occuring around her.

Dates: 1954-1991