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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Ebenezer Beesley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1745
Scope and Contents Mormon hymn books, musical scores, newspaper clippings, a short autobiography, a biography, and letters. Also included is a photostat copy of a handwritten list of passangers on the William Tapscott in 1859. The Mormons on the ship later formed the George Rowley handcart company which emigrated to Utah in 1859. Also included is a typescript of a diary by an unnamed person describing the journey to Utah with the Rowley company. This is transcription from the Journal History of the Church...
Dates: 1863-1950

Behind the lines / by George A. Fisher, 1944

 Item — Carton 126: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 19; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 17; Series 18; Series 8; Series 20 [Barcode: 31197239146100], Folder: 28
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 20

Ben Earl Fowler papers, before 2000

 File — Box 2: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231237972], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 34
Scope and Contents

Materials contain Ben Earl Fowler's memoir of his military experiences in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Contains photocopied photos of Fowler entering his plane, Fowler being promoted, and Fowler flying in his plane. A photocopied newspaper article about Fowler upon his return from the South Sea. Dated before 2000.

Dates: before 2000

Ben Elden Lewis memorial service, 2005 October 26

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197232558160], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2203 File 21

Benjamin K. Wallace papers, 1994, 1939-1962, 2001

 File — Box 5: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005437], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 123
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to Benjamin K. Wallace regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Claxton (DD 571) as the supply and disbursing officer. Contains brief memoir in which Wallace discusses his role as the ship's "unofficial chaplain", numerous Kamikaze attacks, and watching General MacArthur return to walk ashore on the Philippines. Includes newspaper clipping written by Wallace entitled "Wartime--Christmas 50 Years Ago" describing Christmas...
Dates: 1994; 1939-1962; 2001

Bennion family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1472
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the John Bennion family residing in the Taylorsville, Utah, area in the mid to late 19th century. Of particular focus are the missionary diaries of John Bennion, his son Samuel Roberts Bennion, and Samuel's daughter Laura Bennion Dimond. Also includes genealogical information about the Bennion family's ancestors and family history documents and information about their descendants. Primarily consists of original journals, photographs and...
Dates: approximately 1842-1971

Bennion family scrapbooks and family histories, approximately 1842-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1472 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains family histories, scrapbooks, which include original ephemera and correspondence, and the autobiographies of Mildred Bennion Eyring and Helen Bennion Barker. Also contains transcriptions of the Bennion family journals and correspondence, a photocopy of a handwritten list of the Bennion family members written in 1900, and photocopies of a journal ledger and other correspondence. Materials dated approximately 1842-1981.

Dates: approximately 1842-1981

Ole H. Berg biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498953]
Identifier: MSS 244
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. Jenkins writes a biography of Ole Hendrick Berg (1840-1919). Berg was a convert to the Mormon Church in Norwary who migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in St. George, Utah. Also included is a two-page autobiography by Berg written in 1892.

Dates: approximately 1892-1950

Bernard F. Fisher memoir and articles, 1966-2003

 File — Carton 125: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197239146332], Folder: 56
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

File contains a brief personal memoir and several newspaper clippings regarding Bernard F. Fisher's experience saving a pilot that crash-landed on a Veitcong-controlled airstrip during his service as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Dated 1966-2003.

Dates: 1966-2003