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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

LeGrand Meyer Bernards personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328947]
Identifier: MSS SC 2987
Scope and Contents

Shares memories of his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah; Latter-day Saint mission in Hawaii, 1941-1944; marriage; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; and work at Brigham Young University Print Services, 1968-1983. The history was recorded by the author's daughter, Lani Bernards Braithwaite.

Dates: 1996-1997

Bernarr S. Furse memoir, 1998 August 18, approximately 1944

 File — Box 37: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 12; Series 14; Series 15; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197231005270], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 841
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a memoir written by Bernard S. Furse regarding his service in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II. Describes being stationed in Saipan and flying missions over Iwo Jima, Haha Jima, Chichi Jima, Macus Island, and the Bonin Islands, as well as flying missions over China and Japan and serving in the Philippines. Dated approximately 1944, August 18, 1998.

Dates: 1998 August 18; approximately 1944

Bernetta L. Lane memoir, approximately 2003

 File — Box 37: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 12; Series 14; Series 15; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197231005270], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 18 File 844
Scope and Contents note

Material contains a memoir written by Bernetta L. Lane about her nursing career as a flight nurse in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. She describes her training, education, and the different hospitals and units she served in. Describes her assignment to the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11, 2001. She describes helping patients after the attack. Dated approximately 2003.

Dates: approximately 2003

Berrett, William E., 1953-1996

 File — Box 13: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231007185], Folder: 7-8
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1

William E. Berrett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1955
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, speeches, a biography, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Berrett's work with the Utah Committee on Children and Youth, his research on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' relationships with African-Americans, and various documents pertaining to his career as a professor at Brigham Young University, his time in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also included is Berett's autobiography and a biography of B. H. Roberts, the Mormon historian. Materials dated...
Dates: 1836-1993

Bert Gividen papers, 1953-2005

 File — Box 28: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005106], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 683
Scope and Contents note Materials contain memoir of Bert Gividen recounting experiences in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Also contains notes from the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Signing in Seoul, which Gividen attended, and a ten-page account of his trip to Seoul to renew a Russian visa while on an Latter-day Saint mission. In the war memoir, Gividen describes enlistment and training. Describes his experiences as an active Latter-Day Saint soldier, meetings he attended, Harold B. Lee's...
Dates: 1953-2005

Bert Moss Wheatley papers, 1942-1945, 2001

 File — Box 10: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005486], Folder: 12-13
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 257
Scope and Contents note

Materials include handwritten memoir detailing the military service of Bert Moss Wheatley in the U.S. Army during World War II. Includes descriptions of the Burma Road. Also included is a piece of Chinese currency and a newspaper article citing Wheatley's involvement in the war. The photographs show scenes from his military service. Dated 1942-1945, 2001.

Dates: 1942-1945; 2001

Bertram Willis memoir, 1990-2002

 File — Carton 124: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 8; Series 20 [Barcode: 31197239146365], Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains memoir of Bertram Willis regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dated 1990-2002.

Dates: 1990-2002

Betty Lucille Dean Burch memoir and photograph, 1943, 2006 April 6

 File — Box 40: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005304], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7 File 896
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a short memoir by Betty Lucille Dean Burch about the experiences of her and her husband, Bill, during World War II. She describes their dating and marriage, her writing and visits to Bill while he was in the U.S. Navy, some of his experiences, and his return home and recovery. Contains a copied photograph of their wedding. Dated 1943 and April 6, 2006.

Dates: 1943; 2006 April 6