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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Blanche Whiting Love memoir, 2001

 File — Box 22: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005163], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 581
Scope and Contents Materials contain the memoir of Blanch Whiting Love regarding her service as a nurse in the U.S. Army Nursing Corps during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Memoir was collected as part of the Nurses at War Project. Talks about her decision to become a nurse in order to afford school. Discusses the difficulty of finding employment after graduation because of the Depression. Talks about joining the Army in 1941, training at Fort Douglas and her decision to not serve overseas after Pearl Harbor....
Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Medical Corps / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Medical Corps

Orley Dwight Bliss autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 615
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography and diary. Account is retrospective until 1864, when Bliss writes short daily entries about his journey from Salt Lake City to Nebraska by ox team to help gather the poor to Utah. On the return trip to Utah, Bliss describes weather conditions, daily camping locations and mileage, encounters with Indian tribes, and more than twenty deaths from cholera. Bliss immigrated to Utah at age 8 and participated in the Utah War. Several pages of family genealogy are included...
Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Memories from the life of Earl L. Blomberg

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329440]
Identifier: MSS SC 3035
Scope and Contents

Printed autobiography. Blomberg tells about his early life, family, and experiences in the United States Army in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. He fought in a number of campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Philippine Islands, where he served as a member of the Alamo Scouts. He was seriously wounded at the end of the war. "Recorded in 1995 by his wife Evelyn Blomberg, Edited by Lin Floyd, Layout by Daniel Hatch."

Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Blood & iron. From Bismark to Hitler the von Moltke family's impact on German history / by Otto Friedrich, 1995

 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: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 20
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project books

Book about Fae Heslop, 1923-2009

 Item — Box 87: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232514668], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS P 661 Item item 58924
Scope and Contents

This is a book about Fae Heslop's life. It documents important dates and events in her life before and after her marriage to J Malan Heslop. The book was compiled and printed by J Malan Heslop after Fae Heslop had passed away. Materials dated 1923-2009.

Dates: 1923-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J Malan Heslop photographs and other material / J Malan Heslop personal and family papers

Book chapter "Art and Revolution" , approximately 1984

 File — Box 55: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637649], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 7
Scope and Contents

Annotated. Undated, but approximately 1984.

Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

The book of life of Hugh Moon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342922]
Identifier: MSS 751
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Moon was born in Lancashire, England, converted to Mormonism with his parents, came to Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1848, moved to St. George, Utah, in 1861, and relocated to Farmington, Utah, in 1866.

Dates: 1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Book of settlers of Cleveland

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334523]
Identifier: MSS 1078
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten history of Cleveland, Utah, including short autobiographies of residents of that town. The residents tell about their early lives and how they migrated to Utah.

Dates: 1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Book review articles and letters , approximately 1984

 File — Box 55: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637649], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 8
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

Book reviews, approximately 1984

 File — Box 57: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637474], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 3
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

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