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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas I. Gunn papers, 1945-2000

 File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File 199
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a memoir regarding Thomas I. Gunn's military involvement during World War II. Also includes copies of his induction, honorable discharge, and separation qualification papers. There is also a photograph showing Gunn with a fellow soldier. Dated 1945-2000.

Dates: 1945-2000
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 Army

Thomas L. Kane personal history, 1883 May 31

 Item — Box 13: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232550753], Folder: 3A
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Item 12
Scope and Contents

Brief personal history written by Kane, dated May 31, 1883.

Dates: 1883 May 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane personal papers / Thomas L. Kane journals, manuscripts, and other material

Thomas Lee Tyler papers, 1967

 File — Box 62: Series 5; Series 6; Series 10; Series 12; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197231012953], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 1306
Scope and Contents note Material contains a copied DVD of Thomas Lee Tyler "Home Movies" taken with his eight millimeter video camera. Contains an issue of the Church News with an article written by Tyler about a baptism in Vietnam that was performed in unusual circumstances. Included are photocopied photographs that Tyler took while serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Also contains a memoir of several personal experiences of Tyler during his service, the floppy disk that contains the memoir is also...
Dates: 1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Vietnam War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Thomas R. Price theses and dissertation, 1991

 File — Carton 21: Series 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Manuscript, first revision, The Mormon Missionary of the Nineteenth Century, dissertation by R. Thomas Price, pages 1-213. Dated 1991.

Dates: Other: 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Donald Q. Cannon faculty and family papers / Donald Q. Cannon teaching and instructional materials / Donald Q. Cannon collection of theses and dissertations

Thomas R. Price theses and dissertation, 1991

 File — Carton 21: Series 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Manuscript, first revision, The Mormon Missionary of the Nineteenth Century, dissertation by R. Thomas Price, pages 214-459. Dated 1991.

Dates: Other: 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Donald Q. Cannon faculty and family papers / Donald Q. Cannon teaching and instructional materials / Donald Q. Cannon collection of theses and dissertations

Thomas S. Taylor memoir, 2001

 File — Carton 124: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 8; Series 20 [Barcode: 31197239146365], Folder: 32
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

File contains memoir of Thomas S. Taylor titled "My Guardian Angel" regarding an experience during his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Dated 2001.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

Thomas Sorensen oral history memoir, 1992 June 16

 File — Box 79: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197233284972], Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 1649
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the oral history memoir of Thomas Sorensen in which he describes his experiences during World War II, serving both in the civil service and in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Dated June 16, 1992.

Dates: 1992 June 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps

Thomas W. Reese personal history, 1978

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233276135], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains an autobiography of Thomas W. Reese, the son-in-law of Arthur and Andrea Watkins, and the husband of Nedra Watkins.

Dates: Other: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins biographical papers / Arthur V. Watkins biographies and personal correspondence

Thomas Wayne Sunderland papers, 1941-1945, approximately 2000

 File — Box 16: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005064], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 6 File 418
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopied photographs, photocopied newspaper clippings and memoir of Thomas Wayne Sunderland. Recounts his experiences from his being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 to his medical release in 1945 due to contracting malaria and hepatitis. He speaks of his training in Fort Lewis, Washington, and of being on a ship bound for Pearl Harbor the day it was bombed in December of 1941. Describes later learning that Japanese submarines were searching for them, and had sunk a...
Dates: 1941-1945; approximately 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

Doris Thompson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337807]
Identifier: MSS 2718
Scope and Contents

Typed short paragraph states that Doris Thompson was indeed a nurse during World War II.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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