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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Bountiful high school year book The Blue and White, 1914

 File — Volume 2
Identifier: MSS 313
Dates: 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Leo J. Muir papers / Leo J. Muir post-mission papers

Boutlon, Martha Duke autobiography, 1880

 Item — Box 8: Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197230220631], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 9
Dates: 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / M. Wilford Poulson papers / Mormon Americana Acquisitions (not original manuscripts), A-M

Boyd Dean Williamson papers, approximately 2001, 1942-1968

 File — Box 55: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012888], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 2 File 1175
Scope and Contents note Material contains papers relating to the military service of Boyd Dean Williamson. Includes condensed autobiography detailing his military career, enlistment in the U.S. Navy during World War II, becoming a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, serving with the large air craft gun ships during the Vietnam War, and his retirement from the military. Photocopied photographs of Williamson are included in the folder, as well as an even more condensed version of his...
Dates: approximately 2001; 1942-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for multiple wars / Saints at War Project records for multiple branches of the United States military

Boyd Phillips memoir, 2002

 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: 50
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

File contains memoir on CD of Boyd Phillips regarding his service in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam War. Also contains letter from son Kevin C. Phillips explaining the cd. Dated 2002.

Dates: 2002
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 Air Force

Boyd R. Lemon papers, 1951-2002

 File — Box 54: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012870], Folder: 9-10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 5 File 1152
Scope and Contents note Material contains papers relating to the military service of Boyd R. Lemon during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. File contains several pages of photocopied photographs, as well as a memoir relating Lemon's experiences. Describes his enlistment in the U.S. Air Force, training in communication, and the blessing of not having to serve in either war. Lemon's wife, Tess, also included her stories of volunteering at the local hospital to help the wounded soldiers. Includes a memoir of her...
Dates: 1951-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for multiple wars / Saints at War Project records for the United States Air Force

Boyd Redden papers, 2002 March

 File — Box 57: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231012904], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 1208
Scope and Contents note

Material contains a brief memoir written by Boyd Redden about his military experiences in the U.S. Army in the Signal Corp in the Korean War, as well as Redden's Participant Information Sheet. Explains how the Korean War ended while he was on his two week leave before he shipped out. Describes an experience where he got lost once and crossed the demilitarized zone but the North Koreans allowed them to turn around and go back. Dated March 2002.

Dates: 2002 March
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Korean War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Dell Delos Boyer autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312727]
Identifier: MSS SC 1446
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript autobiography of Dell Delos Boyer. Boyer talks of his early years on his father's farm in Springville, Utah, his callings in the Mormon Church, his education, and his marriage.

Dates: 1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bradley Briscoe Summers papers, before 2001

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 30
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 329
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed memoir concerning Bradley Briscoe Summers's induction, flight training, and combat in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Includes newspaper articles and sketches related to a crash landing and the crew's subsequent rescue by a passing convoy. Discusses his bombing missions, as part of a B-17 Liberator Bomber crew. Describes an early mission over Hamburg, Germany, in which his airplane was shot down and the crew was captured by German soldiers. Majority...
Dates: before 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps crew members

George Washington Bradley autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326511]
Identifier: MSS SC 2768
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Bradley writes about being called to settle in Sanpete County. He was among the first settlers in Manti, Utah, and tells about life there, and contact with Ute Indians. Also included are three biographies of Bradley by family members. The dates of composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1859-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Anna Lindquist Brady autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306745]
Identifier: MSS SC 899
Scope and Contents

Autobiography, correspondence, and photographs of family members. The letters are between Anna Brady and Lorin F. Wheelwright relating to donations for the Brigham Young University Centennial. Anna Lindquist was born in Fairview, Utah, attended Snow College and Brigham Young University, and married William Wells Brady (1886-1964). She later moved with her husband to Rigby, Idaho. She was the mother of four children, was a musician, and was active in Mormon Church callings.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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