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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2085 Collections and/or Records:

Wasatch diary / by Masao Tsujimoto, 1943

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239265975], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 9438 Series 1
Dates: 1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9438, Marilyn Curtis White papers / Marilyn Curtis White research materials on Keetley, Utah

Washington, D.C., the Cinderella City, 1944-1948

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197232558160], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2203 Item 20
Dates: 1944-1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2203, Ben E. Lewis personal papers

The Washita campaign and battle of the Washita

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308212]
Identifier: MSS SC 1030
Scope and Contents

Holograph history of the Washita campaign and the subsequent battle of the Washita describing the movement and actions of the US 7th Cavalry from 22 November to 2 December 1868. The account is very detailed. The exact date of the record's composition is uncertain. It may have been written a number of years after the event. Also included are some observations on Custer and his actions against some hostile Indians when Mathey first met him in 1867.

Dates: 1875-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Washita campaign and battle of the Washita

Theodore Milton Wassmer autobiography

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232502093]
Identifier: MSS 6175
Abstract

Life history of Theodore Milton Wassmer, including autobiography, photocopies of paintings, pictures, and newspaper clippings. Approximately 475 pages.

Dates: 1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Theodore Milton Wassmer autobiography

Wayne A. Omer papers, 1941-2001

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 315
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to Wayne A. Omer's service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II assigned to VMTB-232 Torpedo Bombers, MAG-45. Contains a memoir detailing Omer's military experiences, covering his employment at the FBI prior to the war, his induction into the Navy Air Corps, preliminary flight training in Athens, GA, and commission as a Marine Corps pilot. Describes the numerous intense training courses and the accidents and brushes with death that he experienced in...
Dates: 1941-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Marine Corps

Wayne B. Gold memoir, 1999

 File — Box 37: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 12; Series 14; Series 15; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197231005270], Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 842
Scope and Contents note Material contains a memoir written by Wayne B. Gold in 1999 about his military service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Memoir describes his service in the Headquarters Company in California and his unit's movement through France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Discusses transporting supplies, being bombed by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Roer River and Rhine River, and capturing cities in Germany. Also describes experiences being a Latter-Day Saint...
Dates: 1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, 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

Wayne B. Hales personal papers, 1916-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5672 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains personal journals, scrapbooks, planners, letters, and photographs of Hales. Dates range from 1916 to 1980.

Dates: 1916-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5672, Wayne B. Hales papers

Wayne G. Jackson papers, approximately 1947-1983

 File — Box 6: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005445], Folder: 35
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 174
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed memoir of Wayne G. Jackson., Memoir relates some childhood experiences in Cedar City, Utah; his pre-war military service and initial flight training; descriptions of his adventurous flight to England, including maps; details of his 31 bombing missions including locations, duration of time, and the dangers he encountered. Includes maps of airfields in England, photographs over target, photographs of B-24's, and Jackson's crew. Also includes descriptions of the...
Dates: approximately 1947-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, 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 pilots

Life story of Aunt Emma Webb

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329762]
Identifier: MSS SC 3080
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Mary Emma Lowder Webb, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1863. Her family moved to Parowan, Utah, in 1863 and then to Panguitch, Utah, in 1864. The family moved to Paragoonah, Utah, in 1866 because of the Black Hawk War with Ute Indians. At the end of hostilities, the family returned to Parowan. Most of the account is told in the words of Mary Emma Lowder Webb which was probably edited by Luella...
Dates: circa 1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Life story of Aunt Emma Webb

Walter L. Webb papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486065]
Identifier: MSS 361
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of articles, histories, memoirs, biographical data, and newspaper clippings. The materials relate to the organization and history of the Utah Sugar Company plant in Lehi, Utah, and other company operations. The items also document many aspects of the sugar industry in Utah and other states of the American West..

Dates: 1889-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Walter L. Webb papers

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