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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Wayne A. Omer papers, 1941-2001

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 16
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 / 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: 19
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 / 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 / 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 / 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

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

David Henry Weech journal and life story

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331446]
Identifier: MSS SC 3013
Scope and Contents

Journal entries, 1901-1957, includes iformation on the founding and development of Pima, Arizona. Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Pima; attendance at Brigham Young Academy, 1892-1893; marriage; church service. Also includes information on his first wife, Estella Newell, and his second wife, Hannah May Allen. Also includes information on his parents, children and other family members.

Dates: 1901-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Weilding Shaw memoir, approximately 1954

 File — Box 66: Series 2; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012995], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 9 File 1379
Scope and Contents note

Material contains a brief memoir of Shaw's military experience during the Cold War. Dated approximately 1954.

Dates: approximately 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Cold War

Weller J. Bishopp memoir, approximately 2000

 File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 38
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 6 File 214
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a short memoir detailing Weller J. Bishopp's training and military service throughout World War II. Discusses his multiple training operations, his journey to the Pacific Theater, his participation in the invasion of the Philippines, and his administrative duties performed as chief warrant officer. Dated approximately 2000.

Dates: 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

Biography of Eliza Faulkner Welsh

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339423]
Identifier: MSS SC 3339
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Eliza Faulkner Welsh was born in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, in 1843. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855 and left for Utah the same year. She tells about the hardships of the migration to Utah and the many deaths from Cholera in her family. She died in American Fork, Utah, in 1927.

Dates: 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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