Autobiographies
Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:
Ray T. Wilcox autobiographical sketch
Briefly describes his U.S. Army service during World War II; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission in Tahiti, 1946-1948; attendance at BYU; marriage; teaching high school; teaching at BYU Laboratory School and the College of Education; travels; and his family.
History of Thomas Preston Wilding
Collection contains a photocopy of the personal history of Thomas Preston Wilding. The personal history documents his family life, as well as his professional and church service.
Wilfrid C. Bailey memoir, 1985
Clarissa Harden Wilhelm autobiography
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wilhelm writes about her youth in New York, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838, her move to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, and her subsequent migration to Utah. She also tells about her various marriages and her life in Salt Lake City, Spanish Fork, Springville, St. George, and Orderville, Utah. She also talks of living in St. Joseph, Arizona.
Willard LaGrand Nielsen memoir, approximately 2000
File includes materials relating to the service of Willard LeGrand Nielsen as a dental surgeon in the U.S. Army during World War II. Materials include his personal memoir, titled "RUN and NOT be WEARY." He discusses the places he served and getting to help work on General MacArthur's teeth. Dated approximately 2000.
Willard Lyle Hagen memoir and photographs, approximately 1942, approximately 2001, 1991
Materials contain a memoir describing Willard Lyle Hagen's training as a fighter electrician and U.S. Army sign painter during World War II. He tells of spending most of the war on a B-24 base painting signs and logos on airplane exteriors. Photographs show Hagen in military dress and an airplane with a logo painted by Hagen. Dated approximately 1942, 1991, and approximately 2001.
Willard Thurman memoir and photograph, 1944-1946, approximately 2000-2004
Materials contain a short memoir of Thurman's experiences serving on Landing Ship Tanks in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Also contains a photocopied photograph of Thurman in his naval uniform. Dated 1944-1946, approximately 2000- 2004.
Byrnina Ann Dustin Willey collection of photographs of Edison Willey World War I scrapbook
Collection contains photographs of a scrapbook about Edison Willey's experiences in World War I (the Great War), as collected by his mother, Byrnina Ann Dustin Willey. Includes the unit photograph before they left Ft. Lewis, Washington, heading to France. Dated approximately 1918-1920.
The collection also contains a CD of the photographs of the scrapbook.
William B. Morgan memoir and photograph, 1944-1946
Materials contain a memoir of the service of William B. Morgan in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Laurens during World War IIr. Memoir mentions the history of the U.S.S Laurens and the experiences of Morgan as a landing craft coxswain. Also included is a photograph of Morgan in naval uniform. Dated 1944-1946.