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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2085 Collections and/or Records:

Willis Hone Brimhall memoir and photographs, 1943-1944, 2001

 File — Box 14: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005049], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 File 358
Scope and Contents Materials contain a memoir focusing on Willis Hone Brimhall's personal history and employment opportunities prior to his enlistment in the U.S. Navy. He discusses the general attitudes pervading his community and the country during the mid- to late- 1930s as war was brewing, and those same attitudes after the United States had been drawn into the war following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Also discusses his military service as a radio operator and aviation technician, never having to...
Dates: 1943-1944; 2001

Alfred Vi Wood autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317239]
Identifier: MSS SC 1905
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten autobiography of Albert Vi Wood. Wood talks about his educational background and the temporal and spiritual experiences of his life.

Dates: 1977

John Wood family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233633160]
Identifier: MSS 7937
Abstract

The John Wood family papers include journals from John Wood's mission to the Southern States, as well as personal histories, photos, and other family materials, circa 1882-1940.

Dates: 1882-1940

Jonathan David Wood autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325513]
Identifier: MSS SC 2643
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Wood talks about building the first Mormon Church in Farmington, relates experiences he had with various Mormon Apostles, and writes about building a barn.

Dates: approximately 1890

Lynn Stephen Wood autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1701
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and typescript. The document talks about Wood's family, his life in the eastern U.S., his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his migration to Utah.

Dates: 1901

Stella Sudweeks Wood papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308121]
Identifier: MSS SC 1018
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography, genealogy, letters from family members, and a Patriarchal blessing given by the Mormon patriarch Joseph Smith, Sr. in 1836. Wood relates childhood experiences in Piute County, Utah, and Kimberly, Idaho. She details her missions for the Mormon Church to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1912 and to London, England, in 1946. She discusses her family, pioneering experiences, and her Mormon Church related activities.

Dates: 1978

David Orin Woodbury autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335918]
Identifier: MSS 1236
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. Woodbury writes about his childhood, his schooling, his military service, his work in the Mormon Church, his business ventures, and his special memories of his parents and children.

Dates: approximately 1970

Althea Rawlins Woodland autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341239]
Identifier: MSS 2615
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Althea was born in 1920 in Lewiston, Utah. She was stationed as a nurse in San Francisco, California, and was later sent to England. She married Daniel Platt Woodland in 1946.

Dates: 2000

James W. Woods memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state. Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates: 1882

Woolass A. Macey papers, approximately 1943-2002

 File — Box 39: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197231005296], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 885
Scope and Contents note

Material contains papers relating to Woolass A. Macey's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Contains a memoir written by his wife, Gayle S. Macey, about his Army service, rehabilitation at Bushnell General Hospital, and church and community service. Contains two copied photographs of Macey during the war and one of him and his family later. Includes two newspaper articles about his fighting on Omaha Beach and losing his leg from a land mine. Dated approximately 1943-2002.

Dates: approximately 1943-2002