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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

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: 15
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

Homer Woolf diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1775
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten diaries by Homer Woolf, one typewritten biography of his wife Loila Woolf by Annie B. W. Rasmussen, and one typewritten autobiography by Eva Elmina Penrod Sabin. Homer Woolf talks about his temporal and spiritual experiences while serving in Virginia.

Dates: 1887-1889

Edwin Gordon Woolley autobiography and a history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490059]
Identifier: MSS 622
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography which includes excerpts from a diary. Woolley writes about his experiences in St. George, Utah, including business matters and Mormon Church assignments. He also gives an account of intercepting a Navajo Indian raiding party in 1869. Also included is a three-page typewritten account of Woolley having a personal visit with David Whitmer, one of the "Three Witnesses" to the Book of Mormon.

Dates: 1874-1896

Edwin Gordon Woolley autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337153]
Identifier: MSS 490
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a typescript. Woolley writes about his early life in an autobiography and then continues his story in a diary. The journal has many gaps. He writes about his militia activities and his enconters with Paiute Indians early in his life. Wolley spent much of his adult life in St. George, Utah. He also spent time in Salt Lake City, Utah, on business and on political activities. Woolley served as a justice the peace, a city recorder, a member of a Utah constitutional convention,...
Dates: 1869-1896