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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

John Brown autobiography and four letters received

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 945
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Brown's autobiography. Also includes four original letters, one from Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Pres. Grant; and a Relief Society Financial Report for 1892.

Dates: 1892-1913

Lorenzo Brown diary and autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 497
Scope and Contents Includes Lorenzo Brown's handwritten diary and autobiography. Brown's autobiography starts in 1856 when his diary begins. Describes his conversion to the Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, and relationship with Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brown then describes his migration to Salt Lake City, Utah, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada, a move to the St. George, Utah area, service on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates: 1856-1902

Mabel Nellie Brown autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308444]
Identifier: MSS SC 1057
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Brown reflects on memories of her childhood on an Australian farm near Brisbane. She recalls visits of Mormon missionaries which culminated in the baptism of her entire family into that faith. She discusses her courtship and marriage, her children, and the quality of life they have experienced in Queensland.

Dates: 1978

William Dearborn Brown journal

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7819
Scope and Contents

Journal by Brown writing about his ancestors, family history, and his own personal history. Materials also include a digital record of the journals. Entries date from around 1860.

Dates: approximately 1860

Bruce Chester Hunt papers, 2001

 File — Box 6: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005445], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 166
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a very detailed memoir discussing Bruce Chester Hunt's induction into the military and his long journey to the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during the close of World War II. Also includes photocopied military documents and photographs, and published statements by Lt. General A. C. Wedemeyer discussing the accomplishments of American involvement in China, and statement by General Joseph W. Stilwell concerning the transition from army to civilian life. Also...
Dates: 2001

Bruce E. Darley papers, 1965-1968

 File — Box 62: Series 5; Series 6; Series 10; Series 12; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197231012953], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 File 1309
Scope and Contents note Material contains a photograph of Bruce E. Darley in his U.S. Army uniform. Also contains several newsletter and newspaper articles about Darley or about his unit. Included is a short memoir about Darley and his responses to the Saints at War Questionnaire about his experiences serving as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Contains photocopied photographs of Darley and letters of commendation and advancement. Included is a list of major battles and a map with the locations of those...
Dates: 1965-1968

Bruce M. Radcliffe memoir, after 1940

 File — Box 97: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 16; Series 14; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233285185], Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 1861
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain the personal memoir of Bruce M. Radcliffe describing his experiences serving as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army near the end of World War II in Germany and witnessing the aftermath of the Holocaust. Also included is a blank page of the personal stationery of Hitler. Dated after 1940.

Dates: after 1940

Lewis Brunson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311844]
Identifier: MSS SC 1477
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of one handwritten and one typed autobiographical record by Lewis Brunson. Brunson talks about joining the Mormon Church, persecution by mobs in Missouri and Illinois, his close relationship with his father, his own family, and his experiences as a missionary.

Dates: 1861

Bryan Cox papers, 1997 November 29

 File — Box 88: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14; Series 17 [Barcode: 31197233285094], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 1754
Scope and Contents note

Materials include memoir of Bryan Cox regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Recounts his experience being shot down and getting picked up in Yugoslavia by the People's Liberation Army. Describes spending 95 days trying to get back to his base in Italy and his time spent with the Russian Army, who also helped him get back. Dated November 29, 1997.

Dates: 1997 November 29

Bryce Sheridan Ballard papers, approximately 1942, 2012

 File — Box 111: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197233285326], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a service history, photograph, and Saints at War Participant Infoormation Sheet for Bryce Sheridan Ballard. The service history describes his service as an APO Clerk and Tech Sergeant for the U.S. Army 70th Infantry Division. The photograph depicts Bryce in military uniform taken in approximately 1942. The information sheet and service history were both supplied by Bryce's son in 2012.

Dates: approximately 1942; 2012