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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

John Lowe Butler autobiographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 390
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three typewritten versions of the autobiography of John Lowe Butler. The autobiographies describe Butler's conversion to the Latter-day Saint Church, building Nauvoo, Illinois, officiating in the temple, experiences as Joseph Smith's bodyguard, the martyrdom of Smith, the expulsion from Nauvoo, the journey to Utah, the colonization of Spanish Fork, Utah, the Utah War and genealogical information of the Butler family, family wills and patriarchal blessings.

Dates: 1957-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Susan Elizabeth Redd Butler papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1739
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, autobiographies, diaries, biographies, newspaper clippings, and school compositions. The correspondence, biographies, and diaries relate to Susan's family and parents. Many of the items relate to Mormon polygamy and to Butler's school career. Also included is a biography and biographical materials of Butler's father, Lemuel Hardison Redd.

Dates: 1893-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Butler autobiographies and letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306224]
Identifier: MSS SC 863
Scope and Contents This collection consists of autobiographies and personal letters. Included are four personal histories of varying lengths. Butler described his visions, business matters, family relationships, church assignments, missions served, and recounted many colorful experiences including hunting down and killing the murderer of one of his children. The letters were written by William Butler and his first wife, Emma Harvey, to their Henry Harvey Butler in 1891-2 while Henry was serving on a mission to...
Dates: 1850-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Byron C. Peacock excerpt from autobiography and newspaper clippings, approximately 2001

 File — Box 11: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005494], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 10 File 288
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a selection from Byron C. Peacock's autobiography regarding his military experiences in the U.S. Army during World War II. Provides details of the 3rd Infantry Division's movements through North Africa and Europe. Describes the preparations and assaults on Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Cassino, Rome, Southern France, Colmar, and Germany. Specifically mentions Peacock's involvement with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint in his combat zones, leadership positions held...
Dates: approximately 2001
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 / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Quartermaster Corps

BYU and I, 1956-1998

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329101]
Identifier: MSS SC 3012
Scope and Contents

Account of his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1957; and education and employment at Brigham Young University. Also recounts some family information.

Dates: 1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

BYU Chinese Alumni 2015 Reunion memory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239248302]
Identifier: MSS 9192
Scope and Contents

Contains memory book produced at a Brigham Young University alumni reunion for former Chinese students. Includes biographical information on attending alumni, as well as reminiscent accounts related to their time at the university. Accounts focus on how the students met their spouses at BYU, some of their favorite BYU stories, or how they came to BYU. Includes photos of the alumni. Materials date from 2015.

Dates: 2015 September
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

C. Elmo Turner memoir and photograph, before 2001

 File — Box 16: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005064], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 426
Scope and Contents note Materials include memoir and photographs detailing C. Elmo Turner's military experiences in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a radio operator. He speaks of his enlisting, basic training, and mostly of his duties and experiences aboard the CVE 83, the "Rudyerd Bay," including going through a typhoon, in which he volunteered to go out on the deck to cut a wire that had come loose and shorted out the ships communications, and watching as the fighters engaged Japanese Kamikaze pilots...
Dates: before 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 Navy

C. Verl Clark papers, approximately 2001, 1942-1946

 File — Box 20: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 11; Series 16; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197231005148], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 531
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir of C. Verl Clark regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II as the Navy paymaster and supply. He discusses being stationed in Auckland, New Zealand to find ways of improving the conditions for the soldiers such as higher pay and better food due to less expense. Discusses immorality and temptation, but also surviving three individual deadly situations. Shares several long quotations from letters to his wife. Also includes photocopies of military...
Dates: approximately 2001; 1942-1946
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 Navy

C. Wayne Humphreys, approximately 2009-2010

 File — Box 108: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233285292], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include personal memoirs, scans of annotated photographs, and a DVD of interview with C. Wayne Humphreys regarding his service during World War II in the U.S. Army. Dates range approximately 2009-2010.

Dates: approximately 2009-2010
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

Estelle M. Burton autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341221]
Identifier: MSS 2614
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Burton was a nurse for the United States Navy. She was stationed at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1948. She was in the service from 1948 until 1949. She married Lee D. Burton in 1949 and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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