Skip to main content

Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

James J. Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.

Dates: approximately 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Hortt Adams personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328939]
Identifier: MSS SC 2986
Scope and Contents Narrative and photographic images concerning his childhood in Kanab, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University; living in Hollywood, California; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Seattle, Washington, 1989-1990; owning and running Grandview Miniature Golf Course in Provo, Utah; and working as accountant at BYU Financial Services. Also contains significant information about his family, including an...
Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238633]
Identifier: MSS SC 350
Scope and Contents

Holograph descriptions of events in Torrey, Escalante, Teasdale, Hurricane, Orderville and St. George, Utah, the latter the location of Adams' photographic studio.

Dates: 1935-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Verda Spencer Adams autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045383]
Identifier: MSS 6263
Abstract

The Verda Spencer Adams autobiography is the written account from her experience growing up in the early 20th century in a rural Mormon community until watching her own children grow up.

Dates: 1978-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wylma J. Callahan Ade autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341197]
Identifier: MSS 2610
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Ade was born in Iowa in 1920. She served as a nurse in the United States military from 1942 to 1946. She served on the island of Espirutu Santo in the New Hebrides and in other areas as well. She also writes about her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ade worked for many years as a public health nurse and retired in 1979.

Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Adventurous story of an army nurse during World War II and the Korean Conflict

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341163]
Identifier: MSS 2606
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Kauffroth was born in 1922 and studied nursing at the LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was stationed in Brigham City, Utah, and India during World War II. She married Sylvester Kauffroth in 1953.

Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Myrtle K. Aiu personal history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239127506]
Identifier: MSS SC 1102
Scope and Contents

Contains a 10-page typed autobiography of Myrtle K. Aiu detailing her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some of her memorable spiritual experiences, including a trip to Hong Kong in 1969. Includes a typed postscript and envelope. Myrtle refers to this work as her "personal history." Materials dated 1978.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alan William Layton autobiography, 1996-1999

 File — Box 56: Series 5; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231012896], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 1193
Scope and Contents note

Material contains the autobiography of Alan William Layton, with portion on the war years, as well as two photographs and the negatives and a brief article written by Layton for the Bulge Bugle in 1999 regarding his war experiences. Dated 1996-1999.

Dates: 1996-1999
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 Field Artillery

Albert Lamoin Olsen memoir and photographs, 2001

 File — Box 19: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005098], Folder: 38
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 511
Scope and Contents Materials contain the memoir of Albert Lamoin Olsen regarding his service as a surgeon and camp physician in the U.S. Army for the Civilian Conservation Corps during World War II, beginning in 1933. Talks about receiving his commission as First Lieutenant and being assigned to the Army as a surgeon in the Civilian Conservation Corps, moving to Orderville, Utah, and treating patients from his home. Recalls removing a birthmark from the face of a very grateful young man, making friends with...
Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Medical Corps / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Medical Corps

Staff Interface | Send Feedback or Report a Problem

More information about Special Collections including Hours, Services, Events, and Exhibits can be found at lib.byu.edu/special-collections.

The BYU Library aims to create descriptions of collections that are inclusive and support an “environment of belonging.” If you encounter language in finding aids, catalog records, or collection descriptions that you find offensive or believe to be harmful, we invite your feedback at librarydescription@byu.edu.