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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Bruce Budge Clark autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2110
Scope and Contents Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Georgetown, Idaho; attendance at the University of Utah, 1935-1943 and 1948-1950; church service, including a Mormon mission to the Northwestern States, 1939-1941; service in the U.S. Army, 1943-1946; attendance at Brigham Young University, 1946-1947; marriage; experiences while teaching at BYU; significant information on the English Department at BYU; retirement; and travels. Includes copies of correspondence and evaluations from his...
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eliza Avery Clark autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232477551]
Identifier: MSS 6211
Abstract

The collection consists of Eliza Avery Clark's autobiography accounting from 1882-1952. The autobiography relates Eliza's memories of her childhood, attendance at Brigham Young College, her courtships, and the lives of her children.

Dates: 1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ethel Adolphia Shirley Clark autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233630174]
Identifier: MSS 8161
Scope and Contents

Contains the autobiography of a Mormon convert who became a plural wife and lived in the Mormon colonies in Mexico. Dates to 1985.

Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Israel Justus Clark autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045789]
Identifier: MSS 1219
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a diary and an autobiography. Clark's diary covers the years from 1855 to 1857 when Clark served as a missionary to the Indians in the Salmon River Mission. Clark's autbiography tells about his life in Logan and Clarkston, Utah, and his contacts with Indians.

Dates: 1855-1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Marden J. Clark autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331453]
Identifier: MSS SC 3015
Scope and Contents

Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Morgan, Utah; his love of literature; attendence at BYU; work as a truck driver; marriage; teaching at BYU; travels; church service; and political views. Includes significant information about his family. Also includes poetry composed by Marden J. Clark.

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

Claron U. Pratt papers, 1941-2001

 File — Box 9: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005478], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 246
Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the service of Claron U. Pratt as a pilot and operations officer in the 42ng Troop Carries Command of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The materials include written histories and memoirs from Pratt, maps and military documents related to operations in the China-India-Burma theater, several articles documenting missions specific to Pratt’s Division, photographs of Pratt during his service, and other materials he collected during and after the...
Dates: 1941-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (South-East Asia)

Claude J. Burtenshaw papers, 2000-2001

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 791
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir written by Claude J. Burtenshaw about his military experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Includes two transcribed interviews conducted in 2000 and 2001. The memoir and interviews discuss Burtenshaw's work with Latter-Day Saint chaplain Vernon Cooley and his meeting Eldin Ricks, another Latter-Day Saint chaplain. He describes Latter-Day Saint conferences and other meetings. He also describes his duty of writing letters to killed soldiers'...
Dates: 2000-2001
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 Air Corps

Moses Clawson autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1385
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Clawson writes about his experiences in the Mormon Church, persecutions he faced as a member of that faith, and his association with the first president of the Mormon Church, Jospeh Smith.

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Anchor Luke Clegg papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 298
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a typewritten autobiography and family history, newspaper clippings and certificates relating to Clegg's life. Also includes material collected by Clegg relating to the celebration of the Bicentennial in 1976 by the Latter-day Saint Church Provo, Utah Oak Hills 2nd Ward.

Dates: 1976-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Leighton E. Cluff collection

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227657449]
Identifier: MSS 6909
Abstract

A collection of scrapbooks, family history, and a memoir of Leighton E. Cluff.

Dates: 1878-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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