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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

David S. King autobiography, 1995

 Series — Folder 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233238531]
Identifier: MSS 7930 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains two drafts of an autobiography written by David S. King. The autobiography cover his church service (as a missionary, as a mission president, and as temple president), his political work as a United States Congressman and ambassador to Madagascar, and his personal life.

Dates: 1995

David S. Price memoir, approximately 2000

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4 File 87
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a memoir of David S. Price concerning his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942-1946. Discusses Price's stateside training, his participation as an artillery officer during the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the bridge at Remagen, and visiting Switzerland. Mentions many spiritual lessons Price learned as a soldier. Dated approximately 2000.

Dates: approximately 2000

Davis Bitton papers on Latter-day Saint history, 1845-2006

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7441 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains professional papers regarding Latter-day Saint history collected or created by Davis Bitton dating from 1845-2006.

Dates: 1845-2006

Magdalena W. H. Davis autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311703]
Identifier: MSS SC 1456
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of an autobiography by Magdalena Wilhelmina Hollermann Davis. Davis taks about her early years in St. Louis, her German relatives and traditions, her family's conversion to the Mormon Church in Indiana, and her marriage to Owen Marion Davis.

Dates: 1940

Owen Marion Davis autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311711]
Identifier: MSS SC 1455
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of an autobiography by Owen M. Davis (1897-1975). Davis talks about his early years in Provo, Utah, his father's death, their financial struggles, his career as a teacher, and his marriage.

Dates: 1974

Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337336]
Identifier: MSS 492
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of autobiographical materials. Day writes about her early life in Mt. Pleasant, about the defenses in the town during the Black Hawk War, and about her family. Also included is a biography by Day of her mother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, who was a pioneer and an early settler in Mt. Pleasant.

Dates: 1842-1843

Thomas Day autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334069]
Identifier: MSS 1109
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and a photocopy of the item. Also included is a typescript of an autobiography. The handwritten manuscript is a running account similar to a diary but is seldom broken down into daily entries. Day writes about joining the Mormon Church in England and his migration to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and later to Utah. He lived in Salt Lake Valley, Spanish Fork, and Circle Valley, Utah. He participated in the Salmon River Mission for the Mormon Church in Idaho.

Dates: 1844-1881

Gerrit and Thelma de Jong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6815
Scope and Contents

Contains bound volumes of materials written or collected by Gerrit and Thelma de Jong from 1972-1979.

Dates: 1972-1979

Dean Floyd Mansfield papers, 1946, 2001-2002

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 72
Scope and Contents note Materials contain papers relating to Dean Floyd Mansfield regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Radio Intercept Operator. Includes an memoir written by Mansfield discussing his history and participation of the war effort in the China/India/Burma Theater. Also includes biographical information of Mansfield written by his wife, Marion Mansfield. Also contains a photocopied military document. A copy of a letter written to Elder L. Tom Perry by Mansfield's wife. Dated...
Dates: 1946; 2001-2002