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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Donald Ward Petersen memoir, 2002 February 17

 File — Box 26: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005205], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 662
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain the memoir of Donald Ward Petersen regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II from 1942-1945. Account describes training, combat experiences, as well as the experience of being shot down and taken prisoner of war in Germany. Discusses his experiences in the POW camp and liberation. Finally talks about meeting his wife at a dance, raising nine children, and managing a hay mill. Dated February 17, 2002.

Dates: 2002 February 17

Dora Shaw memoir, before 2001

 File — Box 15: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005056], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 7 File 406
Scope and Contents note

Materials include memoir of Dora Shaw. Shares her experiences as a child who lived in England when war was declared in 1939, and surviving several German bombings. Describes how her family had a small bomb shelter in their backyard, which eventually saved the lives of her mother and siblings as they hid inside during bombings. She speaks of being evacuated, and of witnessing firsthand the destruction caused by bombings. Dated before 2001.

Dates: before 2001

Doral B. Eardley memoir and photographs, 1942-2001

 File — Box 5: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005437], Folder: 7-8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 File 113
Scope and Contents

Materials contain brief memoir of Doral B. Eardley's naval service from his initial training to retirement as a Commander in 1970. Includes two World War II photographs, one of Eardley in naval dress uniform and the other of his family. Dated 1942-2001.

Dates: 1942-2001

Doran C. Lewis papers, 1943-1945, approximately 2001

 File — Box 50: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231012839], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 File 1089
Scope and Contents Materials contain a brief memoir of Lewis's spiritual experiences before and during World War II and a photocopied newspaper clipping entitled "Two Brothers Fly Side by Side in Attacks on Japan" which is about Oren and Doran Lewis as they served in the same flight crew in the Pacific Theater. Also included is the chapter from Lewis's autobiography describing his wartime experiences and training. Contains photographs of Lewis, with his brothers, and of church services and baptisms in the...
Dates: 1943-1945; approximately 2001

John T. Dorcheus memoirs

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1879
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography, 75 pages of John Nicolai Thueson Dorcheus, who lived in Gunnison, Utah, and later in Ashton, Idaho, and participated in the Black Hawk War against the Ute Indians in Utah. Also included are typed copies of patriarchal blessings of Dorcheus family members. Dated 1911.

Dates: 1911

Doris Jensen Mayfield autobiography, 1996

 File — Box 94: Series 5; Series 6; Series 19; Series 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7 File 1803
Scope and Contents

Material contains the autobiography of Doris Jensen Mayfield, which includes her feelings on the war. Dated 1996.

Dates: 1996

Dorothy L. Lisonbee family history, 1953-2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8473 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains an accountings of Lisonbee's siblings and their children, and an accounting of Lisonbee's descendants. Includes family groups, photo CDs, photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, and journal notes. Dated 1953-2014.

Dates: 1953-2014

Dorothy L. Lisonbee journals, 1937-2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8473 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains Lisonbee's journals and diaries. Dated 1937-2014.

Dates: 1937-2014

Dorothy L. Lisonbee personal history, 1924-2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8473 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains Lisonbee's autobiography, her research and scrapbooks preparatory to writing the autobiography, a DVD copy of the main story, and photographs. Dated 1924-2014.

Dates: 1924-2014

Dorothy L. Lisonbee teaching materials, 1942-1983

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8473 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains Lisonbee's teaching contracts, teaching notes, inspiration and ideas for lessons, photographs, slides, and Lisonbee's school board experiences. Dated 1942-1983.

Dates: 1942-1983