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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Durrell E. Connor memoir and family pedigree chart, 2003, 1936

 File — Box 34: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005247], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 801
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a memoir written by Durrell E. Connor about his military service in World War II. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1938 to 1963. Includes a family pedigree chart. Dated 1936, 2003.

Dates: 2003; 1936

DuWayne G. Squire memoir, 2010

 File — Carton 125: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197239146332], Folder: 77
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains a brief memoirs written by DuWayne G. Squire regardin his church service and his military service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Also contains participant information sheet for Squire. Dated 2010.

Dates: 2010

Dzidra Yollouris memoir, approximately 2000

 File — Carton 124: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 8; Series 20 [Barcode: 31197239146365], Folder: 38
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

File contains memoir of Dzidra Yollouris regarding her imprisonment in a German labor camp. Dated approximately 2000.

Dates: approximately 2000

E. Kent Kane research on William Wood, 1895-1918

 Sub-Series — Box 52: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232551181]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains excerpts from autobiographical accounts and other material gathered by Kane on the life of William Wood (1808-1894). Materials date from between 1895 and 1918.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1895-1918

Ada Arvilla Burk Earl autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325505]
Identifier: MSS SC 2642
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography which was revised in 1937. Ada writes about her life in Farmington, Utah, attending school, importing silk worms to Utah, and local entertainment. She later moved to Springerville, Arizona with her family. Ada married John H. Earl (1855-1953), a farmer and a carpenter. She moved to Chihuahua, Mexico in 1887, to Fielding, Utah in 1902, and to Ogden, Utah in 1922.

Dates: 1937

Earl Harvey Peirce papers, 2001 June 7

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 318
Scope and Contents Materials contain a memoir by Earl Harvey Peirce regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942-1946. He discusses his work in the Engineering Corps as an aircraft maintenance officer, and achieving the rank of captain. Memoir covers Peirce's employment prior to the war, induction, training, and overseas stations. Includes a map of his travels throughout the war. Contains his discharge papers and photocopied newspaper articles citing his unit's movements and...
Dates: 2001 June 7

Earl LaMar Jarvis oral history memoir, 1994 May 5

 File — Box 79: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197233284972], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 5 File 1639
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain the oral history memoir of Earl LaMar Jarvis, describing his experiences serving in the U.S. Air Force in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Dated May 5, 1994.

Dates: 1994 May 5

Earl Lelegren papers, approximately 2005

 File — Box 38: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005288], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 866
Scope and Contents note

Material contains a memoir written by Earl Lelegren in 2005 about his military service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943-1946. Discusses fighting in the battle of Rhineland, dealings with the Germans, and other combat. Describes his service in Japan and his experience with different religions after the war. Contains another brief account of his military service. Also contains a photocopy of orders given to American occupation troops in Germany. Dated approximately 2005.

Dates: approximately 2005

Earl Miller oral history memoir and papers, 1994-2002

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3 File 1644
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the oral history of Earl Miller in which he gives his experiences serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot, going in depth on his pilot's training and stateside service during World War II. Materials also include newspaper article, snowboard deaths book. Dated 1944-2002.

Dates: 1994-2002